A Must Read?

This isn't a must read, but it is interesting, Richard Engel passing on what one of his stringers out of Baquba said. Al Qaeda/Sunnis have taken over large parts of Baquba; it is far less safe than Baghdad.

But what grabbed me was the stringer talking about the Sunnis cutting off entire villages from food, power supplies, etc. I maintain that that is merely a smaller fractal of the broader Sunni effort to isolate at the capitol. If you'll notice, all of the towns where Sunnis are making territorial/control gains are located on the major access routes to Baghdad.

(Also: From the KR stringer blog: Very, very sad.)