But the interim president, Ghazi al-Yawar, sheikh of a predominantly Sunni Arab tribe, says that attacking Fallujah's insurgents is like shooting at a fly that has landed on your horse's head: you'll miss the fly but kill your horse.
"The moment he stepped out of the car to check out this road between Fallujah and Amiriyah, at this moment, there was a man, " Sohaib Haqi, Eifan al-Issawi aide, told the AFP news agency.