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Clash in Karbala Hints of Complexity of Iraq’s Ongoing Internal Conflict

Clash in Karbala Hints of Complexity of Iraq’s Ongoing Internal Conflict

by | Jul 3, 2014 | Australia & S. Pacific, Daily Rapid Fire, DARPA, Europe - Other, Fighters & Attack, Finmeccanica, Iraq, Lockheed Martin, Robots, Saudi Arabia, USA

* Iraqi forces clashed with a militia following a local Shia cleric in Karbala, south of Baghdad. Prime Minister Maliki seems to be losing support even from his Shia backers. * Meanwhile fighting against ISIL continued in the north in several contested areas of...