In late march 2009, Iraqi Security Forces arrested Adel Mashadani, a popular Sunni Sons of Iraq leader, in the Al Fadil area of east Baghdad. While U.S. forces had anticipated this action, they did not know how the people of Al Fadil would react to the arrest. The brigade combat team (BCT) worried that the locals would see Mashadani as a popular Sunni leader arrested at the direction of the Shi'a prime minister, Nuri Al Maliki. If so, the potential for violence was strong. U.S. forces had worked tirelessly over the past year to stop sectarian violence in the area, an effort that culminated in an Iftar celebration during which Sunni and Shi'a neighbors broke the Ramadan fast together. Now the concern was that the local Sunnis would turn against the U.S. and Iraqi Security Forces working in the area, causing a setback to the U.S. goal of reconciliation in Baghdad.
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机译：2009年3月下旬，伊拉克安全部队在巴格达东部的Al Fadil地区逮捕了受欢迎的伊拉克逊尼派领导人Adel Mashadani。尽管美军已经预料到了这一行动，但他们不知道阿法迪尔人民对该逮捕行动有何反应。旅战斗队（BCT）担心，当地人会认为Mashadani是在什叶派总理Nuri Al Maliki的指示下被逮捕的逊尼派逊尼派领袖。如果是这样，暴力的可能性就很大。在过去的一年中，美军不懈地制止该地区的宗派暴力，这一努力最终在开斋节的庆祝活动中达到了顶峰，在此期间，逊尼派和什叶派邻居迅速将斋月打断。现在令人担心的是，当地逊尼派将反对在该地区工作的美国和伊拉克安全部队，这使美国在巴格达的和解目标受到挫折。
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