Spreading Democracy
Jun 1st, 2006 at 4:17 am by Susie
But you have to admit, they’re much better off than they were under Saddam Hussein:
BASRA, Iraq, May 31 — Iraq’s new prime minister made an urgent visit to this increasingly lawless city on Wednesday, imposing a state of emergency and ordering leaders to cease their violent struggle for power and allow order to return to this oil-rich region.
Once seemingly immune to the violence that has plagued the rest of the country, Basra Province, the heart of Iraq’s Shiite south, has sunk into chaos. Shiite political parties and their militias are fighting to control the provincial government and the region’s oil wealth, contributing to some of the worst rates of killing since the invasion, with 174 killings in the past two months — double the amount from the previous two months, according to the Basra police.
Al-mikili promises to crush the rebellion with an iron fist.
So much better than Saddam’s crushing the shiite rebellion with an iron fist ….um, “Nevermind!”