U.S. tested by victory in Iraqi election of Sadr, once an intractable foe
(LA Times Dodgers)

For years during the long U.S. occupation of Iraq, Muqtada Sadr was an intractable foe, blamed by the Pentagon for hundreds of deaths of American service members, as well as atrocities against Iraqi civilians. But his surprise lead in Iraq`s parliamentary election may force American officials into...