Though the attacks haven’t been causing a large number of casualties, US officials are expressing serious concerns over the dramatic increase in the number of mortar and rocket attacks targeting Baghdad’s Green Zone in recent months.
Brigadier Gen. Ralph O. Baker, the top US commander in Baghdad, cautioned that the attacks, which have largely originated in Shi’ite neighborhoods in the city, seem to have political components and blamed the Promised Day Brigade, a Shi’ite militia seen closely allied with Moqtada al-Sadr, the de facto leader of the Iraqi National Alliance.
Brig. Gen. Baker insisted the attacks seem aimed at discrediting current Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and suggested that Iran was likely behind the significant escalation.
Which is a somewhat curious combination of claims, as the Iranian government has made it clear that they, like the US, prefer Maliki as the prime minister of Iraq. Though the two don’t have identical ideas – the US seems to be pushing for a Maliki-Allawi alliance while Iran prefers a Maliki-Sadr alliance, their political interests in Iraq seem to have run in concert for years.
Yes it's Iran's fault we invaded Iraq twice, massacred millions of people, crushed their cities, incited civil war, ethnic violence, death squads, torture prisions, shattered millions of families, raped and murdered their women…yeah…it's all Iran's fault. Who the f**k are these jackasses kidding? I mean, really.
GOOD!
Hmm… The US approves of Maliki, and Iran approves of Maliki…. but the latest round of attacks on the green zone is being fueled by Iran because they don't approve of Maliki?? Do you think it might- just might- have anything to with Iraqis who just want the US to get OUT of Iraq for good and leave them be for a change? This is simply another in a long string of "Iran is Bad" press releases- one day the US is going to push too far and the War Party will find out just how bad Iran can be, and it won't be pretty.