In defence of Baghdad, Iraq turns to Shi'ite militias


  • World
  • Sunday, 15 Jun 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Special Forces soldier watched as militia fighters from the group Asaib Ahl Haq reinforced his elite Iraqi military battalion north of Baghdad earlier this week.

Beyond their ranks, deployed between the Shiite cities of Dujail and Balad, was the army of Sunni militants.

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