The "situation this week" is only one of many similar incidents that have been occuring as we struggle with the militias. Most don't make it to the media.Originally Posted by Merv Benson
The Economist, 5 Oct 06: Your Man or His? Keeping an Eye on the Security Forces
...Iraq's political parties work on the theory that if you don't fill the post with your partisans, the enemy will fill it with theirs. As a result, say American officers, they can judge the importance of a captured Sunni insurgent or Shia militiaman by the number of high-ranking Iraqi commanders calling up to demand his release...
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