GETTING INTO THE GREEN ZONE.

GETTING INTO THE GREEN ZONE. The bombing inside the Iraqi parliament building is worrisome news indeed. As Spencer says,

No confirmation yet, but the initial reports from AP suggest it was a suicide bomber. If so -- and even if the bomb was planted and detonated remotely -- that means someone in a uniform had to wave the bomber into the parliament building. I didn't visit the parliament, but getting into a facility like the U.S. Embassy chow hall requires passing through several tiers of security. You are scanned and frisked. Your papers are scrutinized. Your companions are questioned. Items on your person are confiscated, even without suspicion of their use for terrorism. It's a likely bet that someone guarding the facility, and quite possibly a beneficiary of our training, equipping and mentoring efforts, wanted the attack to occur.

Spencer has further thoughts on the bombing of the al-Sarafiya bridge and why it means we may be seeing "an insurgent/terrorist strategy developing that displays real military sophistication."

--Sam Rosenfeld