A LITTLE WORSE THAN ANARCHY…
Richard Boegner
...The radicalisation of the Shiite movement has led to the splintering of the Mahdi Army, the militia founded by Moqtada al-Sadr after the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, and composed of the Shiite slum’s downtrodden. It is all at once a political party, a paramilitary group and an organization providing welfare services to the poorest, much like Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yet, it also established its own Shariah courts, and metes out its rigid, ruthless brand of Islamic justice . Many rogue elements of the Shiite militia went their own way, pursuing their own agendas. Abu Dereh is thought to be one of them. Though he has been repudiated by Sadr’s organization, the exact nature of their ties is not clear...
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...The radicalisation of the Shiite movement has led to the splintering of the Mahdi Army, the militia founded by Moqtada al-Sadr after the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, and composed of the Shiite slum’s downtrodden. It is all at once a political party, a paramilitary group and an organization providing welfare services to the poorest, much like Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yet, it also established its own Shariah courts, and metes out its rigid, ruthless brand of Islamic justice . Many rogue elements of the Shiite militia went their own way, pursuing their own agendas. Abu Dereh is thought to be one of them. Though he has been repudiated by Sadr’s organization, the exact nature of their ties is not clear...
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