Why people from Sadr-city join Mahdi Army?

This clip [two weeks old] gives you the answer, after many promises of recon­struc­tion, noth­ing hap­pened yet, there was even one Iraqi politi­cian who went as far as promis­ing to build an Olympic city in Sadr-city.

U.S. Ini­ti­ates Recon­struc­tion Pro­gram in Bagh­dad Slum.….Octo­ber 26, 2004

U.S. com­man­ders are prepar­ing to launch a major recon­struc­tion pro­gram that will give jobs to thou­sands of slum-dwellers.

Watch it here:

[flv:http://www.roadstoiraq.com/audio/sadr.flv 300 250]