Iraq, the unraveling (XXXII): 13 dead in Anbar
Someone killed 13 people in al Anbar province, many of them relatives of a leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Is this more pre-election jockeying, or what? The Baghdad government is calling it a tribal dispute. That may be true — but it certainly is what I would say if I wanted to just chalk ...
Someone killed 13 people in al Anbar province, many of them relatives of a leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Is this more pre-election jockeying, or what? The Baghdad government is calling it a tribal dispute. That may be true -- but it certainly is what I would say if I wanted to just chalk it up to those rowdy Anbaris.
Someone killed 13 people in al Anbar province, many of them relatives of a leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party. Is this more pre-election jockeying, or what? The Baghdad government is calling it a tribal dispute. That may be true — but it certainly is what I would say if I wanted to just chalk it up to those rowdy Anbaris.
Anybody got a clue as to what is happening in Anbar?
KHALIL AL-MURSHIDI/AFP/Getty Images
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