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The Iraqi government has launched a massive new security crackdown, ordering tens of thousands of Baghdad residents to leave homes they are occupying illegally so as to quell the spread of ethnic cleansing and sealing the borders with Syria and Iran. Which means radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr got out just in time. Bush administration officials say he fled to Tehran two weeks ago because of fears about his safety though al-Sadr's spokesman denied he had left the country. Last week's helicopter crash that killed seven marines in Iraq was caused by insurgents the US military said today. It was the fifth military helicopter downed by missile attacks in the last three weeks. Though most people are focused on the vicious sectarian fighting that continues to tear Iraqi civil society apart, Britain's Serious Fraud Office is looking back to the Saddam years and allegations that UK-based companies such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly may have paid bribes to the dictator as part of the UN Oil for Food scandal.