Operation Save Haider al-Abadi has now begun in Iraq. No, that’s the not the official name of the offensive that Iraqi security forces and Shiite militias are now mounting to drive ISIS fighters out of Fallujah, but it might as well be. The Iraqi prime minister teeters on the edge of total powerlessness. His impotence has been revealed by humiliations from both Shiites and Sunnis. In the past week, on the Sunni side, ISIS has carried out suicide bombings in Baghdad that have killed more than 200 people. On Friday, on the Shiite side, firebrand Muqtada al Sadr once again sent his followers to invade the Green Zone — the seat of Iraqi government. The Iraqi security forces appeared helpless to stop the Sadrists.
A Grim Return to Fallujah
