Judy: I am still puzzled by your "armed minority" point but perhaps
that's just me.
BBC has a great overview of
Al-Qaeda in Iraq The Mehdi Army Saddam loyalists Ansar al-Islam
at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4268904.stm
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