“Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.” WarPoliticsUnited StatesDemocracyIslamIraqFascismSecularismIraq WarPluralismIslamismUnited States ArmyMahdi ArmyMuqtada Al Sadr Author:Marc Cooper