The locals in Basra are getting fed up with all the violence. Maybe some leader(s) will step forward and help them get things under control.
Iraqis Protest in Basra Over Security
By BUSHRA JUHI – 1 day ago
BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets Saturday in Basra, protesting deteriorating security in the southern city where Iraqi forces assumed responsibility for safety last December.
As many as 5,000 people demonstrated near the Basra police command headquarters Saturday, demanding that the police chief, Maj. Gen. Abdul-Jalil Khalaf, and the commander of joint military-police operation, Lt. Gen. Mohan al-Fireji, resign.
Saturday's protesters, overwhelmingly men, came from several Shiite political movements, including the biggest Shiite party, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and its militia wing, known as the Badr Brigade.
Monday, March 10, 2008
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http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=79192
somebody other than US occupiers will have to quell the violence,as the "Myth of the Surge" continues to be exposed.
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