THE WISDOM FUND: News & Views
The Financial Times (UK)
April 8, 2003

U.S.-Backed Militia Terrorises Town

by Charles Clover

Hay Al Ansar, on the outskirts of Najaf in Iraq, was glad to be rid of Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath party government, when the city was seized by US forces last week. But they appear to be just as terrified, if not more so, of their new rulers - a little-known Iraqi militia backed by the US special forces and headquartered in a compound nearby. The Iraqi Coalition of National Unity (ICNU), which appeared in the city last week riding on US special forces vehicles, has taken to looting and terrorising their neighbourhood with impunity, according to most residents. . . .

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[Burt Herman, "Iraqis happy to see Saddam go, now waiting for Americans to leave," Associated Press, April 10, 2003]

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