[Dog]

I dont know..

But these are fighting words..

He also had sharp words for the spiritual head of Iraq's Shiite majority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, who has appealed for calm and urged dialog amid recent clashes between Shiite militias and coalition troops, calling him the "imam of atheism".

"The Shiites are the allies of the Jews and Americans. They are helping kill Muslims," he said.

Some serious stuff is about to hit the fan..

[Angelus Errare]

I'll wait for the full text, but here's the way I see it right now.

Zarqawi and Sadr both have ties back to Iran and it may well be that they've worked out some kind of a 50/50 deal with the mad mullahs to stir up trouble in Iraq for the US. Khamenei knows that he's next in line to take over southern Iraq if the US fails and Zarqawi would be quite happy ruling over some mini-Taliban in the Sunni Triangle. It also fits with other elements we've seen to date with regard to the Iranian grand strategy in terms of Iraq.

[Boot Hill]

"Some serious stuff is about to hit the fan."

"there is something that has happened under the radar to cause this move"

Agree. The next three months should prove to be very interesting.

--Boot Hill