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The Badr Organization -- the party militia of the Iranian-backed Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq -- moved against its enemies on several fronts today, possibly triggering the start of a full-scale civil war in Iraq.

At a minimum, it's going to make the Cheney administration's stay-the-course snow job an even harder sell.

The wires, as well as Chris Allbritton at Back to Iraq 3.0, are reporting that Badr units in the holy city of Najaf attacked the offices of archrival Moqtada Sadr, killing more than 20 of Sadr's supporters and burning the place to the ground.