"Maliki’s Dawa Party also has close ties to Iran"
So WHAT is with ll the WAR TALK regarding IRAN then, Zionist Amerikan MSM?
And why would Iran be responsible for insurgent violence as the U.S. military and MSM charge?
That's tortured logic!
"Car bombs target Iraqi forces; Violence grows ahead of Shi’ite leader’s funeral" by Chelsea J. Carter, Associated Press | August 28, 2009
BAGHDAD - .... Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim’s political bloc, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, became the most influential Shi’ite political force following Saddam Hussein’s collapse, working with American forces in Iraq while keeping its ties to Iran....
The US military is closely watching the developments around Hakim’s death, including how it could affect Iraq’s political landscape. The military has expressed concerns about spikes in violence ahead of January’s parliament elections....
I've heard this record before, readers.
Over and over and over again the last six years!
A string of car bombs exploded yesterday in Baghdad as Iraqi forces tightened security around Shi’ite mosques, shrines, and political party offices ahead of the funeral of a top Shi’ite leader.
The car bombs targeted primarily Iraqi troops in the city and a northern Baghdad suburb, killing one and wounding 22 people, police officials said. The violence raised concerns about whether Iraqi forces can provide adequate security when thousands converge to mourn the death of al-Hakim....
Well, WE WILL JUST HAVE TO STAY, 'eh, America?
The deadliest bombing yesterday struck at about 11 a.m. near a US military base close to Taji, north of Baghdad, killing one and wounding six people, an Iraqi police official said.
Hours earlier, three bombs attached to three parked cars exploded nearly simultaneously in Baghdad’s primarily Sunni neighborhood of Azamiyah, wounding four police officers and two civilians, said another police official.
Two more bombings struck later in the day in different parts of the Iraqi capital, wounding 10, police said. All the officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information to the media. The blasts are the latest in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital, which was the scene last week of two devastating suicide truck bombings that targeted the foreign and finance ministries and killed about 100 people....
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