The emblem of the militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq was prominent in a recent rally in Baghdad that celebrated attacks on Americans. Michael Kamber for The New York Times
Political Role for Militants Worsens Fault Lines in Iraq -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — It was one of the deadliest insurgent groups in Iraq in recent years, an Iranian-backed militia that bombed American military convoys and bases, assassinated dozens of Iraqi officials and tried to kidnap Americans even as the last soldiers withdrew.
But now the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is welcoming the militant group into Iraq’s political system, a move that could tilt the nation’s center of gravity closer to Iran. The government’s support for the militia, which only just swore off violence, has opened new sectarian fault lines in Iraq’s political crisis while potentially empowering Iran at a moment of rising military and economic tensions between Tehran and Washington.
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My Comment: Iraq's Prime Minister Maliki issues an arrest warrant against his Sunni Vice President for running death squads, but a week later he embraces a Shiite group that made no secret that they were running death squads. Sighhh .... you cannot help but feel that Iraq is now heading into sectarian civil war.
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