And That's the Way It Is

"Fighting broke out in Amara on Thursday after the head of police intelligence in the surrounding province, a member of the rival Shiite Badr Brigade militia, was killed by a roadside bomb, prompting his family to kidnap the teenage brother of the local head of the a-Madhi Army.

The Mahdi Army seized several police stations and clamped a curfew on the city in retaliation."

-- From AP's Article on Mahdi Army take over of Amara, Iraq, this morning.

This is not the kind of violence that is being controlled by Sadr, Al-Queda or organzied insurgents. This is violent anarchy and colapse, worsening daily.