[HISTORY 241] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 192 pages long Study Guide!
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Feb. 24, 2006: guerrillas bomb askariyah shrine in samarra. Shiites demonstrate, sistine calls for nonviolent demos. Mahdi army turns to death squad activity. Ja"fari initially reelected by uia with sadrist support. Sunnis, kurds, americans insist ja"fari must go. Al-maliki gains support of sadrists, fadhila, da"wa. Da"wa bureau chief in damascus from 1980s-2003. Maliki tried to overthrow saddam in syria. Maliki said in interview in fall 2002: Has not run well in local elections. Basra had a lot of security problems. Law specifying mechanisms for establishing a shiite 8-province. Thousands killed each month, perhaps a million displaced abroad. Baghdad goes from 50/50 sunni-shiite to 65% shiite in january 2007. Fadhila or islamic virtue party (sunni) iraqi accord front. Tribal levies (awakening councils) in al-anbar province turn against salafi jihadis. Baghdad is returned to condition before feb. 2006 (not paradise) Us pays, arms sunni guerrillas not to fight us. Surge has pushed insurgency to diyala, babil, ninevah provinces.
