These are the procedural cobwebs that seem undecipherable. I believe, infinitely more simply, that we should all of a sudden withdraw to the desert. Then, the factions would be forced to fight (each other) much more conventionally. "Conventionally" means (somewhat) massed forces with real, out-and-out battles. Here is where we would take notes and names. Who are they? Where do they sleep at night? Where do they go to lick their wounds? Then, we target the bastards and we simply kill them. We let them do the ID-ing for us. Believe me: there are scores to settle -- and with us out in the desert, the perpetrators would either have to mass, and fight, or run. It's that mass-ing that has been lacking thus far, and we desperately need it.
As it is now, we don't know who the hell to shoot.
With my strategy, we could root for deaths (of fighters now, not innocents), sell popcorn and root for injuries. As soon as the factions come more into focus, we could send in special forces to wipe their sorry asses out.
Meanwhile, and most importantly, our brave young warriors are out of harm's way.
Sounds like a good plan. The Marines on the ground would love it.
But it's not in the IRAQ SURRENDER GROUP REPORT.