Rival Shiite Militias Fight in Two Cities

This irks me. Here we are supposedly trying to restore peace and stability to a country where the Sunnis are fighting the Shites, and neither like the Kurds. Well it turns out there’s even infighting within the groups that hate each other.

In Iraq, fighting breaks out between rival Shiite Muslim militiamen in two cities. The clashes involved gunmen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and members of the Badr Brigade, the paramilitary arm of the most powerful Shiite political party. (Source: NPR: All Things Considered)

I’m reminded of an interview I saw with a Jordanian shop owner the night of the invasion. He said something to the effect of Saddam being the one that held everything together, and that with him gone the people would wish for his return within 2 years. Interesting. I guess the moral here is that we should listen to Jordanian shop owners.