The End of Iraq's "Awakening"?

An interview with the commander of the Sunni-led Awakening movement reveals the possibility of a new, anti-U.S. resistance. In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the commander of the Sunni-led Awakening movement in Baghdad says that attacks by the Iraqi government and government-allied militiamen against Awakening leaders and rank-and-file members are likely to spark a new Sunni resistance movement. That resistance force will conduct attacks against American troops and Iraqi army and police forces, he says. "Look around," he says. "It has already come back. It is getting stronger. Look at what is happening in Baghdad." The commander, Abu Azzam, spoke to The Nation by telephone from Amman, Jordan, last week, before returning to Baghdad. He laid out a scenario for a new explosion in Iraq, one that would shatter the... [read full story]