Foehammer’s Anvil

From the AP:

In a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace, suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra’s revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, adding new provocation to old wounds a year after the mosque’s Golden Dome was destroyed.

The attack stoked fears of a surge in violence between Muslim sects. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government rushed to contain Shiite wrath against Sunnis: It clamped a curfew on Baghdad and asked for U.S. troop reinforcements in Samarra, 60 miles north of here, and for a heightened American military alert in the capital.

Current rumors now point at these bombings being an “inside job” with ties to Iraq security forces. Stirring up the Shiite’s is most likely to garner support from Iran and I wouldn’t doubt at all that this type of bombing is actually the work of Iran itself in its continuing covert efforts to destroy hopes for peace in Iraq and to have more and more Iraqis come to them for aid.

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