From
The NY Times:
A Shiite militia that has been accused of a wave of sectarian attacks on Iraq's Sunni minority has seized control of the city of Amara in southeastern Iraq, attacking police stations and erecting checkpoints, witnesses in the city said today. At least 15 people have been killed, health officials said.
This is not today's first diary on this. Read on to see why I'm posting anyway.
This has already been excellently diaried, yet it slipped off the Recent list and has not gotten much attention. But this will likely be one of the major stories of the day, and I thought it deserved a bump. So please go to un figlio della sinistra's original diary, read it, and if you feel so inclined, recommend it. Do not recommend
this diary; I'm just trying to move people back to a story that slipped.
One more tidbit before you jump to the original:
The Associated Press reported that about 800 black-clad militiamen with Kalashnikov rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were patrolling city streets in commandeered police vehicles.
Nice. Stay the course, George.