Baghdad Braces For More Reprisals - washingtonpost.com: "Over the past two days, warnings have spread through messages delivered to the cellphones of Sunni Muslims. In Arabic, they read:
'Very big armed groups are being formed in Sadr City, backed up by the Interior Ministry, to kill great numbers of the citizens of Baghdad once the curfew is lifted. Spread the word among our people.'
It signed off: 'A reliable source.'
Yet amid the fear gripping this city of 7 million, there were also signs of Iraq's famous cohesiveness, even as the sectarian divide widened. In some mixed neighborhoods, Shiites provided shelter to Sunnis targeted by Shiite militiamen, even though they risked being branded as collaborators. Others took care of Sunni children or bought groceries for Sunni neighbors who feared walking to the local market."
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