ONE afternoon at the lush Al-Sya'b square in Delaya, a city to the east of Baghdad. A couple of men in green uniforms wearing black caps are seen fleeing under a hail of stones and sticks thrown by local residents. Besides launching their broadside of rocks, the people are shouting and yelling, showering down blood-curdling curses on the unfortunate officers assigned to prevent looting in the Shalahuddin Market area, a well-known commercial ce