THE dramatic events of the past two weeks have brought the situation in Iraq to a new boil. The occupying forces led by the United States no longer faces only ambushes and bombs set off in various places.
They now have to deal with a full-blown insurgency in many towns and districts in the country, and seem to have lost control not only of conditions on the ground but of the hearts and minds of the population as well as some of their military allies.
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