Militias in Iraq 

Militias in Iraq

From an article by a very angry Iraqi (Haifa Zangana, "an Iraqi-born novelist and artist ... a former political prisoner of the Ba'ath regime"), not necessarily reliable on all subjects:

"The CPA also ignores the violent activities of the four militias in Iraq, which have taken the law into their own hands: the peshmergas of the two Kurdish parties; the Badr brigade of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq; Ahmed Chalabi's troops; and the ex-Ba'athist Mukhabarats under Iyad Alawi's national accord. These militias are run by members of the IGC and no one can touch them. No high-ranking official of Saddam's regime has yet been prosecuted either, despite the wish of most Iraqis that they be bought to justice."

Not long ago the CPA announced at the routine media briefing that they were close to a deal to "pacify" at least two of the militias by offering members either a regular military/police position, or a severance-type payout.

No more word on this? See here, here and there is a March 22 Washington Post story inserted in here.