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Iraq
Iraqi official blames Golden Mosque attack on Iran
2006-03-02
London, Mar. 01 – The deputy governor of the Iraqi province of Saladin, where the holy city of Samarra is situated, said preliminary investigation was pointing to Iran’s role in the bombing of the city’s revered Shiite shrine last week. “The investigations carried out so far about the explosion in the resting place of Imam al-Hadi and Imam Hassan al-Askari in Samarra point to the involvement of the Iranian regime’s Intelligence Ministry”, Abdullah Hossein Jabbara announced. He was referring to Iran’s secret police, the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, which is known to be actively operating in Iraq.

Jabbara said Iraqi security forces had obtained intelligence clearly showing that Iran was involved in carrying out “terrorist attacks” in the Sunni-dominated province and “assisting terrorists to create insecurity in Iraq”.
Think the world press is going to notice? Me neither.
Several prominent Sunni and independent Shiite figures have pointed out that Iran was the major party that stood to reap huge benefits from tensions between Sunnis and Shiites, at a time when U.S. diplomacy, spearheaded by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, had succeeded in bringing together the various Iraqi factions to form a national unity government not under IranÂ’s influence.
Posted by:Steve White

#15  Bravo! You should charge C&F royalties, lol. It is a work of Art and SnarkMeistering in unholy communion, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-03-02 19:08  

#14  I, personally, did our graphic.
Posted by: Fred   2006-03-02 19:06  

#13  Lol! The C&F cartoon now begs the question - where did the Bolton graphic used here - which I presume they've copied - come from? And how often do these killer editorial cartoonists visit the 'Burg?

The C&F site is deadly to the dickheads of the world, lol.
Posted by: .com   2006-03-02 18:48  

#12  Yeah, this was Zman Sunni-ness.
Posted by: 6   2006-03-02 17:58  

#11  If Iran had a role it was an indirect one (possibly helping with some explosives acquisition). Any Iranian agents in Samarra would have stood out.

Sadr's people would have fit in better, but the detonation work doesn't fit their MO (e.g. shoot up and run).

Posted by: mhw   2006-03-02 17:06  

#10  The fact that an Iraqi official makes this charge is of great importance. That means that now in Iraq, there is a movement against Iran and it's dung heap, the tater. Good on Iraq for figuring this out. Even if we can't parlay this into an attack on Iran, we can focus our Iraqi trainees on the bad neighborhood and stoke up the anger.
Posted by: wxjames   2006-03-02 11:53  

#9  
Posted by: doc   2006-03-02 10:16  

#8  To the same effect that the Powell presentation had before the invasion of Iraq, which, it seems to me, was as effective as the Stevenson presentation. The UN is really just a stage to influence public opinion and announce what we are going to do anyway. Instead we treat it like some world legislature, which it is not.

What made the Stevenson presentation so memorable was only the drama of Stevenson asking a question of Valerian Zorin and telling him he was prepared to wait for an answer untill Hell froze over. Great drama on the public political stage that had nothing to do with the diplomatic solution except for influencing public opinion. Bolton should do more of that. We haven't seen enough of the Darth Walrus pic lately.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-03-02 09:05  

#7  Unfortunately, the Stevenson presentation was at a different time to a different audience.

And to what affect? The UNSC members are divided due to commercial (read oil) ties with Iran. Many in the UN see Iraq as a US puppet.

This has been, is, and will remain a regional conflict with Iran-Syria-So. Lebanon as the "problem".
Posted by: Captain America   2006-03-02 08:34  

#6  Seriously, they should take this to the UN for a Stevenson presentation if they have the evidence. This is a causis belli and we should be prepared to support our ally Iraq if they have been attacked by Iran. Otherwise, ignore it.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-03-02 08:14  

#5  I think you will find all those who carried this out are dead. That would even be a stronger indication that a foreign hand was in this. Taters beign out of the country was by design as well if Iran was involved. Most of the "retaliation was done by his "milita" in a further attempt to destablise the political system that is starting to form.
Posted by: SPoD   2006-03-02 01:53  

#4  Achtung Panzer!
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2006-03-02 01:04  

#3  damn iranians!! ok they want trouble...they'll get it
Posted by: Ulemp Elmigum3652   2006-03-02 00:52  

#2  We still haven't heard anything about the apparent perps they caught. We may see them on TV in a few days saying how Iran paid them.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-03-02 00:44  

#1  any comment from Iranian puppet Lahoude Tater?
Posted by: Frank G   2006-03-02 00:03  

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