Episode #2 PLUS – The Sunni/Shia showdown

After getting a glimpse into the conflict between Saddam Hussein and the Shiite Muslims in the marshland, I realized that it was a microcosm of a macro mess that had morphed throughout the Middle East. In order to understand it better, I would need to unpack my bags and spend a night in a place considered by some to be a Shiite militia stronghold and by others to be a Muslim holy city.