"We made a big mistake when we didn't vote," said Sheik Hathal Younis Yahiya

U.S., Iraqis Launch Anti-Insurgent Drive
PATRICK QUINN, Associated Press Original Article

U.S. Marines and Iraqi security forces launched a new offensive Sunday against insurgents in troubled cities west of Baghdad after two days of carnage that left nearly 100 people dead. Sunni Muslim tribal leaders met to determine their place in a Shiite-dominated Iraqi government.