Attacks Commence
Tuesday April 21, 2009,
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Everyone knows the analogy of the beehive. When it is goaded,
countless bees emerge, attacking the tormentor. Right now in Iraq,
the formerly US-backed al-Sahwa (Sons of Iraq) Sunni militia, ripe
with broken promises from both the occupiers of their country and
the Iraqi government that they would be given respect and jobs, have
gone into attack mode.
It is an easily predictable outcome. An occupying power (the US)
sets up a 100,000-strong militia composed of former resistance
fighters and even some members of al-Qaeda, pays them each $300 per
month to not attack occupation forces, and attacks decrease
dramatically. Then, stop paying most of them and tell them they will
be incorporated into Iraqi government security forces. Proceed to
leave them high and dry as the government of Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki begins targeting them - assassinating leaders,
detaining fighters and threatening their families. Allow this plan
to continue for over six months, unabated.
Not surprisingly, the Sahwa are fighting back against US forces and
those of the Iraqi government.
While not all of these attacks can be attributed to Sahwa forces, I
believe it is safe to say the majority of them are. A brief overview
of the last few days in Iraq is informative, as it shows many of
these attacks, as well as some of the ongoing attacks by government
forces against the Sahwa:
*April 20: Suicide bomber wounds eight US soldiers in Baquba,
40 miles northeast of Baghdad. Dubai-based satellite TV channel al-Arabiya
reports that three of the US soldiers were killed. The US military
does not confirm the deaths. Iraqi officials tell the media the
bomber was wearing a police uniform. This method is becoming
increasingly common now. Sahwa forces already have police and
military uniforms, as they have been working as security personnel
for months now. In another attack in the same city, a suicide bomber
kills two US soldiers, their Iraqi interpreter and two bystanders,
although the US military has not reported on the incident. Overall,
16 Iraqis killed, 11 wounded.
*April 19: Gunmen kill an off-duty lieutenant-colonel
policeman in his car in Baghdad. Mortar round wounds two civilians
when it hits a power generator in the Zayouna district in east
Baghdad. Police find the bodies of two Sunni Arab militiamen with
bullet wounds in the head and chest in Hilla, 60 miles south of
Baghdad. Gunmen kill two Sahwa members in separate incidents around
Mussayib. Gunmen kill an Interior Ministry official in Nu’ariyah and
another in Ur. The Interior Ministry is responsible for targeting
the Sahwa leadership. In total, 14 Iraqis are killed, 28 wounded.
*April 17: Mortar attacks across Shi’ite-majority districts
of Baghdad kill eight and wound 19.
*April 16: A suicide bomber kills 16 Iraqi soldiers and
wounds another 50 after infiltrating an army base in Habbaniyah, on
the outskirts of Fallujah, and mingling with a queue of soldiers at
a dining facility. The bomber is wearing a military uniform. A Sahwa
leader is killed when a bomb planted on his car explodes in Baquba.
In addition to the aformentioned, there has been a dramatic increase
in the number of bombings and roadside bombs across Iraq recently.
On April 20, two young girls were killed in Fallujah when a sticky
bomb targeting an army officer exploded outside their home as he
left for work. The same day in Basra, a roadside bomb targeting a US
patrol detonated, but the military reported no casualties. April 19
saw a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol that wounded five
people, including two policemen in the Zaafaraniya district of
southeast Baghdad. That same day, another roadside bomb wounded four
people in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, and the so-called
Green Zone was shelled. On April 17, a roadside bomb wounded a
policeman in Baquba, and three bombs were defused in Amara in
southern Iraq.
There is a new kind of war on in Iraq - and it is spreading.
Tit-for-tat killings between the Sahwa and government forces are
increasing. Roadside bomb attacks and suicide strikes against US
forces are also increasing in recent days. Meanwhile, there is no
sign of reconciliation between the Sahwa and the Iraqi government,
and of course little if any of this is mentioned in most US
corporate media.
While the current trend still pales in comparison to previous levels
of resistance in Iraq, if left unchecked, it will certainly continue
to increase.
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