Middle East Focus: ‘Political’ Terror Attacks Rise in Iraq, Blaming the Victims………

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‘Political’ Terror Attacks Rise in Iraq, Blaming the Victims………

“A wave of bombings targeting Shiites, a market in Baghdad and a neighborhood in Anbar province killed at least 61 people and wounded more than 100 others Friday, police said. The strikes conjured memories of the bloodshed that once engulfed both the capital city and the vast province every day. No one has claimed responsibility yet for the string of attacks, but authorities believe such coordinated bombings bear the hallmarks of al Qaeda in Iraq. The bombings come days after Iraqi and U.S. officials announced that they had killed the two most wanted al Qaeda leaders in the country. While the deaths hurt the insurgents, military officials don't discount insurgents' continued ability to carry out attacks……….”

Closet Ba’athists and al-Qaeda apologists among the Salafis of the neighboring Arab oligarchies will brazenly blame the victims. They will come out hinting, nay openly claiming, in their vast media that it was those in power who were, are, responsible for these murderous attacks carried by foreign Arab terrorists and the Ba’ath. The real story is in the number of nationals of Arab states (Saudis and others) that are under arrest in Iraq for terrorism, and those who are killed.
No doubt Allawi and his Ba’ath allies will come out and pontificate about the need for forming a new government quickly in order to stop these attacks. Hint, hint. They recall early 2006, when pressure was building in the US Senate, especially among Democrats, for the removal of al-Maliki after a series of terrorist attacks.
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