Iraq: From One Dictator to Another?

invictus

4-14-2008 11:57 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ebe0451e-f19c-49e0-8331-22f083a9a0a8/D267FC52-F017-41CE-9D66-14D58C4CCF1B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687" href="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687" style="font-size: 11px;">www.antiwar.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687"><P>Following the failed attempt by the U.S.-backed al-Maliki to crack down on 
  the Mahdi Army militia of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the situation in Iraq 
  has become much worse. Iraq appears to be splintering more widely under this 
  rule than under Saddam's. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687"><P>According to statistics compiled by the U.S. military in Baghdad, there has 
  been a sharp increase in attacks against U.S. and Iraqi security forces, from 
  239 in February to 631 in March. Most of these attacks are believed to have 
  been carried out by the Mahdi Army. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687"><P>The Mahdi Army is known to have substantial control of the streets of Baghdad, 
  Basra, and many other predominantly Shia areas in southern Iraq. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687">Many Iraqis feel caught in a crossfire in what they see as a battle for power 
  between the Shia factions. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.antiwar.com/ips/fadhily.php?articleid=12687"><P>After five years of occupation and suffering, with no end in sight, many Iraqis 
  have become skeptical of all political and religious leaders. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D267FC52-F017-41CE-9D66-14D58C4CCF1B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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iraq, al-maliki, mahdi army, civil war, shia

invictus says:

"Over a thousand Iraqis got killed and more than that number wounded just for a game of chess between warlords," Mohammad Alwan, a lawyer in Baghdad, told IPS. "All of them call for dissolving militias while they keep militias of their own. Most of those in power in the government are militia leaders."

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