Nevermind the Bullocks Baathists, We're the Sex Pistols Sadrists OK, OK, that may be the worst header of all time. I'd like to tell King Abdullah of Jordan how sorry I am that the Iraqi people with internet access may have seen it. In any case, if you can wash the bad header away, the Washington Post reports that while Fallujah may have had an old Baathist structure put into place and become peaceful via tacit surrender, the slums of Baghdad are turning right on Bureaucratman's doorstep.

Shiite Cleric's Militia Seizes Control of Baghdad Slum By Daniel Williams Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, May 10, 2004; Page A01 BAGHDAD, May 9 -- Gunmen and commanders loyal to radical Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr took over the giant Sadr City slum in Baghdad on Sunday, seizing control of police forces, municipal administration and schools and blocking freedom of movement in an area just five miles east of U.S. administration headquarters... With the quick takeover, which was completed at dawn, Sadr City joined two southern towns, Najaf and Kufa, now under the control of Sadr's militia. The immediate trigger for the uprising in Sadr City was a U.S. raid Saturday night on a former office of Sadr's organization and the detention of two of Sadr's lieutenants, Amr Husseini and Amjad Saedi. U.S. officials said the men were responsible for Sadr's finances and operations in eastern Baghdad.

Oh well, God Save the Queen Shrub!