martha: he says we are now at the peace brigade. the peace brigade is the former army, pretty much the number one they started bringing in iranian-made explosively formed penetrators, the most advanced type of improvised explosive device that killed and maimed hundreds and hundreds of american and coalition forces. that s the army. they changed their name to the peace brigade and naturally the liberal media is all over it. it must mean they re peaceful. but part of their religion in the quran that says it doesn t matter what you say, what matters is in your heart, which means you can get close to them until these nonbelievers nonbelievers what they want to believe and we will just turn a blind eye because we take them at face value. martha: it s amazing to look at this guy who was, as i said, number one enemy. to be called a maverick cleric. maverick is aware that i think most americans associate with john mccain. thinking outside the box, the guy who is unconventional, who s g
martha: a shiite cleric who was enemy one during the iraq war is now leading in the elections in iraq. responsible for the deaths of hundreds of u.s. forces, but now he is the subject of a report in the washington post that called him a maverick cleric. trace gallagher with a clear eyed look at his back story tonight. hi, trace. hi, martha. during the u.s. occupation of iraq, who the washington post : maverick was in fact enemy number one attacking and killing american soldiers with ak-47s and rocket propelled grenade launchers. at the time the pentagon said that she had melissa known as the army had replaced al qaeda in iraq is the most dangerous accelerant of potentially self-sustaining sectarian violence in al-sadr s hatred towards america and its allies with well-documented. here is shiite cleric back in