A suicide bomber Thursday killed six Awakening Council members who were waiting in line in Kirkuk to receive their monthly salaries. Emad Matti / APFrom McClatchy News:
BAGHDAD — Abu Fatma dresses in suits now. He cuts his hair short and talks like a politician.
He looked down at his tie and his clean gray suit.
"Don't be fooled by my clothes," he said.
Abu Fatma agreed to put his guns aside as part of a deal with the U.S. military last year but the former Sunni Muslim insurgent, once known as a killer with no mercy, is still a fighter. If the Americans don't start keeping the promises they made to his group and him he'll fight again, he said.
"All our arms are from old army caches underground; they will allow us to fight another 20 years," said the Kurd from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. "I've told the Americans, 'If you keep alienating the people, all the Iraqis will fight.' "
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My Comment: They are all talking the talk .... but will they walk the walk? It appears that all sides are waiting for the Americans to leave .... it is when they are gone that anything will then become possible.
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