After All The Speeches And Ceremonies, This Is What Is Happening On The Ground In Iraq

Now It's Every Iraqi For Himself -- The Telegraph

As US troops pull out and pro-government militias collapse, many locals are facing a choice between their families' safety and their country's future, says Richard Spencer in Baghdad.

It is not difficult to find people in Iraq who are certain that they are about to be killed. But in the case of Mazin Fahmi, it is hard to disagree. Mr Fahmi has already escaped death scores of times. Three months ago, he was saved by his body armour – the bullet penetrated only far enough to wound, as he proves by showing a photograph in which it is lodged in his chest. He is a regular target for "sticky bombs", which are removed by one of his few remaining bodyguards from under his car. And that's not to mention the "drive-by" threats from local youths he knows to be in the pay of al-Qaeda.

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My Comment: If this report is 50% true, the groundwork is being laid for another round of sectarian war and bloodshed that would rival what happened in Iraq in 2007. The only difference is that the U.S. military will not be there in sufficient numbers to stop it.