All Iraq's neighbours 'are fuelling conflict' (Bush admin wants focus on Iran)

[sabra]

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/49c2102c-b719-11db-8bc2-0000779e2340.html

All Iraq's neighbours 'are fuelling conflict'

While the US is focusing public attention on Iran with accusations of its destabilising role in Iraq, analysts in Washington warn that all Iraq's neighbours are becoming more deeply involved in covert activities that fuel the sectarian conflict.

Funds and weapons originating in Saudi Arabia are still reaching Sunni groups and al-Qaeda, sometimes routed through Syria. Meanwhile, Turkey is becoming more active in north Iraq as it prepares to help the Turkmen minority in a looming confrontation over the future of the Kurdish-claimed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk.

The Bush administration, however, wants the spotlight focused on Iran and not on its allies in the region. The Sunni-dominated Gulf Arab states are being pushed by Washington to form a broad anti-Iranian alliance with the US, even - as former officials point out - at the risk of provoking a wider Sunni-Shia conflict in the Islamic world.

A senior US official told the Financial Times that the administration would soon go ahead with a twice-postponed presentation of "evidence" that would demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Iran was arming Shia factions in Iraq and providing explosives used against US forces.

[azurnoir]

1. The Bush middle east plan

"All ur oil wells are belong to us"

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Iran: OK, just be ready if you do.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us;_ylt=AgmPEScibXv.4KEXA.Fc_9UDW7oF

[SOS]

3. Bush: This map needs two more American flags:

[HuffleClaw]

4. bwahahhahaahhaaaa

"a twice-postponed presentation of "evidence" that would demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt that Iran was arming..."


yes yes, we've all seen their examples of 'evidence' before, too many times. this will be no different, a package of lies and half-truths...

[flamin lib]

5. Meanwhile the Saudis are providing up to $25 mil to the Sunnis

to buy weapons including Russian Strela shoulder fired heat seeking surface to air missiles. I had a Yahoo link, but the article is "unavailable". We go three years with one or two helicopter shoot downs and in the last three weeks we've lost six. Before the best weapon was the RPG, a fire and hope line of sight rocket. Now they have fire and forget.

Anybody heard the Bushites complain of Saudi interference?

[MasonJar]

6. W, you are the culprit. You and the neo-cons bear responsibility.

[struggle4progress]

7. Yeah, I bet they're all eager to have more refugees: Syria has a million,

Jordan has at least 750 thousand, the Saudis are building a border fence to keep folk in Iraq ...