Maliki putting teeth in the anti-militia rhetoric?

Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki has followed up his military move against the Mahdi Army militia by demanding that it disband.

And that demand may have some teeth:

CNN reported Maliki has the backing of top Iraqi political leaders to bar all followers of Sadr from engaging in the Iraqi political process if the dismantling of the cleric's militia does not begin.
(UPI)

The al-Sadr voting bloc is on-again/off-again regarding its participation in the government. Booting them out makes their games of withdrawal ineffective. The move serves to confirm that that central Iraqi government finds its position increasingly stable.

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