How does this help?

I seriously doubt this is going to help calm things down in Iraq:

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. troops detained a representative of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in a hotel in central Baghdad on Tuesday.

Hazem al-Aaraji, who is also an outspoken anti-U.S. cleric, was detained in the conference hall of the Sheraton Hotel during a meeting of tribal leaders. His bodyguards tried to prevent the arrest, but stepped aside when confronted by the soldiers.

Several people in the conference hall shouted ``Allahu Akbar!'', or ``God is Great!'' and jostled with the soldiers as they pushed the cleric, dressed in a black robe and turban, out of the room.

Troops put al-Aaraji and an associate in a Bradley fighting vehicle and drove him away.

U.S. forces have been battling al-Sadr's militia since April 4 and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Now, lets see.  There is a meeting of tribal council leaders.  We've already instigated a rebellion.  Sadr is standing down (more in order to prepare for a counter attack when we go after than anything).  Our supply lines are being attacked.  All foreigners are being kidnapped.  The entire country has turned against us.  So what do we do?  We march into the meeting of leaders and arrest a prominent leader and create another moment of the oppressor to join the whispering of Baghdad which are inciting the rebellion. I don't think we are inciting these things by accident anymore.