它们支持这一新战略是因为它将剪除什叶派流氓教士阿萨德的羽翼。 该人的势力在过去三年中膨胀到可以掌控巴格达大部分地区并且拥有无以计数的、愤怒的什叶派年轻人的效忠。
They are for it because they believe it will defang Moqtada al-Sadr, the rogue Shi’a cleric whose power has mushroomed over the past three years – to the point that he now dominates much of Baghdad and holds the allegiance of countless angry young Shi’a men.