Iraqi Army Turns on 'Sons of Iraq'

Consortium News, The Real News by Leila Fadel | Mar. 30, 2009 (News Report)

The U.S.-backed Iraqi government has struck against the “Sons of Iraq,” Sunni paramilitary fighters who have taken U.S. money to turn against al-Qaeda in Iraq and who now believe they are being betrayed as the Americans prepare to withdraw. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics, Religion
Topics: Genocide, Iraq, War in Iraq, Religion and Politics
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 31, 2009 - 1:21 AM PDT
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 31, 2009 - 1:31 AM PDT

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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 31, 2009

The story suggests an unraveling of the ethnic truce that was causative for the decline in violence in Iraq. Fadel talks with the powerful people in the street and provides an informed and authoritative view.

Get out of this quagmire as soon as possible.

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