all that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned

To Protect and Serve

by mike · 2005-12-06

The [Sadr] Al Mahdi army has a heavy presence in the regular police force, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said. One high-ranking U.S. military officer estimated that up to 90% of the 35,000 police officers working in northeast Baghdad were affiliated with Al Mahdi … “The Mahdi army’s got the Iraqi police and Badr’s got the commandos,” the high-ranking U.S. military officer said. “Everybody’s got their own death squads.”

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