Moqtada al-Sadr Is Finished

…from the Mayor, over at Mitchieville (hat-tip Reg Reginaldson):

I’m sure most of you that follow the msm will have already heard this by now: America’s greatest adversary in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, will announce tomorrow that he is disbanding his army and giving up the fight. What? You haven’t heard about this yet? That’s odd, the msm are usually so eager to tell us about great news coming out of Iraq:

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr plans to announce Friday that he will disarm his Mahdi Army, which was raining mortars on Baghdad’s Green Zone as recently as April. Coupled with the near-total defeat of al Qaeda in Iraq, this means the U.S. no longer faces any significant organized military foe in the country. It also marks a major setback for Iran, which had used the Mahdi Army as one of its primary vehicles for extending its influence in Iraq…(more)

Also see: WSJ - Moqtada Packs It In