It looks like the battle against Moqtada al-Sadr might be about to get active as residents of Sadr City are told to leave their homes. If this happens I think it will be a battle that will go on for months and take place over a wide area. I also think that any small amount of violence against him and his followers would be enough to get intense waves of fighting in return and the possible withdrawl of his order to hold back.
I would support the removal of al-Sadr but he has so many followers that it would cause violence for at least a year and I don't know if Iraq, the US, or the world is ready to hear and see what that would look like. There would be the death of many innocents.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354528,00.html
Iraqi soldiers for the first time warned residents in the embattled Sadr City district to leave their houses Thursday, signaling a new push by the U.S.-backed forces against Shiite extremist who have been waging street battles for seven weeks.
U.S. forces have increased air power and armored patrols in an attempt to cripple Shiite militia influence in Sadr City, a slum of 2.5 million people that serves as the Baghdad base for the Mahdi Army led by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.