The Role Iran Is Planning in the Country - Baghdad Burning

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From the Afghan War ::

“How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?

— Bob Dylan

American Hostages …
By Riverbend

BAGHDAD May 2, 2006 — Looking back at it now, it is properly ironic that our first glimpses of the `fall of Baghdad’ and the occupation of Iraq came to us via Iran – through that Iranian channel “Al Alam”.

… We immediately began hearing about the Iranian revolutionary guard, and how they had formed a militia of Iraqis who had defected to Iran during the Iran-Iraq war. We heard how they were already inside of the country and were helping to loot and burn everything from governmental facilities to museums. The Hakims and Badr made their debut, followed by several other clerics with their personal guard and militias, all seeping in from Iran.

Baghdad Burning by Riverbend

Today they rule the country. Over the duration of three years, and through the use of vicious militias, assassinations and abductions, they’ve managed to install themselves firmly in the Green Zone. We constantly hear our new puppets rant and rave against Syria, against Saudi Arabia, against Turkey, even against the country they have to thank for their rise to power – America… But no one dares to talk about the role Iran is planning in the country.

… A few days ago, we were watching one of several ceremonies they held after naming the new prime minister [Al-Maliki]. Talbani stood in front of various politicians in a large room in the Green Zone and said, rather brazenly, that Iraq would not stand any `tadakhul’ or meddling by neighboring countries because Iraq was a `sovereign country free of foreign influence’. The cousin almost fainted from laughter and E. was wiping his eyes and gasping for air… as Talbani pompously made his statement -all big belly and grins- smiling back at him was a group of American army commanders or generals and to his left was Khalilzad, patting him fondly on the arm and gazing at him like a father looking at his first-born!

RECENT PUBLICATIONS @BOOMAN ::

Ominous Signs in Northern Iraq ◊ by Steven D
Fri May 5th, 2006 at 07:52:10 AM PST

Turkey is massing 40,000 troops along its border with Kurdish controlled Iraq. Iran has been shelling Kurdish villages along its border with Iraq. Turkey’s Foreign Minister, has openly declared that his country is cooperating with Iran to prevent incursions by guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which he claims threaten both Iran and Turkey with terrorist attacks …

Turkey and Iran Moving Troops to Border ◊ by Oui
Tue Apr 25th, 2006 at 01:06:54 AM PST

However, Turkey has ADDED some 40,000 troops and is up to ¼ million troops on Southern border and region!

Present trial with a lot of implications for the region and the Kurds living in Turkey: Semdinli Case Hearings to Open
By Cihan News Agency

The first hearing in the Semdinli case, which has raised a political and judiciary storm in Turkey, is to take place May 4.

The two arrested NCOs and a PKK informant, who are suspects in the bombing of the bookstore in Semdinli belonging to Seferi Yilmaz who is a former PKK (Kurdish Workers’ arty) convict, will appear before court for the first time tomorrow.

Strict security measures will be implemented around the court on the trial day at the request of the court, in anticipation of possible pro-PKK activities. Yilmaz’s lawyers have demanded that proceedings in the court be recorded audio-visually.

Yilmaz, the owner of the bookstore that was bombed in Semdinli last November, is to be defended by 330 lawyers from different bars across Turkey. However, only three or four of them will be allowed to represent him in court.

According to sources close to the prosecution office, the prosecutors may not attend the hearing in protest at pressures that have been brought to bear on them.

See my earlier diary :: Turk Covert Agents Caught in Terror Act Semdili District in South Turkey
Sun Dec 18th, 2005 at 04:09:55 AM PST

A Kurdistan? Minor Issue of Borders

Global Security - Kurdistan Maps

Where Did the War of Terror go Wrong?

Sharon was on our side, but had to sit quiet.
Lord Goldsmith had to be convinced and small nations on the UNSC got an offer they couldn’t refuse.
WH could have fooled the world, until a DC couple spoke out about yellow cake.
God is on our side, but remained silent until recent.
Turkey would not cooperate to open a northern front, the PKK will teach them.
Terrorists are hard to find, through Baghdad we now see them everywhere!
AQ insurgents are collected at Guantanamo, to preserve their HR and for their own protection.
To make it our worthwhile, we must kill plenty of them.