Many bloggers have gone a bit quite over Iraq given the continuation of it all but this is a bit shocking:
Baghdad Mayor Is Ousted by a Shiite Group and ReplacedFrom The New York Times, it is also odd that there is no reaction from any US representative quoted in reaction on the ouster of the mayor.
By JAMES GLANZ
Published: August 10, 2005BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 9 - Armed men entered Baghdad's municipal building during a blinding dust storm on Monday, deposed the city's mayor and installed a member of Iraq's most powerful Shiite militia. The deposed mayor, Alaa al-Tamimi, who was not in his offices at the time, recounted the events in a telephone interview on Tuesday and called the move a municipal coup d'état. He added that he had gone into hiding for fear of his life. "This is the new Iraq," said Mr. Tamimi, a secular engineer with no party affiliation. "They use force to achieve their goal." The group that ousted him insisted that it had the authority to assume control of Iraq's capital city and that Mr. Tamimi was in no danger. The man the group installed, Hussein al-Tahaan, is a member of the Badr Organization, the armed militia of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, known as Sciri. The militia has been credited with keeping the peace in heavily Shiite areas in southern Iraq but also accused of abuses like forcing women to wear the veils demanded by conservative Shiite religious law.

Comments
portland - August 10, 2005 10:09 PM
can kingston be far behind?
Alan - August 10, 2005 10:27 PM
You have missed the best recent comment completely.