Military: Iran using Shiite proxies to try to kill leaders of Anbar Awakening
posted at 4:55 pm on March 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Iran wants to weaken the burgeoning Sunni political movement in Iraq while also breathing new life into Al Qaeda? Go figure.
The US military claims to have proof that armed groups supported by Tehran are trying to sabotage Iraq’s US-backed Awakening Councils, the armed neighbourhood groups that have successfully driven al-Qaeda out of many districts of Baghdad and elsewhere.
In an interview with Adnkronos International (AKI), US military spokesman Adm Gregory Smith said that “the American military recently obtained confessions from detainees who are members of the Al-Quds Brigade and other Shia group who have been arrested in various parts of Iraq, who said that they were assigned to carry out armed operations to kill the leaders and the members of the Awakening Councils, in order to destroy this experiment.”
Smith said that “the American forces have arrested 14 Iranians who represented a danger to the security of Iraq,” without giving any other details.
The head of Iraqi intelligence, Muhammad Abdallah al-Shahwani declared a few days ago that elements of Iranian secret services planned to sabotage the Awakening Council project.
Not the first time we’ve heard of Iran giving aid and comfort to Sunni “militants”, although the assistance in this case is less direct than in the past. The more chaos in Iraq there is, the tougher it is for the U.S. to maintain a presence, the more it redounds to the Shiites’ advantage given their numerical advantage in the event of civil war. Bump off the leaders of the Awakening, breed resentment among the Sunnis about a campaign of terror against their leaders by their sectarian rivals, and goad them into a fight that way. Clockwork. Exit question: Any news on the wires that might explain why this story’s being released right now?
Update: Why Iran’s worried — a case study.
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Reason number 566 to make Iran glow in the dark for 1 million years…
jimbo2008 on March 3, 2008 at 4:58 PM
But aren’t the Iraqi Shia our ‘allies’? This illustrates the whole absurdity of the current nation-building project in Iraq – an operation that was fully justified when the scope was simply removing Saddam, but completely unjustified in terms of preventing a civil war there.
It’s like trying to determine whether cat poop or dog poop is good for you.
infidelpride on March 3, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Shocked!! Just Shocked!! /Sarc off
PappaMac on March 3, 2008 at 5:02 PM
GTFO.
doubleplusundead on March 3, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Well, the cat poop is probably worse for you. Just in case you were wondering.
Took the words outta my mouth.
Frozen Tex on March 3, 2008 at 5:14 PM
This could prove interesting.
JammieWearingFool on March 3, 2008 at 5:26 PM
SECOND LOOK AT TOMAHAWK MISSILES!
liquidflorian on March 3, 2008 at 5:31 PM
Kill ‘em. Harshly.
hunter on March 3, 2008 at 5:35 PM
I don’t think that the 14 Iranians have too much to worry about. Al-Maliki will probably spring them soon enough. He and Mahmoud are pretty cozy.
MB4 on March 3, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Then let’s act on it for once.
joewm315 on March 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
No big surprise there. Instability in Iraq suits his purposes by distracting the United States from his
holinesshindyness.TooTall on March 3, 2008 at 6:30 PM
and tell me why “little hitler” didn’t get “whacked” while he waltzed through Baghdad? You know… with all the fighting going on… shame. He bragged so much about how he could come and go while bush had to sneak in. one can only wish….
BadBrad on March 3, 2008 at 8:17 PM
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