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Suicide bombers in Iraq\u2019s capital killed dozens this week in a wave of attacks in response to the hanging of General Ali Hassan al-Majeed, also known as \u201cChemical Ali.\u201d The General was executed for ordering poison gas attacks on Iraqi Kurds in 1988. Insurgents on Monday conducted a triple bombing on three of Baghdad\u2019s landmark hotels catering to foreigners and media. Tuesday\u2019s bombings targeted a Ministry of Interior forensics office. While the bombings may be a symbolic response to Gen. Majeed\u2019s hanging, the practical effect could include destabilizing the government ahead of elections this March. The 2007 U.S. troop \u201csurge\u201d initially succeeded at co-opting Sunni rage at the foreign fighters of Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). However, Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq, said that AQI leaders \u201care increasingly well-educated and increasingly Iraqi.\u201d The attacks are directly aimed at weakening support for government and Iraqi security forces just as U.S. Marines are preparing for a rapid withdrawal from Iraq. Odierno also announced that the Army has begun training for joint U.S.-Kurdish-Iraqi Security Force patrols for the past three weeks. Even though the US military is ostensibly winding down the occupation, these patrols could put the troops back into full scale operations in urban areas. <\/p>\n