"The next day Abu Muhammad Hajeri, a Saudi leader in Zarqawi's group, was found dead with three other members of the group, killed by local tribesmen in retaliation."
... What this says is that, at any given time, the Iraqi's know where the insurgents are. The Iraqi's aren't helping us one damn bit.
I say we keep their oil and shepherd them all into Iran. Screw 'em for screwing us.
READ the article! What it says is the SUNNI'S "weren't" helping us. The Sunni's comprise 20% or less, of the Iraqis. They are now seeing the light. It is a good thing.
Of course they know. There are 26M Iraqis who live amongst the insurgents. They know the language, know the culture, hear the gossip, etc. They even know how to use firearms. Tell me again why they can't purge Iraq of these insurgents if provided ample guns and ammo and even some training out of the country? We haven't even given them the opportunity. As long as Iraqis view the insurgent menace as "their problem" and not "our problem," they will sit idle.
These people aren't innocent babes. They have been through wars and war conditions. I think we'd be surprised how much they could accomplish if they had no choice but to try. We're treating them like infants or the French. These people can defend themselves if given the opportunity of doing so in a liberated Iraq, without the threat of an organized army to put them down.