ToughEnough was right!

On April 12 I wrote:

We are now headed for a prolonged period in which we will try to negotiate the return to coalition control of cities held by al-Sadr and his militia and eventually al-Sadr's negotiated return to Iran.

Sorry to toot my own horn, but it appears I was right. From JuanCole.com

az-Zaman reports that Muqtada al-Sadr has accepted a solution of the problems between him and the Coalition on the basis of a deal. It would provide for the senior ayatollahs to issue a ruling or fatwa dissolving the Army of the Mahdi, Muqtada's militia. Muqtada surrender to the grand ayatollahs and agree to have Abdul Karim al-Unzi (an official of the Da`wa Party) negotiate for him with the Americans, in the name of the top religious leaders. Muqtada would accept the outcome of those negotiations without condition. Iran would offer him temporary asylum, until June 30 and the formation of a sovereign Iraqi government, at which time he could report to Najaf for his trial. In return, the US would withdraw its forces from the environs of Najaf.

That's one for the gipper!