Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Risks Deepening Role in Iraqi Shi'ite Feud."
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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Risks Deepening Role in Iraqi Shi'ite Feud."
he Bush administration's support for the Iraqi government crackdown on Shi'ite militias risks drawing the United States into a dangerous confrontation between rival Shi'ite sects, analysts warn.
Washington has billed the security operation launched last month by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as a defining battle for Iraq between the rule of law and Iranian-backed outlaw militias dubbed by U.S. officials as "special groups" that thrive as criminal syndicates.
"The great uncertainty is just how much this Shi'ite power struggle is going to be violent and how much will end up with elements the U.S. can work with," said Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read the article
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