OpEdNews - Quicklink: Confused about what's going on in Basra? So is pretty much everyone.

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Confused about what's going on in Basra? So is pretty much everyone.

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For years, the Mahdi Army was one of the main destabilizing forces in Iraq. But last summer, its head cleric, al Sadr, agreed to a cease-fire, a move that everyone agrees has done a tremendous amount to diminish the violence in recent months. But Sadr's group has splintered. And Shiite militias, some connected to cleric al Sadr and some not, have been mixing it up in the southern city of Basra, the city the UK handed back...

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whats going on by mike on Thursday, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:16:02 PM