Institute for War and Peace Reporting: "Mahdi Army Draws Supporters %0D%0AFallujah fighters provide military training for Sadrist forces.%0D%0ABy Aqil Jabbar in Najaf and Kufa %28ICR No. 78%2C 10-Aug-04%29%0D%0AOn the road leading to Najaf%2C six black-clad members of the Mahdi Army scrambled to set up three light-gauge mortars along the edge of a palm grove.%0D%0AAiming at a walled compound they said was a US military base%2C they fired off 11 rounds at leisure %96 until two American helicopters appeared and sent them scrambling for cover.%0D%0AThis type of hit-and-run attack is typical of fighting in the streets%2C suburbs%2C and cemeteries of Najaf between US troops and Iraqi paramilitaries on one side%2C and the Mahdi Army militia of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on the other.%0D%0ABut this time there was a key difference %96 the presence of Col Rifaat al-Janabi.%0D%0ADressed in the uniform of Saddam Hussein%27s Special Republican Guards%2C Janabi had come from his home in Fallujah to show Najaf%92s poorly-trained Mahdi militiamen how to use their weapons."