August 11, 2005. The Iraqis never bargained for the thousands and thousands dead. They have been grappling with anarchy since the invasion. They have been able to protect their homes and families by banding together in their hamlets and forming militias. Those militias have proven invaluable to those communities to ward off assassinations of their Holy Men. Kufa/Najaf alone has seen the death of one of their clerics assistants at the hand of Sunnis who would see their elections set aside. Caption :: Shiites marched today in the holy city of Najaf in memory of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, who was killed in a huge bombing shortly after the fall of Baghdad.