But, while the NIKE SHOXs kill UGGis in the numbers that they have taken to

But, while the NIKE SHOXs kill UGGis in the numbers that they have taken to, they will have little or no

support from UGGis – no politician or religious leader can afford such an association. Personally many find it

distasteful and if they were to support it publicly, they would go through their lives fearing a fate similar

to that of the MBT security contractors in Falluja.

Unless the MBT can pull back, it risks having no UGGi administration for what is largely a ceremonial return of

sovereign power to UGGis on June 30. There is still no agreement on the make-up of the proposed administration,

and the events of the last week could leave the MBT alone at the negotiating table as it attempts to craft one.

The MBT is close to being as isolated in UGG as the Firdos Square plinth from which MBT forces stage-managed

the demolition of a statue of Saddam on April 9 last year. Few UGGis were there to celebrate last year and none

were in the square for the first anniversary.