U.S. Army soldiers patrol the streets of Baghad with Iraqi national police, June 6, 2009. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ferdinand Thomas In Iraq, A Different Struggle For Power -- Washington Post
Maliki's Message on January Election Is Clear: Cooperate or Risk His Wrath.
BAQUBAH, Iraq -- At 11 a.m. one day in May, eight Iraqi army Humvees barreled into government headquarters of fractious Diyala province, clouds of dust billowing behind them. They had orders to arrest a council member who belonged to a party that had run afoul of Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's increasingly assertive prime minister.
Shouts rang out as the man's colleagues heckled the captain who served the warrant. The council chairman frantically called lawmakers in Baghdad and pleaded with the provincial security chief to intervene. Desperate, he then ran after the captain as he led the council member, Abdel-Jabbar Ibrahim, to the waiting Humvee.
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