US sinks deeper into Sunni-Shi'ite struggle

Asia Times by Gareth Porter | Apr. 2, 2009 (News Analysis)

Maliki has cleverly exploited the partnership between the US military and the Iraqi army to draw the United States into such a campaign. One of the characteristics of that relationship is that the US military command in Iraq is very reluctant to be separated operationally or politically from its Iraqi counterparts. Full Story »

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Topics: Iraq, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 2, 2009 - 9:23 AM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Apr 2, 2009 - 9:25 AM PDT

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 by James Canning - Apr. 2, 2009

Excellent story, underscoring the absolute stupidity of the US in getting itself deeply involved in the power struggles that can only be completely resolved when the US gets out of the country entirely.

This is the "victory" idiot warmongers like John McCain and Joe Lieberman can relish. Time for US to get out of Iraq entirely.

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