Bending the Third Rail
Because We Should, We Can, We Do
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Kirkuk
This is a very big story, and not getting a lot of press today.

Moqtada al Sadr is quietly moving his militia forces into Kirkuk. The Badr militia (another large Shiite armed group) is also moving militiamen into position in Kirkuk.

Why is this important? Because Kirkuk is the center of Kurdish control of northern Iraq, and is oil rich. Northern Iraq has been relatively quiet. But this movement would seem to be the beginnings of the Shiites wanting to gain control of the north. The Kurdish Peshmerga (the Kurdish militia) is very well trained, armed and organized. Movement of Shiites to control this region would likely result in yet another front of the civil war that is Iraq.

At last count Shiites were fighting Sunni's, Shiites were fighting Shiites, Shiites were fighting al Qaeda, and everyone is fighting the Americans. Looks like were flirting with adding the Kurds fighting the Shiites and possibly the Turks fighting the Kurds.
Written at 2:22 PM by Greyhair.
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Blogger Lynne said...
They may have their hands full with the Kurds.
4:37 PM  
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