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2008-08-19 Iraq

Iraq moves against US-backed Sunni fighters

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-08-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Damn!

Posted by 3dc 2008-08-19 00:34|| 2008-08-19 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Surprise meter?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2008-08-19 08:45|| 2008-08-19 08:45|| Front Page Top

#3 office evictions, and an undetermined number of arrests. small steps so far, by local standards.

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-08-19 09:04|| 2008-08-19 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Could be some undigested Awakenings trying out a return to militism, could be corrupt Shia parties testing out a return to anti-Sunni factionalism. Impossible to tell from this single data point. What's increasingly obvious is that Diyala is a hell of a snakepit.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2008-08-19 15:04|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2008-08-19 15:04|| Front Page Top

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