'The Mahdi army lost 571 killed, 881 wounded, 490 captured, and 30 surrendered, in a week of fighting. The army and police lost over 500 to desertions, which is a much lower percentage of these losses than in previous operations. One of the army brigades had only recently finished training. To everyone's surprise, the brigade did not fall apart. The Mahdi army lost far more in terms of neighborhoods controlled, weapons, vehicles and popular support.'
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/iraq/articles/20080406.aspx
Damn. I guess that Iranian takeover of Iraq is going to have to wait a few more weeks...
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