[eureka!]

Well said, especially on the political cost to the area's 'leaders' with the upcoming transition. This area will be on the sh*tlist for the new administration. I was also surprised by the strength, make that foreboding sound, of the comments from the military and W on this. Methinks the malefactors will regret their day in the sun and seeming adoration and Mogadishu agitprop by the leftist press...

[MJemison]

AS Major Bob said this morning, there must be Iraqi policeman (backed up by US forces) going house to house, interviewing the town leaders & tribal heads for the identities of the perps. He said they have to be area policeman, to make the point to the Fallujah people, that this will not be tolerated. (Unsaid, that these policeman would mete out their own form of barbaric punishment).
Major Bob also stated that if things are not handled this way, it would be the second largest mistake made in Iraq.