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'The Shia militias in Basra are better armed than Iraqi forces' - Independent Online Edition > Middle East

'The Shia militias in Basra are better armed than Iraqi forces' - Independent Online Edition > Middle East: "In Basra, Sunnis and Christians have been subjected to sectarian cleansing by the Shia militias. Women said to have behaved in an 'irreligious' way were targeted in recent months, and, according to General Jalil Khalaf, more than 40 women have been murdered."

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