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Kirkuk A Go Go

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Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to [Kirkuk] — widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war — vowing to fight any attempt to shift control over Kirkuk to the Kurdish-governed north … The Mahdi Army, led by firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has sent at least two companies, each with about 120 fighters, according to Thomas Wise, political counselor for the U.S. Embassy’s Kirkuk regional office, which has been tracking militia activity. The Badr Organization, the armed wing of Iraq’s largest Shiite political party, has also boosted its presence and opened several offices across the region.

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