[lemma=badr] [lemma=□]
[lemma=badr] [lemma=brigade]
[lemma=badr] [lemma=badr]
The Shi'ite sectarian militias , in particular the Badr Brigade and the Mahdi Army , who make up the bulk of the Iraqi police force , have in turn retaliated by raiding homes , torturing , and assassinating Sunni Arabs in cities like Baghdad and Samarra , committing one of the worst sectarian atrocities in Iraq 's history . If we had n't brought the Badr brigades into the political process at the outset of the transition from invasion to occupation but kept the Mahdi Army out . The people live in fear of the local militia , divided between Sadr 's people and the Badr Brigade , as well as the British trained police force . Among the Shi'a themselves , the Badr Brigade is fighting the Mahdi Army of Muqtada al Sadr . In particular , the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ( SCIRI ) and its Badr Brigades are regarded by many Shia as too close to Iran . Abdel Aziz Hakim of SCIRI , the former commander of the paramilitary Badr Brigade sponsored by Iran ’ s revolutionary guards , said that there is no need for a reconciliation conference in Iraq since , he says , “ there are no clashes between the Iraqi people .