Iraqi Insurgency

Maybe it's just me, but I haven't heard many Iraqis speaking out against the insurgent attacks--until yesterday. This quote was featured in the Post in an article about one of Wednesday's car bombings in Baghdad.

"What kind of crazy people do attacks in the middle of two hospitals, one of them with women and new babies? What kind of jihad is this? Is it jihad against women and babies?"

It's from a woman who works in one of the two hospitals hit by blasts yesterday. Maybe the Iraqi people have been afraid to speak out before, but I have to think that they are tired/scared/frustrated/fed up with these insurgents who are continuing to kill their fellow countrymen on a daily basis, all in the name of Iraqi nationalism. Of course, I was horrified (as always) to read about the attacks, but a little relieved to hear that there are Iraqis finally beginning to speak out against the insurgency. (Granted, Iraqis willing to talk to Western journalists probably aren't generally representative of the public at large, but it's a start.)

Here's a question--is the insurgency just a cover for a Sunni/Shiite civil war? Are the insurgents really trying to disrupt the elections/US-led occupation, or is it an excuse to attack centuries-old enemies?