ABBAS VISITS GAZA...SURROUNDED BY BODY GUARDS
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas finally made it to the Gaza strip today, making a brief visit to the former Israeli town of Elei Sinai in Northern Gaza Monday. Abbas was surrounded by bodyguards and made a quick `in and out' foray in a 20 car convoy..while Hamas is openly parading its armed full strength all over Gaza.
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SHIITE MILITIAS SECURE KARBALA PASSAGE AFTER SUNNI/AL QAEDA MASSACRE -
Today, thousands of Shiite pilgrims will converge on Karbala to celebrate the birthday anniversary of the Imam Mahdi. After last week's massacre, the Shiites are guarding these pilgrims with the Badr and the `wolves' brigade(President Jaafari's Dawa party militia) and even some of al-Sadr's Mehdi army have joined forces to safeguard the passages top the city and the site of the festivities rather than rely on Iraqi national forces.
Last week al Qaeda declared all out war on Iraq's Shiites.
This show of sectarian muscle is unprecedented in Iraq, especially as these forces are operating under a unified command..one step closer to a Shiite army on a par with the Kurd's Persh Merga Army.
Interestingly enough, the American and Iraqi forces are leaving the Shiites a clear field, signalling tacit acceptance of this sectarian army. Should Zarqawi and the Sunni `insurgents' attack the pilgrims, the Shiite militas are poised to exact revenge from the Sunnis...bringing Iraq a step closer to sectarian civil war .
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