This is getting to be a habit. Iraqis helping people blow up stuff. You’d think
they were ticked off about something.
No anlaysis required.
Authorities have evidence that Wednesday’s bombing of Al-Askariya Mosque
in Samarra was an inside job, and 15 members of the Iraqi security forces
have been arrested, a U.S. military official said.Two minarets were destroyed at the revered Shiite shrine, the military said,
in a repeat of the 2006 bombing that sparked Iraq’s current wave of deadly
sectarian violence. There was no immediate word on casualties in the city
north of Baghdad.The U.S. military official, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, told CNN’s Karl Penhaul
that he believes members of the Iraqi security forces who were guarding the
site either assisted or directly took part in helping al Qaeda insurgents
place and detonate explosives at the mosque’s minarets. … ..
Meanwhile, Juan Cole has an interesting post up about a militant Suni Sui order
that is anything but comforting. It’s an interview with Naqshabandi order spokesman, outlining their beliefs. Cole introduces it:
Dr. Ayyubi claimed the Naqshabandi Order has existed since the beginning
of the US occupation of Iraq, and that its operations target “only the
unbeliever occupier,” not Iraqi citizens. With regard to uniting with
other insurgent groups, Dr. Ayyubi stated that uniting under one leadership
would result in a decrease in operations due to lack of freedom. Regarding
negotiations with “occupation forces” or the Iraqi Government, he
stated that “we are not negotiators,” and that “we want to
force out the enemy.” The interview ended with a call from Dr. Ayyubi
to force out the “unbelieving enemy” and to abstain from the political
process until “the last occupying soldier gets out of our land.”
If that’s not enough insanity for you this morning, please see Hamas
v. Fatah in Gaza. MSNBC also just announced a car bomb explosion in Beirut, along the waterfront. No details, just ten dead. Those should do the trick.
But if not, since everything is going to hell in a hurry, let’s escalate the escalation!
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