<html><body> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>According to Napoleoni's book, Insurgent Iraq, the whole strategy of the Zarqawi wing of the resistance WAS to attack Shia - and other non-Sunni Iraqis- so as to provoke a civil war within the resistance and, apparently solidify an Islamist base among the Sunni population.  The murder of the day laborers seems consistent with that strategy. SR</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com> <BR>> <BR>> He did. But compare the death tolls. The resistance, or the sectarian <BR>> militias, or freelancers, whoever have killed many times more Iraqis <BR>> than it/they have killed US soldiers. <BR>> <BR>> Doug <BR>> ___________________________________ <BR>> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>