>Fugazy has noted that the media has so far ignored the evident
>US motive for yesterday's Najaf/Karbala bombings, while
>repeating a BBC story that incredibly attributes the bombings to the
>Iraqi resistance. One pretty authoritative voice just spoke up. This
>will be known (i should think) in hours by everyone in Iraq, will it
>make it into the US media? I guess it will have to- but doesn't it seem
>that they are shutting down Iraq news?
>
>john mage
>
><http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2360247.htm>
>Iranian supreme leader blames US and Israeli agents for Iraqi blasts
>
> TEHRAN, Dec. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
>said Monday that the US and Israeli agents were behind the weekend
>bombings in the Iraqi holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, the official
>IRNA news agency reported.
I have no idea what happened, though I did speak with a friend of Christian Parenti's last night, an Iraqi visiting from Baghdad, who thought it was the resistance trying to fuck with the elections. Iran isn't exactly a disinterested source in this, is it?
Doug