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An Iraqi police commando stands guard at a checkpoint in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on April 1, 2008. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said today that a crackdown on Shiite militiamen in Basra was a 'success' and that 10,000 extra troops would be recruited to keep order in the southern oil hub. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Calm returns to Iraq?
Broadcast: Midday, 04/01/2008, 11:00 a.m.
MIT political scientist and international relations specialist Stephen Van Evera joins Midday to discuss the recent unrest in Iraq and what it means for the stabilization of the country moving forward.
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Stephen Van Evera: political science professor at MIT, internaionsl relations specialist and former managing editor of the journal, "International Security."
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- Calm returns to Iraq? (program audio)
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