Another Intifada in the making?

As John Kerry rightly said one needs to question June 30 transfer of power plans. The US has trapped itself in an un-winnable conflict from which it will be difficult to withdraw. The Pentagon may have no choice but to send more troops to Iraq.

The US has miscalculated badly in many fronts. The main one being to impose an unholy war based on lies and the country itself has admitted that the intelligence reports were flawed .

The other being to impose on Iraqis, who suffered so much under Saddam rule, a puppet administration consisting of expatriate Iraqis which is not acceptable at all to the people of Iraq. They have not prepared a contingency plan for post war reconstruction of Iraq. And the last mistake was to underestimate the strength of Sadr forces by seeking a confrontation with him by closing down his newspaper al-Hawza.

What is going on in Iraq might become a Shiite uprising in Arabic an 'Intifida' and it suits Moqtada Sadr a fiery radical Shiite cleric because that puts his campaign of resistance against occupation forces on the same level as the Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation.

Sunni insurgents appeared cheered that Shiite Iraqis could finally be joining in the revolt and that is bad news for the coalition forces. The most senior Shiite cleric, Ayotallah Sistani, has no wish to take American side at a time when Shiite blood is being spilt.

The US has gagged its own press freedom by its one sided reporting which has resulted in its own citizens voicing concerns and demanding an independent media free of govt-hold.