and many were included within ISF units. That has
only increased since then. The Iraqi government has talked about including all
of the various independent armed groups in Iraq within a National Guard to try
to bring them under the umbrella of the government. The Americans support this
idea. That would not break the militia ties to their leadership however just as
when Badr joined the Interior Ministry in 2005. In fact, Iran wants to maintain
its power and influence within the Iraqi government and ISF through its militia
allies and would oppose any effort at trying to carry out any serious reform of
government forces. Not only that but the new Interior Minister Mohammed Ghaban
is from the Badr organization the leading militia in the country. It was tasked
by Iran with heading the Iraqi militias fightingOver the course of their standout careers in the English Premier League and with the England national team, Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard were inextricably linked in the minds of soccer followers. Lampard, now 36, may be the greatest Chelsea player ever. You could argue the same for Gerrard, 34, with Liverpool. And there was often a national team debate about the two at the height of their powers: Could England find a way to play both of them at the same time?

These days Lampard and Gerrard are at the center of the discussion when it comes to Major League Soccer. And on Saturday night, in his first public comments about both players since things got a little crazy around New Year’s, MLS commissioner Don Garber spoke to