Many Iraqis Have More Faith In Militias Than US Troops...

The New York Times SABRINA TAVERNISE October 21, 2006 09:22 AM

Behind the maze of men with guns in Iraq is a very simple truth: their barrels offer protection, something Iraqis say the government has never given them.

On Friday, the web wound tightly around the southern city of Amara, where the two largest and best-armed militias, both made up of religious Shiites, were fighting for control of the city.

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