Militiamen in Iraq do not only carry weapons, they also wield religious, moral and economic power over their social environment. They play the role of neighborhood governors in times of peace and murderers in times of war.
"It is clear that the government is conniving with the militias for demographic changes and to prevent the people from participating in the coming parliamentary elections"
Al-Maliki and the regime officials are ignoring the problems of the Iraqi Special Forces inherited from the occupation, who were trained by Colonel James Steele under the supervision of John Negroponte. - See more at: http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/8164-the-iraqi-regime-calls-for-help-from-the-american-administration#sthash.rwXPa4QS.dpuf