Worn out our welcome

Methinks we've worn out our welcome (if we ever had one):

a fatwa from Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiites. AFP says,

' "The foreign security companies working in Iraq belittle innocent Iraqi citizens," a statement from Karbalai said. "The occupying forces do the same in some of their operations, adding to the criminal acts of the takfiris (Sunni militants)." '

Juan Cole thinks it may be a "turning point."