This is Getting Bad

NPR reports that some Suni's in Iraq have been pulling Shiites out of their homes and committing attacks. This sis the sort of thing, paired with the earlier attacks leave Iraqi's with less of a willingness to try.

The attack of the shrine this week came in one of the few spots where there was more Suni control of the security (generally, and of the Shiite shrine itself). This just makes the average citizen feel like they may as well give up on the peace process.

I think that the only item left to make this a full blown civil war is a Sunni Insurgent Leader to emerge with an agenda he's acting on. Everyone says the insurgents are getting stronger and more organized, but we're not quite seeing a major leadership figure among them. I have to wonder if that's because he hasn't emerged or the press hasn't covered him yet (Not to imply its on purpose).