Jarba's Home Attacked, 8 Dead Oil Official Killed

" I.e. they now see him as a quisling. The attack on his home is another sign of growing Sunni-Shiite tensions, such that even Sunnis associating closely with the Shiite-dominated government are being targeted.

Alas, the incident also indicates exactly what would happen to the new political class if the US military just up and left Iraq.

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Juan Cole

Maybe it's like Khalid's last encounter with the resistance?