Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye That dream, a nightmare, really, flashed through my mind as I stood at the end of a filthy, pothole-riddled alley talking with a small-time deputy commander in the Mahdi Army, the militia that is the armed wing of Mr. Sadr’s political movement. Standing there with his arms folded over his potbelly … Continue reading In Shiite Slums, Victory Must Be Won in the Alleys – New York Times