Uh-Oh, time to overthrow new Iraqi govt.; they disagree with Bush

[dajoki]

NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/world/middleeast/19cnd-shiites.html?hp&ex=1153368000&en=891d1e5d8571a98c&ei=5094&partner=homepage

In Break With Bush, Iraqi Leader Assails Israel

By EDWARD WONG and MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Published: July 19, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 19 - Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President Bush's position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East.

"The Israeli attacks and airstrikes are completely destroying Lebanon's infrastructure," Mr. Maliki said at an afternoon news conference inside the fortified Green Zone, which houses the American embassy and the seat of the Iraqi government. "I condemn these aggressions and call on the Arab League foreign ministers' meeting in Cairo to take quick action to stop these aggressions. We call on the world to take quick stands to stop the Israeli aggression."

The American Embassy did not answer a reporter's request for a response.

The comments by Mr. Maliki, a Shiite Arab whose party has close ties to Iran, were noticeably stronger than those made by Sunni Arab governments in recent days. Those governments have refused to take an unequivocal stand on Lebanon, reflecting their concern about the growing influence of Iran, which has a Shiite majority and has been accused by Israel of providing weapons to Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group.

[MadMaddie]

1. Here we go......hang on for the roller coaster ride....

[dajoki]

2. I have been n/t

[LittleClarkie]

3. Oh who cares about Iraq anymore? Bush has a bright shiny NEW toy

called Lebanon.

[zulchzulu]

4. The last nail holding Pandora's Box together just popped out

""We have opened the Pandora's box and the question is, what is the way forward?"
- US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad

Something is on the march, and it's not freedom.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Loved Snow BS'ing his way around this today.

Particularly after assclown Bolton declared Israel's use of force was not excessive.

[dajoki]

6. Well, they're good at...

weaseling around questions.