[link|http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/|Aw, what does he know? He's just some guy on the spot.]

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After the war, most of the people of Sadr city were so happy; they got rid of their oppressor, they enjoyed freedom of speech and performing their religious ceremonies. Most important is that the raise in the average income opened the door for the private businesses, including the small ones, to prosper. Young men can make a good living by several means without resorting to violence or breaking the law. Things were going just fine and improving when young Sadr started his revolt. Sadr city became insecure again and businesses were damaged seriously as a result. In the early days of that revolt, people sympathized with that idiot because they loved his father, but as his followers\ufffd behavior became intolerable and as the lives of people and their jobs were jeopardized, they lost all sympathy with him and all they want now is peace so that they can go back to their works again.

That taxi driver was not the only one from Sadr city with such opinion. Most of the people I\ufffdve met lately expressed the same view. The only people, who don\ufffdt want Muqtada to be arrested, are the senior She\ufffdat clerics including Sistani. This may look strange when put in context with the relation they have with Iran\ufffds puppet. He always harassed them and tried to take the lead in the streets. He even tried to force Sistani to leave Iraq. Yet, they don\ufffdt want him to be arrested. They wouldn\ufffdt care much if he was killed, in fact some of them are fighting him already (Thulfiqar organization, another name to Badr legion) but arresting him would be a serious blow to them.