Let us look at senate they have not any progress in past 6 months and not even Hillary and Obama they are still fighting and they expect Shia and Sunni's to stop. please have patience and chill out..Give them time and your work will be done.

P.C.Barman, Menlo Park, , California, USA

The extremist are killing more iraqis, blowing up more mosques than the coalition and some people are still not sure who their friends are. It is like the mafia can threaten the people who love true peace and justice. They will say, "Don't dare disturb us from our activities of bullying others and planning future attacks. If you do, we will create so much killings and then put all the blame on you. Weak minded people will also join us in blaming you for the "peace" they missed. So, just be satisfied with the type of "peace" we have to offer where we retain the power to bully anyone we want, how we want and anytime we want." What Flawed reasonings!

Americans must wake up. Who says that you need "the iraq war" in order for you to be hated to the extent that something like sept 11 can take place. When the sept 11 took place, was it because of "iraq war?" "Afganistan war?" America must help moderate muslims to not to be intimidated by "extremists."

philip, KL/kl, Malaysia/wp

Maisoon from Baghdad,
To all the honest poeple in this world, they need to know the truth that what we have in Iraq is clashes for power and wealth, not for the sake of poeple or nation, to them gaining more money is better than establishing a power plant or help to get more medication to poeple, Iran is stronghold all the goverment in Iraq and have big influance on them, so not because of the millitias actions but because their interests and advantages might hurt, this is the main point, I live in Iraq and Im 34 now, I suffered at Saddams time but with this goverment we are completely lost.

Maisoon Al Karemawi, Baghdad/ Al Shaab , Iraq

The services must miss both President Bush I and General Colin Powell both warriors who really know what war is. If you must fight, then overwhelm the enemy which the US has failed to do. Now it the time to get rid of the cleric once and for all. The line is drawn. In going to Iraq, the US demonstrated an abysmal ignorance of the situation on the ground. Saddam was presiding over ethnic factions that could only be governed by shear brutal force. Now that the US has opened that proverbial 'pandorax box' it must fix the problem before this administration leaves office. They must finish what they started and not leave someone else to clean up their mess.

bukou, Springfield, MA, USA

Wow! That is some GREAT news. Gives the lie to all those who said the Iraqi government of Maliki was defeated by the Sadrists in Basra.

This really looks like the beginning of the end for those who opposed the American intervention in Iraq.

Steve Walser, Ford , Washington USA

Richard,

Najaf is in Irag.

Andrew, Minneapolis, USA/MN

Maybe it's time to give some credit to the Iraqi government. The new law proposed by them to ban political parties from having armed militias is obviously a reason for any kind of amends to be made by the leadership of the Medhi army. To their leader (al-Sadr), those that make up the army are just pawns to be used for his own political gain. This law would actually put pressure on al-Sadr himself, to make a choice between peace in Iraq, and creating an Islamic state held hostage by his "army." The fact that lawmakers in Iraq (Kurd, Shiite and Sunni) have come together for this piece of legislation is monumental, and they should be commended for this.

Brent Ritter, Bismarck, USA/ ND

I wish the brave people of Iraq the very greatest good fortunes and lasting peace.
May Iraq chart its own unique destiny by its own strength and unswayed will, and may there be no hindrances by outside influence.

Julian, Bakersfield, CA

So he's going to ask Clerics in IRAN if he should stop. So, If America wants the problem to go away they have to play nice with Iran - else the proxy war continues.

Richard, London, England