Iraqi soldiers searched Awakening Council members in Hawr Jab, on the outskirts of Baghdad, on a recent pay day. An Awakening leader there is under arrest. Christoph Bangert for The New York TimesIraq Bloodshed Rises As US Allies Defect -- Times Online
Obama’s withdrawal pledge is at risk as militias paid by the US begin to rejoin the insurgency
IRAQ is threatened by a new wave of sectarian violence as members of the “Sons of Iraq” – the Sunni Awakening militias that were paid by the US to fight Al-Qaeda – begin to rejoin the insurgency.
If the spike in violence continues, it could affect President Barack Obama’s pledge to withdraw all combat troops from Iraqi cities by the end of June. All US troops are due to leave the country by 2012.
A leading member of the Political Council of Iraqi Resistance, which represents six Sunni militant groups, said: “The resistance has now returned to the field and is intensifying its attacks against the enemy. The number of coalition forces killed is on the rise.”
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My Comment: This is the worse news possible. The Iraqi Sunnis have been deserted and lied to by their Central Government, and they are going back to the battle. This situation is only going to get worse. Much worse.
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