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<\/a><\/center>\nSo things sure are changing in Iraq now that we’re no longer “occupying” the country. The UK’s Mail<\/a> is reporting that al Qaeda is claiming responsibility for last week’s attack that left more than 60 Iraqis dead while our President was taking his Iraq victory lap;<\/p>\n
An Al Qaeda front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the wave of attacks that ripped through Baghdad on a single day last week, killing 69 people and raising new fears about the country’s future.<\/p>\n
A suicide car bomber and multiple roadside bombs hit the capital’s mainly Shi’ite areas on December 22 in the first attacks there since U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq on December 18.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Meanwhile, Muqtada Sadr-linked legislators are calling for a new election to oust the colonial government of President Maliki according to the Washington Post<\/a>; <\/p>\n
Sadr remains a popular figure among Iraqi Shiites and for years championed the U.S. departure from Iraq. On Sunday, he listed 10 problems with the ongoing feud between the prime minister and Hashimi. Number six was that it could \u201clead to forgetting about the people and their suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n
Separately, in Najaf, a radical group long accused by the United States of attacking U.S. forces said it would join the political process \u2014 and possibly run candidates for parliament.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Our biggest failure in Iraq will end up being the fact that we left Sadr amongst the living.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"