robotnyck 2:09 am on June 23, 2013 Permalink | Log in to leave a Comment Tags: Badr Organisation, Iraq ( 44 ), Iraqi Shiites ( 5 ), Shiite ( 21 ) #Syria #Iraq - Thousands of Shi’ites ready to fight in Syria, Iraqi says reuters/article/2013/06/21/us-iraq-syria-shiites-idUSBRE95K0RP20130621 (Reuters) – Thousands of Shi’ite Muslims from Iraq and beyond will take up arms against Sunni al Qaeda “savages” in Syria if fellow Shi’ites or their shrines come under attack again, a powerful minister in Iraq’s Shi’ite-led government said. It would be impossible to “sit idle while the Shi’ites are being attacked”, while the United States and Western allies arm and finance the mainly Sunni rebels fighting against Syria’s government, Hadi al-Amiri told Reuters in an interview. Amiri, Iraq’s transport minister, is head of the Badr Organisation, a political movement which arose from a heavily-armed Iran-trained militia and many of whose members are now part of Iraq’s security forces.
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