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Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/03/31/militias-a-growing-challenge-for-iraq-ahead-of-talks-with-us/

Militias a Growing Challenge for Iraq

(AP-Military Times) Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Last week, a convoy of masked Shiite militiamen, armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, drove openly through central Baghdad denouncing the U.S. presence in Iraq and threatening to cut off the prime minister's ear. They sent a stark warning that the rogue militias loyal to Tehran will not be curbed. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has said that bringing armed groups under state control is a goal of his administration but finds himself increasingly helpless in reining in the groups.

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