ABSTRACT
Less. than.3.months. later. the.head.of.U.S..military.operations.acknowledged.that.attacks.on.the.occupying.U.S..troops.bore.the.hallmarks.of.a.classic. guerrilla-type. campaign.. On. August. 19,. a. huge. bomb. demolished. the. United. Nations. headquarters. in. Baghdad,. killing. twenty. people.. It. was. a. suicide.attack,.and.a.number.of.international.agencies.decided.to.pull.their. staff.out.of.the.capital..November.2.saw.a.Chinook.helicopter.shot.down.by. insurgents,.killing.fifteen.U.S..soldiers.and.wounding.twenty-one.more..On. December.13,.Saddam.Hussein.was.found.in.a.cellar.of.a.farmhouse.near.his. hometown.of.Tikrit.by.U.S..soldiers..It.is.an.early.Christmas.present,.bringing.hope.of.a. timely.end.to. the. insurgence,.violence,.and.disruptions. to.a. process.of.peaceful.transition.to.Iraqi.democracy..It.is.a.false.hope..In.2004,. 849.U.S..soldiers.are.killed.and.a.further.8,002.wounded..The.year. is. long. and.bloody..The.targets.widen..On.March.2,.180.Iraqi.Shias.are.massacred. in.the.cities.of.Karbala.and.Baghdad.as.they.seek.to.celebrate.the.climax.of. a.holy.ritual.
