MORE PROOF SADR LOST

BBC:

An Iraqi commander has led a convoy through the stronghold of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr in Basra.

Correspondents say the convoy was a show of force and that it met no significant resistance as it went through the Hayaniya district.

Hayaniya was the scene of heavy fighting last week between troops and fighters of Moqtada Sadr's Mehdi army.

Basra is reported to be mostly quiet for a third day running although there are some reports of sporadic violence.

Anti-militia offensive

Hundreds of people were killed in several days of clashes last week when the Iraqi prime minister, Nouri Maliki, ordered an offensive against Shia militiamen in Basra.

The fighting ended when the cleric Moqtada Sadr ordered his fighters off the streets on Sunday.

WHAT DOES THIS PROVE?

• THE USA AND IRAQ AND MALIKI WON.
• SADR AND IRAN LOST.