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We Jul 12 -

WHAT IS WRITTEN
ON THEIR FOREHEADS?

*Carloads of men dressed in tracksuits... pulled up outside the Malouki mosque and fired rocket-propelled grenades at it... Cars were being gutted and burned...

Saleh Muhammed, an Amiriyah resident, said he dialed Baghdad's emergency number on his cellphone. "The Mahdi Army has attacked Amiriyah," he told the Interior Ministry dispatcher.

"The Mahdi Army are not terrorists like you," said the dispatcher at the ministry, which is controlled by a Shiite party and operates closely with militias. "They are people doing their duty. And how could you know that they are the Mahdi Army? Is it written on their foreheads?" He hung up the phone.*

+ SNARK ALERT!

:: Amiriyah Attack ::
-- WaPo, Reg Req'd --

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