Underscoring the struggle facing Baghdad's Anglo-American administration to stabilize postwar Iraq, gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades at a U.S. armored vehicle in the town of Falluja late on Wednesday. U.S. troops, responding to the fire, killed two Iraqis. The incident inflamed tensions in Falluja, where U.S. troops and local demonstrators clashed after the fall of Saddam Hussein last month and at least 15 Iraqis were killed.
Sounds like Falluja needs cause/effect lesson
Many Iraqis are impatient for the swift handover of power to a fully fledged Iraqi government, arguing that the power vacuum has delayed the rebuilding of infrastructure and contributed to the lawlessness that has terrorised residents.
No, the infrastructure can't be rebuilt without a stable society, even if it has to come at the point of an M-16
On Wednesday the United States delayed steps toward choosing an interim Iraqi government, pushing back at least until mid-July a national conference to create a U.S.-supervised transitional authority. |