So now the battle shifts to Fallujah, though most of the fighters have already abandoned the area and moved on to other cities. No doubt Zarqawi is long gone as well. Only the hard-core fanatics left. In the meantime, martial law is declared for the country, with the exception of the Kurdish region. Nobody wants to mess with the Kurds. And so our experiment in bringing democracy to the mideast is quietly swept away.

Is Yasser alive or dead? Is he in reversible coma, or not? Seems everybody associated with the subject has an agenda. Only his doctor knows for sure.