Iraqi Civil Strife Threatens US Pullout

Consortium News by Ivan Eland | Mar. 27, 2009 (News Analysis)

Gen. David Petraeus, George W. Bush’s final commander in Iraq, managed to arm, train and pay opposition Sunni insurgents to quit fighting the U.S. military, Kurdish and Shi’i militias, and the Iraq government (dominated by the Shi’a and Kurds) and instead to go after al Qaeda.

By neutralizing the Sunni insurgency, Petraeus also quieted the Sunni-Shi’i sectarian conflict between the groups’ respective militias. But he made a future ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 27, 2009 - 3:36 PM PDT
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