[Marxism] Iran supports crackdown on Sadrists

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walter Lippmann:

"The idea being circulated by some that the Islamic Republic is now 
colluding with the Great Satan is utterly absurd, but that doesn't
seem to stop the Iranophobes from beating the same old dead horse."

full: http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2007w27/msg00018.htm

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Mr. Maliki's abrupt assault on Basra last month has been widely 
criticized as being poorly planned. But it is believed to have been 
encouraged by the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a crucial element 
of his governing coalition. Many members of the armed wing of the 
council, called the Badr Organization, joined the government's 
security forces early in the Iraq conflict, and have been battling 
the Sadr-led forces. Mr. Sadr's political movement is also an 
important rival of the Supreme Council.

Because leaders of the council and its armed wing spent years and 
sometimes decades in exile in Iran during Saddam Hussein's regime, it 
was assumed that the silence of the Badr Organization during the 
Basra offensive indicated that Iran had given at least tacit approval 
for the move.

full: 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.htm>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/world/middleeast/20iraq.htm



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