Iraq: After Muqtada, the Militias...

[G_j]

After Muqtada, the Militias... (September 1, 2004)

As US forces in Iraq focused their attention on fighting the Sunni insurgency in Fallujah and the Shiite opposition in Najaf led by Moqtada al-Sadr, the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah established a firm grip on the south. According to Asia Times, the Iraqi Hezbollah is headquartered in the old police station in the middle of Basra, where the group "virtually runs the province" with the help of Shiite militias.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/resist/2004/0901hezbollah.htm

[acmavm]

1. Well hell, I bet the clown pResident is just freaking because he can't

start the draft right now. It's probably killing him that we have so many middle and lower class young people here in this country that he can't send over there to help him fulfill his dreams of conquest and crusade.