The rest of his followers would resist “Western ideology” through “cultural, religious and ideological means.” A top aide, Salah al-Obaidi, said the creation of the special force was a rejection of any long-term presence by U.S. troops in Iraq. "We know that a number of American soldiers will pull outside of Iraq and they will concentrate their presence in certain bases, and so we need to change the way we work" al-Obaidi said. “It is a message to the people negotiating the agreement that as long as there are American forces inside Iraq, we cannot stray from what we have adopted in our principles — to oppose the American presence in Iraq.” Full Article at Lawrence Journal World