Iraq: Violence spreads as army, militias clash
Telegraph [UK]
03/25/08
Iraq was facing the prospect of nationwide revolt after followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rose up in anger against a government-led strike on militia strongholds in Basra. Violence spread across southern Iraq and into Baghdad after 12 were reported killed in Basra fighting. Major Tom Holloway, a spokesman for British forces at Basra Airbase, said that the Iraqi army had mounted a cordon around two districts of the city and the police were raiding known militia positions. Five districts of the central Iraqi city of Kut fell to Sadr followers during a demonstration. A police spokesman said the authorities had asked for US military intervention...
http://tinyurl.com/2x6tnj
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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BASRA: SHIITE ELITES FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE
Pepe Escobar on fighting in Basra
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1218&thisview=item
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Shia+cleric
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Moqtada+al-Sadr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pepe+Escobar
03/25/08
Iraq was facing the prospect of nationwide revolt after followers of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rose up in anger against a government-led strike on militia strongholds in Basra. Violence spread across southern Iraq and into Baghdad after 12 were reported killed in Basra fighting. Major Tom Holloway, a spokesman for British forces at Basra Airbase, said that the Iraqi army had mounted a cordon around two districts of the city and the police were raiding known militia positions. Five districts of the central Iraqi city of Kut fell to Sadr followers during a demonstration. A police spokesman said the authorities had asked for US military intervention...
http://tinyurl.com/2x6tnj
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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BASRA: SHIITE ELITES FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE
Pepe Escobar on fighting in Basra
http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=1218&thisview=item
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Shia+cleric
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Moqtada+al-Sadr
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Basra
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Pepe+Escobar
rudkla - 26. Mär, 10:31
