Iraq - "you have to follow the destructive path set out by the United States"

My Iraqi city is falling, but America's occupation unraveled all hope for unity

As the battle for Tal Afar rages on, its former mayor looks back at the US-powered rise of Sunni militants

18 June 2014 - My city was supposed to be the model for a better tomorrow in Iraq. Integrated security forces from all ethnic groups, restored cohesion among the many segments of Iraqi society – this was the hope amid the surge, back when I was the mayor in Tal Afar.

But that was nearly a decade ago, and now my city is a battleground again, as government security forces attempt to withstand the march of Sunni militants, as the incubator for an Islamic state has turned into sectarian chaos. The dream of a unified Iraq has not just been deferred but destroyed.

Isis was a sleeping giant, and to see what went so wrong, you have to follow the destructive path set out by the United States as an occupying power in my country, almost from the moment those first air strikes began. read more>>>

* * * The British Iraq War Inquiry * * * All but those correspondence, bush/blair, and any still classified closed door testimony and reports!!