How U.S. inaction led to rise of militias

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By Tom Lasseter
Inquirer Foreign Staff

BAGHDAD - U.S. officials were warned for more than two years that Shiite Muslim militias were infiltrating Iraq's security forces and taking control of neighborhoods, but they failed to take action to counteract the threat, Iraqi and American officials said.

Now American officials call the militias the primary security concern in Iraq, blaming them for more civilian deaths than the Sunni Muslim insurgency.

U.S. officials concede that they did not act, in part because they were focused on fighting the Sunni-dominated insurgency and on recruiting and training Iraqi security forces.

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[rodeodance]

1. Incompetance is the only reason (Rummy on down).

[ovidsen]

2. Why am I not surprised? (kick!) n/t