Shiite Violence Redux?

The bombings hit the day after our Thanksgiving Day holiday, and may mean that a new round of violence is going to begin.

Four members of an Iranian-backed Shiite cell confessed to bombing a public market in central Baghdad, a U.S. spokesman said Saturday. He also blamed Shiites for recent attacks on U.S. bases, raising fears that a three-month truce by the most feared Shiite militia may be at an end.

The blast Friday in the al-Ghazl pet market killed at least 15 people, wounded 56 and shattered a growing sense of public confidence that has emerged following a sharp decline in the bombings and shootings that once rattled the Iraqi capital daily.

This latest violence is just one more indication that our "window of opportunity", to remove ourselves from this situation is closing, and may be closing so fast that we will get caught inside, when it all goes to Hell, Again!!


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