Soldiers lower the American flag during a handover ceremony of the US military base Bucca to the Iraqi authorities. ReutersAmerica Lowers The Flag: Iraq's Unquiet Peace -- The Independent
At the end of next month, the United States is pulling its combat troops out of Iraq. But the country they are leaving behind is still a barely floating wreck, says Patrick Cockburn
On 14 June, this year an interpreter for the US army called Hameed al-Daraji was shot dead as he was sleeping in his house in Samarra, a city 60 miles north of Baghdad.
In some respects there was nothing strange about the killing, since 26 Iraqi civilians were murdered in different parts of the country on the same day. As well as working periodically for the Americans since 2003, Mr Daraji may have recently converted to Christianity and unwisely taken to wearing a crucifix around his neck – a gesture quite enough to make him a target in the Sunni Arab heartlands.
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My Comment: A fairly accurate analysis on the mess that is known as Iraq today.