Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Playing with Fire. US occupation and the puppet government in Iraq claim (mereley claim) that they are motivated in their military campaings by their desire to rid Iraq of armed militias. That was the rationalization of the Najaf bloody campaign (not to be confused with other bloody US campaigns all over Iraq). Yet, a new Shi`ite militia calling itself Kata'ib Al-Ghadab (Batallions of Rage) just announced itself publicly (and almost officially) as a military organization aiming to protect Shi`ites from "terrorist groups that target Shi`ites." Somebody is playing with fire. Seeds of Sunni-Shi`ite conflict have been planted.