A Shi’ite storm in the making

Tensions over key political issues in Iraq, such as federalism and the distribution of oil, are paving the way for a major Shi’ite-on-Shi’ite conflict. On the one side is Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army, on the other Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and the Badr Organization. And in the middle lie Iran and the US. The best Washington can do to contain the clash is through the already fragile government
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