{"id":2147,"date":"2006-08-17T01:31:50","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T00:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news1613067580\/news-sp-256\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/2147-life-in-hell-a-baghdad-diary"},"modified":"2023-01-12T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:19:45","slug":"life-in-hell-a-baghdad-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/life-in-hell-a-baghdad-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in Hell: A Baghdad Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"TIME\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-29664\" height=\"201\" alt=\"Life in Hell: A Baghdad Diary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2006\/08\/TIME.jpg\" width=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Time Magazine: &quot;The political groups that control the militias are key components of the Shi&#8217;ite coalition that has the most seats in parliament and that includes al-Maliki&#8217;s party. 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