Gunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing at least 24 people, including five women, in execution-style attacks, officials said Saturday. An army official said many of the victims were brutalized "beyond recognition."
This sounds like Sadrists or somebody in the pay of Iran, who don't want the pro-Iranian members of parliament left out of the government that has yet to be formed. It is the style of the Shia death squads that operated in 2006-2007 on such a large scale.
If Allawi can't make an alliance with Maliki because of Sunni Arab anger at a so-called army murder spree, Maliki would get the chance and he'd likely have to reach out to Sadrists to gain the numbers to fashion a majority in parliament.
We need to help the Iraqis track down the killers and find who is ultimately responsible. And the Sunni Arabs need to think and not react in unreasoning anger.
