[Rocky]

I don't get this at all. If the rank-and-file slink back home and stop attacking people, who will find them? The few leaders who are known to us (except Zarqawi) can easily negotiate a settlement by turning in the weapons and agreeing to stay out of trouble.

This whole article makes no sense to me.

[Billthedrill]

I think what they're really after is amnesty. A declaration, say, from the new government that no matter how many innocent civilians they blew up, nothing will be done to them.

It means the heat's on. The decision is the Iraqis', of course. And they don't seem to be in a forgiving mood, at least at the moment. Too much blood, too many bodies.