American officials tried to deflect questions about Iraqi militias.

The marines withdrew from the city last May after turning over control to an Iraqi militia that later dissolved.

Hmm, well it's not too far off the behavious of Iraqi militias reported in that Guardian article recently.

Plans for an Iraqi militia have already been in the works, to guard such things as power plants and troop convoys.

The Iraqi fedayeen militia has at most 40,000 men.

I'm more afraid of Iraqi militias than of the Americans.

I agree that the American army is part of the problem, but Iraqi militias are now responsible for most of the killings.

Iraqi Kurdish militias had little choice but to cooperate with Turkish operations in northern Iraq.

About the only surprise has been the fact that Iraqi militia have not broken ranks with their leaders sooner.

Coalition forces also supported Iraqi Kurdish militia, estimated to number upwards of 50,000.