From Real Clear Politics:
BAGHDAD - As soon as I arrived here, I went to visit the neighborhood of Hay Salaam, my bellwether as to the city's condition and prospects.
What I saw was tremendously heartening. But my visit also revealed the question marks that dog Iraq's future as U.S. combat troops prepare to pull back from cities no later than June 30.
This middle-class enclave had a Shiite majority and a sizable Sunni minority who got along before Iraq sank into sectarian strife in early 2006. As al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) targeted Shiite civilians, members of a vicious Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army or Jaish Mahdi (JAM) moved into the area on the pretext of protecting Shiite civilians. They murdered Sunnis, as well as Shiites who protested. Sunni families fled.
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