Shia militia's in Iraq - Where the power is...


	Shia militia's in Iraq - Where the power is...

earnric

3-26-2008 4:21 PM

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earnric says:

The shia militias are the defacto policing and social power in the southern part of the country... dealing with them could plunge the country into chaos -- but so could leaving them alone.

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