Stockholm Syndrome on the Persian Gulf, Iraq Bloodbath Continues…….
“More attacks targeted Shiite pilgrims across Baghdad on Thursday, the latest in a wave of violence gripping Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry official told CNN. At least 17 people were killed and 107 others were injured in four roadside bombings and a parked car bomb attack. In one of the strikes, two roadside bombs detonated in quick succession near a restaurant on eastern Baghdad's Palestine Street. The pilgrims were making their way home after gathering in the Baghdad neighborhood of Kadhimiya to mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, the official said. Shiite pilgrims have long been the target of attacks by Sunni militants. On Wednesday, strikes across the capital killed 49 people an……..”
Some Arab media on the Persian Gulf often echo Iraqi Ba’athist claims that actually Iraqi or Iranian agents (meaning Shi’as) were behind these butcheries in Iraqi cities .These are also the claims often made by some of Ayad Allawi’s allies in Aliraqiya Sunni bloc. They even have former (and maybe current) Ba’athists in Gulf media writing editorials to that effect, an interesting case of déjà vu all over again: so reminiscent of the times pre-1990. It feels like they never stopped in 1990: the rubbish is nearly verbatim from their old editorials. They are still good at the old Ba’ath doublespeak in my native Gulf (well, in only one or two states), at least the lousy media are. Something about the Ba’ath that still appeals to these controlled media of the plutocrats in my Gulf, maybe it is what they call the Stockholm Syndrome (look it up).
Cheers
mhg
Mon Email
Comments