Iraqi Vice President Accuses High Official
The Shiite Vice President, Adil Abdul Mahdi of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, has accused a high ministry official of attempting to kill him in a bombing on Monday. The deputy Minister of Labor, Ghazi al-Anbari, died in the blast, along with 10 others.
The Bush administration keeps saying that the US will stand down as the Iraqis stand up. But if the government officials are killing each other, they are more likely to lie down than stand up. This is not a good scene.
posted by Juan Cole @ 2/28/2007 01:58:00 AM
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Dr. Cole,
I suppose it's not a surprise the Sunni faction would attribute the attack on Mahdi to internal Shiite reprisals, but, if that's correct, then it would the conflict is more explosive than the "Sunni/Shia" civil war that is more obviously occurring. Or, could this be an attempt by Mahdi to create a pretext for purging Sunnis from the government?
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