Som det påpekas i den amerikanska bloggen SST något som fått lite uppmärksamhet i väst är Irans roll som medlare mellan shia grupper i Irak. Att ledaren för den av USA terrorist stämplade Qods force skulle fungera som medlare i Irak säger väl en del om utvecklingen i regionen.

Sic Semper Tyrannis 2008: Quds force mediated Iraqi Fighting.

”….The backdrop to Sadr’s dramatic statement was a secret trip Friday to Qom, Iran’s holy city and headquarters of the dominant Iranian clergy, by Iraqi lawmakers.

There they held talks with Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Qods (Jerusalem) brigades of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and signed an agreement with Sadr, which formed the basis of his statement Sunday, members of parliament said.

In addition to Sadr, who is in Qom pursuing religious studies,
Iraqi lawmakers met Suleimani, said Osama al Nejafi, a legislator on
the parliamentary committee formed to solve the Basra crisis.

The Qom discussions may or may not bring an end to the fighting but they almost certainly have undermined Maliki
- who made repeated declarations that there would be no negotiations
and that he would treat as outlaws those who did not turn in their
weapons for cash.

In another blow to Maliki, his security advisor, Saleem Qassim al Taee, known as Abu Laith Al-Kadhimi, was killed in the fighting in Basra.…” McClatchy Newpapers quoted on ”The Friday Lunch Club.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/32055.html

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