Sources in the capital say that Mahdi Army members have been disappearing or turning up dead in the Sadr City, Kadhimiya, and Baladiyat areas of the capital.
However, the usual anti-Mahdi Army culprits of the US and rival Iraqi militias are not to blame for the deaths and disappearances, according to the rumor mill.
These are said to be inside jobs.
According to the word on the street, a “special team” has been dispatched from Najaf to dispose of Mahdi Army members who have been criminal or disloyal, or who have “disgraced” the Mahdi Army.
Slogger has not yet been able to confirm these reports.
IraqSlogger reported earlier that the Mahdi Army was shedding members from its ranks. Assassinations of disloyal members would take those purges to a new level.
