[news] War on the Shia in Iraq

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The United States is stepping up the war in Iraq. For almost four years, it has been fighting the Iraqi Sunni community. Now it has started to confront the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, the nationalist Shia cleric who leads the powerful Mehdi Army militia...It is a very dangerous strategy for the US. It risks alienating the Shia without gaining the support of the Sunni.

  


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