Iraq: Al-Mahdi army offers to lay down its arms

If this pans out it will be great news. Note this:

"Aides to Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr said that he would send delegations to Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a moderate religious leader in Najaf, and to senior clerics in Iran to consult on whether he should stand down his 60,000-strong al-Mahdi Army."

So why is Sadr thinking the unthinkable? Here's why.

Someone tell Pelsoi.