A lot of innocent people are being killed by suicide attacks that are specifically targeting civilians, but some prominent Sunnis who have ties to the insurgency have reported that many former regime members are looking for a way out of the insurgency.
The insurgents were, in one Sunni leader's words, dealt a very demoralizing blow by the sites of millions of Iraqis voting in free elections in January. Now they want to way out of the fight, but they are afraid if they just give up they will be imprisoned or killed. Meanwhile, the Shiites and the Kurds have yet to form a government. They are haggling over various posts and other issues. The Kurds are holding out for every little bit of power they can get- such as mintaining the autonomy of the Kurdish pesh merga militia in northern Iraq, and the sharing of oil revenues from the Kirkuk region. All in all, it sounds like a bit of old-fashioned political horse-trading is going on. Iraq- certainly Baghdad and the Sunni triangle- is still a dangerous place, but the insurgency is essentially done for. A lot more people will probably die before the end of the bombing, but the democrats have already won. It's like a chess match- the outcome has already been decided, but there are several more moves until checkmate. The only real question left is whether the insurgents concede defeat now or fight it out to the bitter end. >Ray wrote: >Man, I hope not. I'd like to see the media go back to covering Iraq. How >many innocents are dying there still, every day? > >It really irks me when I watch the local news at night. 10 or more minutes >covering the Schiavo story, and absolutely NO mention of that silly War issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:152364 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
