Från samma Aftonbladet-artikel som i notisen "Devil in disguise":

"Allt oftare framförs nu kritik mot USA för att man inte låter irakier eller irakisk militär delta i landets försvar.
  - Ni har eldkraften och rörligheten, vi har lokal kunskap och underrättelse. Bara om vi arbetar som sanna partners kan vi uppnå den seger som är så viktig för våra länder, säger Ahmad Chalabi, ledare för den irakiska nationalkongressen som tillsatts av USA."

Billmon på Whiskey Bar har en del reflektioner kring detta:

"Having committed one huge error in disbanding the old Iraqi Army, the Coalition appears to be on the brink of comitting an even worse one: letting the various factions on the Governing Council put their supporters on the street with guns:

'The officials said the force could consist of thousands of Iraqis already screened by the political parties for prior affiliations with Saddam Hussein's government. Some Iraqi officials said that such a militia could ultimately take control of Iraqi cities from American soldiers.'
(New York Times 30/8: U.S. and Iraqis Talk of Forming a Large Militia)

Given the way the Council has handled its business so far - carefully partitioning everything (seats, ministries, the rotating presidency) among the its various factions, it's hard to believe a new militia wouldn't be created in the same fashion. This how private armies get created. This is how Lebanons get created."

En till som tycker Irak börjar likna Libanon är Robert Baer, före detta CIA-agent:
"Washington Post 24/8: Where Do They Go From Here? We Pulled Out of Beirut. We Can't Abandon Iraq". (Baer har en del egendomliga ideer men hans analys är läsvärd.)

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