Robert Fisk: Bloodbath a Bad Omen for Bush: "To the horror of the occupying powers in Iraq, the country's ever more bloody insurgency has at last spilled over into the majority Shi'ite Muslim community... Al-Sadr might be gambling that the other Shi'ite militias will fall into step with his own armed men. If this happens and the insurgency spreads to other Shi'ite cities, then the entire occupation of Iraq could become untenable."

Robert Fisk: Bloodbath a Bad Omen for Bush: "To the horror of the occupying powers in Iraq, the country's ever more bloody insurgency has at last spilled over into the majority Shi'ite Muslim community... Al-Sadr might be gambling that the other Shi'ite militias will fall into step with his own armed men. If this happens and the insurgency spreads to other Shi'ite cities, then the entire occupation of Iraq could become untenable."