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Terrorism experts inside many governments have been on the lookout for reports of a solution to these engineering hurdles. Now, the CIA had found it. Mubtakkar means "invention" in Arabic, "the initiative" in Farsi. The device is a bit of both. It's a canister with two interior containers: sodium cyanide is in one; a hydrogen product, like hydrochloric acid, in the other; and a fuse breaks the seal between them. The fuse can be activated remotely - as bombs are triggered by cell phones - breaking the seal, creating the gas, which is then released. Hydrogen cyanide gas is a blood...
...Skepticism about the government's ability to clean up the Interior Ministry isn't limited to Sunnis. Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish member of Iraq's parliament, said he believed Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had the desire to combat militia influence but may not have the power to do so. "I'm sure he's serious," Othman said. "Whether he can do it or not I don't know...
...matter of principles and a political agenda," said Muthanna Hareth al-Dhari, an MSA spokesman and the son of its leader. He told TIME that neither the death of Zarqawi nor the naming of new ministers for defense, national security and interior would influence the broader insurgency...
...Dhari shared the skepticism of the moderate Sunnis who participate in Iraq's government that the new government would put a stop to the Shi'ite death squads they believe operate out of the Interior Ministry. "We don't expect they will do it," he said...
...disguising themselves as cops and soldiers will help only until those uniforms are given away by sympathizers or sold on the black market. And for the new counterinsurgency initiative to stand a chance of producing lasting tangible results, it needs to be supported by serious reforms, especialy within the Interior Ministry, which Sunni politicians charge is infiltrated by militiamen loyal to Shi'ite political parties...