Iraq - Sadr's Mahdi Army under attack

The process of crippling Sadr's militia began early this year and the squeeze continues. Of course the media fail to report accurately on what's going on.

Sadr's Mahdi Army attacked Iraqi police in Amara "after police arrested a member of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia on suspicion of killing a local intelligence officer in a bomb attack," reports AFP. The Associate Press claims the city is fully under the control of the Mahdi Army of "800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikovs." This has not been confirmed by the Iraqi government. {Note: the report is updated to state "The Shiite militia run by the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr briefly seized control of the southern Iraqi city... The militiamen later withdrew from the streets after Iraqi soldiers and mediators arrived...}

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