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Iraq | |
Iraqi Shia holy city will form local militias: official | |
2006-08-16 | |
NAJAF, Iraq - The deputy governor of Iraq’s Shia province of Najaf said Tuesday that local militias will boost the region’s security after a recent suicide bomb attack killed 35 people. “We started today forming a committee in Najaf to choose individuals who will control security in their neighbourhoods and keep an eye on all suspect movements in their areas,” deputy governor Abdul Hussain Abtan told AFP. “This will be done in collaboration with security forces in the city and is the first step in activating popular committees.”
Both groups want to form Shia self-defence committees, a move that would undermine the authority of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, who has vowed to disarm militias. | |
Posted by:Steve White |
#2 So they are rejecting national sovereignty. Under international law, a State so divided is deemed: "a failed state." That status was used to detain terrorists captured in the Afghan whatever, in Gitmo. Actually, I want to see Iraq break up. Unfortunately its the Basra Shiite Arabs, and not the Karbala-Najaf ones, that make the Gulf oil patch insecure. However, Shiite Arabs also live in the West corner of Iran. With Turkey closer to Iran, the Kurds have limited leverage. What a mess. Maybe we push both Sunnis and Shiites out, and give the lanlocked Kurds a land to sea nation. |
Posted by: Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-16 04:36 |
#1 Let's put a few more militias into the Coaltion meat grinder. |
Posted by: Captain America 2006-08-16 00:24 |