If the attack was planned, then it was a CF, because the stated objectives do NOT seem to have been accomplished.

1) Hussein is gone
2) WMDs aren't there
3) The establishment of a 'new' Iraqi government seems not to be working

This once again points to the total ineptitude of the

1) American foreign service
2) American intelligence communities

Please tell me it should have come as a surprise that 'insurgents' would attack an occupying force. RIGHT!