This cannot be a good sign.


Baghdad - Shiite Iraqis began arriving here this week for a mass pilgrimage Thursday to a revered imam's shrine. Much of the city is now locked down, closed off to protect the nearly 1 million faithful expected to pay tribute in the northern Baghdad neighborhood of Kadhimiya.

But not only is this march to honor Imam Musa al-Kadhim in a Shiite Muslim rite, it has become a show of newfound power and defiance in the face of hard-line Sunni suicide bombers who continue to wreak havoc in their communities.

This year's pilgrimage also comes amid an unprecedented wave of anger toward Saudi Arabia. Government and religious leaders here charge that the neighboring kingdom is doing little to stem the flow of its nationals to Iraq to wage "holy war" on Shiites.


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Government and religious leaders here charge that the neighboring kingdom is doing little to stem the flow of its nationals to Iraq to wage "holy war" on Shiites.

I tend to side with the Iraqi's on that statement.

It is true, but remember Maliki and the leadership are shi'a, they will say anything to discredit the sunnis.

The Saudi's make no bones abour how they feel the Sunni's are being shortchanged, or being singled out in Iraq. There is no way that I can see that SA will support any policy that reqires a crackdown on militant Sunni's in Iraq. IMO.

A crackdown will occur only if the Royal family gets something out of the deal or they feel really thrreatened.