But the enemy remnants still try to revive that strategy:
The Interior Ministry on Saturday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for the killing of a prominent Sunni lawmaker as the country's leading political figures from all sects attended his funeral service in a show of solidarity against violence.
The memorial for Harith al-Obeidi, the leader of the largest Sunni bloc in parliament, was held at Baghdad's Convention Center a day after he and a bodyguard were gunned down while leaving a mosque after delivering a sermon.
Shiite and Sunni politicians said the killing was the latest bid to stoke sectarian violence ahead of national elections scheduled for early next year.
I don't believe this strategy will work since Iraq is a far different place than it was in the winter of 2006-2007 when the strategy was at its peak.
But the enemy has no new ideas to end their downward spiral. Al Qaeda is doomed in Iraq, but they'll settle for killing until they are finally driven from the country for good.
