Local Militias = Trouble

'I'm not going to get into the elections or how Al-Dulaymi has essentially declared the insurgency back into "full on" mode (with noticeable effects) or whatever. I'm not even going to get into how Iran now has enormous influence over the new leaders of Iraq. But this article comments on something I observed on the ground when last in Baghdad for a while that many people have not mentioned, the often "Dual Membership" in an Iraqi Army or Iraqi Police unit and a Religious Militia (to whom they are more loyal):

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...Not saying that it wouldn't be better than under Saddam, but "better than Saddam" is a rather low bar."
Inside Iraq -mrvetinari