Shiite Power Play Threatens Iraq Quiet

By Ivan Eland
January 26, 2010

Since taking office, Barack Obama has had to deal with an economy in free-fall, a political crisis over health-care “reform,” and a rising Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan. So far, Iraq has been quiet enough that many in the media and public have redirected their attention to the wars du jour of Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia.

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