Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by CNN.com, "Shiite Power Struggle Behind Iraq Clashes, Analysts Say."
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Anthony Cordesman, the CSIS Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, was quoted by CNN.com, "Shiite Power Struggle Behind Iraq Clashes, Analysts Say."
Recent deadly clashes in Basra and Baghdad's Sadr City represent Shiite-vs.-Shiite political maneuvering ahead of Iraqi provincial elections, analysts say. And the fighting, according to the analysts who study Iraq, represents the struggle between U.S.-backed Shiites and those allied with the anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. [ . . .]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies' Anthony Cordesman expressed similar ideas in an April report called "The Shi'ite Gamble: Rolling the Dice for Iraq's Future."
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