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Date Posted: 16:16:22 12/15/04 Wed
In reply to:
h2ok9
's message, "Remember that "Iran" I was alluding to?" on 21:09:36 08/23/04 Mon

BAGHDAD,
Iraq - Iraq’s defense minister, Hazem Shaalan, Wednesday accused neighboring Iran and Syria of supporting insurgents in his war-ravaged country. He also accused Iran of backing the al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist group headed by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and said his country’s opponents want “turbaned clerics to rule in Iraq.” Shaalan said Iraqi authorities obtained information about Iran’s role in Iraqi’s insurgency after last month’s arrest of the leader of the Jaish Mohammed (Mohammed’s Army) terrorist group during U.S.-led operations in Fallujah. “They are fighting us because we want to build freedom and democracy and they want to build an Islamic dictatorship and have turbaned clerics to rule in Iraq,” he said, providing no further details. I truly hated to use that cliché friends, but, I think the handwriting is clearly on the proverbial wall ...
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