The Green Zone Handover…

UPDATE: Peacemaking Event Is Attacked in Iraq!

……. and so starts the unraveling….

From The Washington Post:

BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 — A suicide bomber sneaked through the back door of a crowded hall where guests had gathered Friday for a reconciliation lunch at the invitation of a tribal leader, killing as many as 32 people and wounding dozens more in the worst attack in Iraq in weeks.

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A quiet ceremony, with a very powerful symbolism, marked the handover today of  the American presence in Iraq.  What roll do we now have to play in this ongoing tragic farce?

From the Washington Post.

Green Zone Handed Off With Little Fanfare

Embassy Ceremony Hints at Uncertainty