> Hakki forwarded these snippets on the killing of al-Hakim.
From BBC Monitoring, http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3193813.stm
A leftish monthly, World Press Review, translates articles from left, right, center, official and independent newspapers. Here 'tis on Iraq, http://www.worldpress.org/ http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/1476.cfm , "The Baghdad and Jerusalem Bombings: Why? Who Benefits?, " by Salih al-Qallab, Al-Sharq al-Awsat, http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD56303
Tehran Times: Mossad Agents Behind Najaf Blast Mossad Agents in Najaf Blast'
"An Iraqi analyst said traces of Mossad agents were found at the Najaf blast site where Ayatollah Seyed Mohammad Baqer al-Hakim, the leader of the Supreme Assembly for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SAIRI), and more than 80 others were martyred on Friday. The analyst, who requested anonymity, told the Mehr News Agency that Zionist intelligence agents have made great efforts to infiltrate Iraqi groups in order to thwart efforts to create national unity.
"After Saddam Hussein was ousted, the Zionist regime took advantage of a lack of cooperation among the Iraqi Shia and sent a large number of extremist Jews and Mossad agents to Iraq, with the help of the occupying forces, to infiltrate Islamic groups and obtain information, the analyst said. "He added that a few months ago, a Mossad agent who knew Arabic and was quite familiar with Iraqi Muslim groups made a great effort to infiltrate organizations in southern Iraq and even influenced these groups. According to some reports… members of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) have helped Zionist operatives in this mission…"
Egypt's semi-official Al-Ahram on the Najaf bombing, August 31, 2003. http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD56203 Editorials from the New Iraqi Press: MEMRI Baghdad Dispatch http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD56003
The Iranian opposition group, Mojahedin-e Khalq, was the subject of a very good NYT Sunday magazine story recently. "The Cult of Rajavi, " by Elizabeth Rubin, July 13th issue. You'd have to pay $2.95 to the NYT to get it in their archive, but, controversial cult de-programmer Rick Ross put it on his. http://www.rickross.com/reference/mujahedeen/mujahedeen4.html -- Michael Pugliese