Nasr Allah: US doesn't want stable Iraq

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The United States and Israel had the most to gain from the killing of a top Shia cleric in Iraq last week, said Hizb Allah Secretary General Sayyid Hasan Nasr Allah.

Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim was killed in a car bomb last Friday in Najaf. At least 80 other people also died in the blast

Speaking to about 3,000 Shias who gathered to mourn al-Hakim in the Beirut’s southern suburbs, Nasr Allah said: “The Americans do not want a state in Iraq, they want a splintered Iraq and the Israelis want to crush Iraq.”

"For more than one reason it is in Israel's interests and part of its plan to kill the leaders that present or even might present a danger to Israel," Nasr Allah said.

But the cleric stopped short of blaming either the US or Israel for al-Hakim’s killing.

http://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/News/ArabWorld/Hizb+Allah+slams+US+Israel+over+Iraq.htm

[Wetzelbill]

1. Well, for one thing

an unstable Iraq gives the U.S. and excuse to set up permanent military bases there for strategic and tactical reasons. Bases in Iraq become an anchor for their bid to reform and modernize the whole region. Big problem is the ideologues are so narrow-minded and culturally unaware they didn't realize that a controlled chaos in Iraq was a dubious idea at best. The "Wolfpack" were presumptious to think they could harness a small uprising for their benefit. They are lucky it hasn't been worse, in all honesty. Unfortunately, it will.

[StandWatie]

2. like they used to say in Lebanon..

if enough people want you dead, you are dead.

Everyone had a reason to kill him, US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, rival Shia, Sunni resistance...

[Darranar]

3. This one seemed friendly to the US...

why did they want to kill him?

[StandWatie]

4. he wasn't friendly

The US had to deal with him but he wasn't exactly a "friend" and he hinted around a number of times that once the US forces left things were going to change.

[Darranar]

5. I'm no expert...

I'll leave this argument to someone else.