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20.10.06, 18:44
Przez kogo ? Shiite partyzantka przejela kontrole miasta na poludniu Iraq'u
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Shiite militia takes control of city in southern Iraq
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By Christine Hauser The New York Times - October 20, 2006
A Shiite militia that has been accused of a wave of sectarian attacks on
Iraq's Sunni minority has seized control of the city of Amara in southeastern
Iraq, attacking police stations and erecting checkpoints, witnesses in the
city said today. At least 15 people have been killed, health officials said.
The takeover of Amara by the militia, the Mahdi Army, was a broad act of
defiance against the authority of the central government, which has been
trying to impose order and curb sectarian violence. The incident also raised
questions about whether Iraq's militias can be reined in.
It followed meetings earlier this week between the prime minister, Nuri Kamal
al-Maliki; the Mahdi Army's anti-American leader, Moktada al-Sadr; and Iraq's
most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who is widely
viewed in Iraq as the only Shiite leader with the authority to subdue the
Shiite militias.
www.iht.com/articles/2006/10/20/africa/web.1020amara.php
