About 100 Die in Rebel Attacks in Five Iraq Cities

[Hawkeye-X]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - About 100 people were killed and several hundred wounded in Iraq Thursday when insurgents launched bloody assaults in five cities to disrupt next week's formal handover to Iraqi rule.

Three U.S. soldiers were among those killed in bold assaults on Iraqi security forces in Baghdad and the mainly Sunni Muslim cities of Baquba, Falluja and Ramadi.

Iraq's third-largest city Mosul was the worst hit, with suicide bombings killing 62 people and wounding 220, said a senior coalition military official.

About 100 Die in Rebel Attacks in Five Iraq Cities

[shraby]

1. Link please.

[maxsolomon]

2. what is the end game of the insurgents?

when the americans withdraw, what will they do? overthrow the provisional government & replace it with what?

the baaths?
theocracy?
partition?

i honestly can't figure their strategy.

[Jacobin]

3. Once they run the infidels out (they can all agree on that)

they'll fight amongst themselves until someone wins the prize. I'm thinking its gonna be a Sistani or other hardline cleric who can keep them all from killing each other. Kurds may bolt though.