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...what his plans might be in the months and years ahead. "I think Sadr picked Turkey to show himself in order to prove that he's against sectarianism... and to try and kill the rumor that he is an Iranian toy," says Tahseen al-Shekhli, a spokesman for the Iraqi government, which gained the upper hand over Sadr's Mahdi Army forces in heavy fighting last year. Sadr's followers, for their part, are notably reticent on the subject. Several figures prominent in Sadr's political ranks refused to discuss the topic when contacted by TIME. That has left some...
Maliki sees many of the Awakening leaders as unreconstructed Ba'athists, and his government appears to have declined to keep paying most of the fighters once Washington handed over responsibility for the program to the Iraqi authorities. Instead, the Maliki government has been arresting key Awakening leaders and unleashing military power when those actions provoke resistance. Maliki's determination to strip the Awakening of its power to challenge the government may not be unconnected with the recent uptick in violence in Iraq, as Awakening members abandon their posts or in some cases, return to the insurgent fold. Having concluded...
...LEGOs due to the reluctance of media organizations to publish enough actual, real-life images of what she views as criminal acts. The images range from the death of a protester at the recent G-20 meeting in London to the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl...
...streets of Iraq entirely by June, despite the suggestion from some U.S. commanders that they may be needed in restive areas such as Mosul and Diyala province. After July, U.S. forces will presumably remain in significant numbers at bases outside urban areas and continue to offer support to the Iraqi army and police for the foreseeable future. That arrangement risks leaving U.S. troops providing military support to Iraqi security forces who may or may not adhere to human-rights norms when facing a probable rise in violence in the wake of the U.S. drawdown...
Brigadier General James Milano, the most senior U.S. commander dedicated wholly to working with the Ministry of Interior, said human-rights issues remained a concern regarding the practices of Iraq's police and soldiers going forward. Milano stressed that Iraqi security forces had made improvements in the human-rights realm in recent years. Still, Milano said, U.S. and nongovernmental agencies remain watchful, particularly in Iraqi jails, where reports of human-rights abuses continue to surface, according to U.N. reports. "We participate with them in inspections of detention centers," said Milano, who acknowledged that Iraqi jails face a serious overcrowding problem...