Now, where have we heard this before?!?!?!?!????!???!

Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States started withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.

The comments come at a crucial point in talks between Baghdad and Washington over a new security pact that will provide a legal basis for U.S. troops to operate in Iraq when a United Nations mandate expires at the end of the year..........

If agreed, the timetable would mean the Bush administration effectively adopting a schedule very close to that proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who opposed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

A ceasefire imposed by Sadr on his militia a year ago has been a major factor in a drop in violence to four-year lows. Sadr, whose political movement controls 10 percent of seats in parliament, has long demanded U.S. troops leave Iraq.............

More: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080808/ts_nm/iraq_dc_3

That's right!!!!!! We heard it in 2006 and guess what?!?!?!?!?!?!!? He disarmed!!!!!!!! Or is there something more ominous going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I shiver to even think about it!!!!!!!