The report does not take into account the recent battle in Basra, the unruly Shiite port city in the south, according to another congressional official.Well, of course it doesn't.
The central government's recent attempt at cracking down on lawless militias there, especially those that profess loyalty to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, could be a turning point for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government in Baghdad. Maliki, also a Shiite, abruptly dispatched his interior ministry and military forces to Basra last week to confront the militias and assert Baghdad's authority over the area.Oh, well what were we worried about, then?
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