State Sponsored Civil War

Iraq Dispatches: State Sponsored Civil War paints a grim picture for Iraq.

So we have the US-backed Iraqi “government” overtly (they have been doing this covertly for quite some time) pitting Shia and Kurdish militias against the primarily Sunni resistance. State sponsored/propagated civil war-although most Iraqis continue to fear and loath the idea, and so many Iraqi political and religious organizations continue to work tirelessly to avert the worsening of this now low-grade civil war.

I was saying from the start that our involvement will create a tri-fold civil war. Well I was wrong - Shiites and Kurds against the Sunni - two-fold civl war for now.

We condemned Saddam for his treatment of Shia and Kurds. Will we do the same with our new friends?

The Badr Organization (formerly known as the Badr Brigade) was formed by al-Hakim’s brother in the ‘80’s to fight Saddam Hussein. It has long since received funding and other “support” from Iran. While civilians in Fallujah, Mosul, Ramadi, Baquba, Baghdad, Haditha and other cities in Iraq continue to complain of being beaten, looted and humiliated by the members of the Iraqi Army who are members of both the Badr Organization and Kurdish Peshmerga, these militias now have the overt backing of the interim Iraqi “government.” It is also being reported that members of the Badr Organization, who are essentially running much of the “security” in southern Iraq at this point, have been instituting Sharia law. Thus, women are reporting being threatened with death or rape if they attend university, and more conservative clothing rules are being enforced. Recently a Sunni cleric was assassinated in the south.

What a mess we created. For what? Oil? Glory? Bragging rights? Machismo? Let's end it now - US OUT - UN IN.