I apologize for the short diary but this is really important. I'm watching the NewsHour on PBS and Ray Saurez is interviewing Robert Worth of the New York Times to discuss the awful bloodshed today in Iraq. Mr. Worth just reported that in conjunction with today's attacks (all of which were against either shia civilians or American troops) Abu Musab al Zarqawi released a tape. In the tape he says that today's brutal attacks were in retribution for the American/Iraqi forces leveling Tal Afar over the last week. He also said the following: "Al Qaeda in Iraq declares war on all shia in Iraq."
I've been saying that Iraq was going to have a civil war whether or not our troops are there for over a year now. Sometimes I really hate being right.