Pentagon gives gloomy Iraq report "vocal minority" of religious extremi

[rodeodance]

Pentagon gives gloomy Iraq report

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the security problems have become more complex than at any time since the U.S. invasion in 2003, the Pentagon said Friday.


In a notably gloomy report to Congress, the Pentagon said illegal militias have become more entrenched, especially in Baghdad neighborhoods where they are seen as providers of both security and basic social services.

The report described a rising tide of sectarian violence, fed in part by interference from neighboring Iran and Syria and driven by a "vocal minority" of religious extremists who oppose the idea of a democratic Iraq.

Death squads targeting mainly Iraqi civilians are a growing problem, heightening the risk of civil war, it said.......

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060901/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq

[musette_sf]

1. "driven by a 'vocal minority' of religious extremists"

...oh, i thought they meant the WH, Congress, GOP, Supreme Court, etc etc etc.

[seasat]

2. Isn't this how Hezbollah got started?

In a notably gloomy report to Congress, the Pentagon said illegal militias have become more entrenched, especially in Baghdad neighborhoods where they are seen as providers of both security and basic social services.

The report described a rising tide of sectarian violence, fed in part by interference from neighboring Iran and Syria and driven by a "vocal minority" of religious extremists who oppose the idea of a democratic Iraq.

Talk about not learning from history. All they had to do was look at Lebanon to see how Iraq would turn out. We all saw this coming why didn't those idiots? (rhetorical question self answered by the last word in the sentence)

[w4rma]

3. Yup. Domino Theocracy. (As opposed to Domino Democracy) (nt)