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Saturday, April 10, 2004

# Posted 6:00 AM by Patrick Belton  

LARRY DIAMOND argues in the Journal the case for suppressing Sadr and his militia, and also indicates that sentiment in the CPA has been moving quickly toward the demobilization of all of the militias using financial and employment incentives.

My inclination is to agree with his argument that, absent the demobilization and disarmament of the militias, every step of the transition to democracy in Iraq - the formation of parties, registration of voters, election campaigns, casting and counting of votes - will be done under the shadow of militia intervention. And that sounds like a recipe more for democracy à la pakistanaise than anything we'd like to impart to the Iraqi people, if we could possibly avoid it.
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