Say Anything Blog

...when the US Army knocks on your door.

With the arrest of Deputy Health Minister al-Zamili, a suspected collaborator with the Mehdi Army, it looks like the US forces have begun an important purge of the Iraqi government. 

One thing that the increased US troop presence allows is the ability to act with impunity against the Mehdi Army.  What people were interpreting as a former lack of will on Maliki’s part may, in fact, have been simply a political calculation that he lacked the means to rein these thugs in.