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To: tejek who wrote (375398)3/29/2008 2:31:25 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578510
 
"it is "a power struggle" between rival "Shiite party mafias" for control of the oil-rich south and other Shiite sections of the country."

And that could be a harbinger of a general descent into chaos.

It may not, but we really don't know because the reporting out of Iraq is so poor.



To: tejek who wrote (375398)3/29/2008 3:55:49 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578510
 
The article fails to understand Maliki and the Iraqi army are legitimate institutions, unlike the militias. By framing it this way, a bad argument is being made to abandon an allied government under attack.


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