I am starting to wonder if that area you have mentioned, in that part of Iraq is where ISIS has taken control of?
Not yet....Al Hillah is a total SHIA majority...
Karbala is the holiest place for Shia (Ali and Hussein Mosques) are there...it’s where the Sunni’s killed both of these men, who were the Grand Children of Mohammed.
Every JAN the Shia turn out and conduct a pilgrimage by cutting their faces and those of their children to pour out the blood for not mounting an army to save those two. They walk and beat themselves drawing blood as they make the march.
ISIS will attempt, and may succeed, in blowing those mosques up...they sit south of Fallujah and Ramadi...south west of Baghdad...
Al-Hillah is supported also by Diwaniyah (South) and another 2nd Holy City, An Najaf...this is where the large grave yard is located - and most of where Mahdi Militia, or Sadr’s boys hang out...a deadly place for Coalition Forces back in 2004-2008...
Be ISIS or Mahdi Militia - it all stems from Islam - that places ones situation into the hands of Allah, and does not account for self-responsibility or effort. They surround their lives with death - and I saw more often than not, MM doing the same things that ISIS is doing...evil is abundant in that area...
I wrote a book describing the military and religious aspects of how we defeated this force - traditional publishing houses didn’t like the religious aspect, and therefore it was hard to get it published - but I eventually succeeded...it’s use alot within US and British intelligence arenas...
Amazon: Babylon’s Covert War