This will be quick and easy: Given the chance, would the United States/Iraqi forces kill the Shi'ite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr? Are US/IA forces currently trying to do this? If so, why; if not, why not?
Forgive my ignorance, just trying to put all of the pieces of the latest violence/cease-fire/not-cease-fire/strategy/not-strategy together, especially as it concerns recent incursions into Sadr City.
Bottom line, I know who Al-Sadr is, but what's his status... has he been declared an actual "enemy", or is he recognized as a pseudo-"head of state" by the US?
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