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Tuesday, 23 January 2007

Maliki drops protection of anti-US Sadr

BAGHDAD: Iraq's prime minister has dropped his protection of an anti-American cleric's Shia militia after US intelligence convinced him the group was infiltrated by death squads, two officials said on Sunday.

In a desperate bid to fend off an all-out American offensive, the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr last Friday ordered the 30 lawmakers and six Cabinet ministers under his control to end their nearly two-month boycott of the government. They were back at their jobs on Sunday.

Al-Sadr had already ordered his militia fighters not to display their weapons. They have not, however, ceded control of the formerly mixed neighbourhoods they have captured, killing Sunnis or forcing them to abandon their homes and businesses.  ...

Hat tip: Bryan Preston

Posted by Bill Faith on January 23, 2007 at 02:42 PM in Iraq, Islamism Delenda Est | Permalink

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