And, dollars to doughnuts, I would bet that they were Sunnis.
The Shiites and Kurds know that, if the U.S. bugged out, the Sunni Baathists would kill another 50,000 Kurds and another 30,000-80,000 Shiites just as they did after the Gulf War.
The 20% of the Iraqi population that is Sunni has good reason to hate America's guts. We liberated their slaves.
good point. I am surprised at the restraint of the Shites and the Kurds this far. I would not blame them if they decide to hunt down and exterminate the terrorists. The sooner that incredible violence can be visited upon the terrorists, their families, and their supporters, the sooner peace and the rule of law can reign. Evil must be exterminated with extreme violence. To do less, is to delay peace.