Dear Diary:
ICG member Abdel Karim Mahud al-Mahamadawi has quit, saying I shall not return after what has happened. We have betrayed the Iraqi people. Another member, Ghazi Ajil al-Yawer, is about to quit if a peaceful solution to the crisis in Falluja is not found. How can a superpower like the US put itself in a state of war with a small city like Falluja? This is genocide.
It's a shame to lose friends this way.
Meanwhile a firefight is taking place in the Wahada district of Mosul. Earlier an attempt to take over the local government house was repulsed with no losses.
The most cynical event of the day is the lifting of the ban on arms sales to Iraq. This should line Chelabi's deep pockets. After the uprising, he's looking good a strongman...everyone else will be have been tainted by sympathy for freedom fighters terrorist.