New Warfront Opens in Iraq Three Months before Handover from DEBKafile

DEBKafile blames the current Shia troubles on Iran due to the US concerns over nuclear issues and impending sanctions.

The two incidents, three months before Iraqi is scheduled to be handed over to Iraqi sovereignty, are marginal. The real cause underlining the Sadr rebellion is brought to light by DEBKAfile’s intelligence and counter-terror sources. They stress that it was far from spontaneous. Indeed it was prepared well in advance to at the behest of Tehran - with the collaboration of Damascus and the Hizballah - by the Shiite master terrorist Imad Mughniyeh. Its purpose: to trigger Iran’s Spring Offensive against the Americans in Iraq.

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