Concern in Iraq grows over unregulated Shiite forces

Shi'ite fighters participate in an intensive security deployment against Islamic State militants in Jurf al-Sakhar October 26, 2014. After helping government forces break Islamic State's grip over a strategic town just south of Baghdad on Saturday, Shi'ite militias decided it was time for payback. To match story MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-EXECUTIONS REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR4BO5H

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Shiite clerics from Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces, allied with Iraqi forces against the Islamic State, pray in Tikrit March 28, 2015. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed in street fighting with Islamic State militants in Tikrit overnight as they advanced slowly into the city, a Sunni jihadist bastion, in the wake of coalition air strikes, a security official said. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RTR4V9FA

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Concern in Iraq grows over unregulated Shiite forces

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