This is such a disturbing story on a couple of levels that we have to be careful before all the facts are in before we start assessing blame.Evidently, the hugely successful strategy of employing Sunni militias to help fight al-Qaeda is in jeapordy because their promised pay of $10 a day has not been forthcoming:A telephone survey by GuardianFilms for Channel 4 News reveals that out of 49 Sahwa councils four with more than 1,400 men have already quit, 38 are threatening to go on strike and two already have. Improved security in Iraq in recent months has been attributed to a combination of the surge, the truce observed by Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi army, and the effectiveness and commitment of the councils, which are drawn from Sunni Arabs and probably the most significant factor, according to most analysts. In his speech marking the fifth anniversary of the war George Bush highlighted the significance of what he called "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama bin...(Read Full Post)