U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ivan Eggel, a pararescueman, conducts security from a rooftop after fast roping from a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter during a proficiency exercise outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 10, 2009. Eggel is assigned to the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.From Christian Science Monitor:
The recent spate of attacks have come as US troops are preparing to pull out of urban areas.
Washington - A raft of sensational attacks in Iraq is raising new questions about President Obama's plans to draw down troops in Iraq so he can send more to Afghanistan.
On Friday, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up near the gates of a Shiite Muslim shrine in Baghdad, killing 60 people. The attack followed two suicide bombs Thursday that killed more than 80 people.
The wave of violence in recent weeks, coming as US troops have begun preparing for withdrawal, threatens to bring Iraq back to the front burner, after months of increased security coupled with Obama's focus on Afghanistan had pushed it back.
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My Comment: A good question. The fact that I am asking this question tells me that even though the U.S. Administration states that they are not going to leave if civil war and/or sectarian hostilities break out .... I have some doubts.
But fortunately, I believe that the Iraqis will still find their way .... and for the extremists, they will be hunted down and killed.