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Five Things You Need to Know to Understand the Latest Violence in Iraq

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Iraq is ablaze today as a result of an attempt to impose Colombian-style democracy on the unstable country: Maliki's goal, with at least tacit U.S. approval, is to kill off the opposition and then hold a vote. This is a battle between Shite militias with one militia garbed in Iraqi army uniforms and supported by U.S. airpower, and the other in civilian clothes.
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