Bomb plot against ministries in Baghdad thwarted

[StarfarerBill]

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD – Iraqi forces seized a large cache of explosives and arrested suspected insurgents allegedly planning to target government ministries Tuesday, in a crackdown across the capital that brought parts of the city to a standstill.

The security measures demonstrated the ever-present fear that insurgents will carry out more bombings, like the ones against government buildings in past months that killed hundreds, ahead of the March elections.

The government's announcement that it had arrested 25 suspects and seized 880 pounds (400 kilograms) of military grade explosives also set off bitter accusations from some Sunni politicians that the government had exaggerated the incident to burnish its security credentials.

The charges laid bare once more the stark lack of trust in Iraq between the Shiite-dominated government and the Sunni Muslims who oppose the government.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

[PacerLJ35]

1. Being paranoid is a fairly common Arab trait...

While I was there working with them, I heard it all...nine times out of ten, it's posturing to avoid looking weak or trying to save face.

[Mz Pip]

2. Cheney must be pissed

He likes it when things go "boom" and he can yammer on about terror, terror, terror.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. He'll complain that it was the Iraqis that foiled the plot rather than the Yanks

How are we going to show our superiority over those people if they think they can run the country themselves? Next thing you know, they'll say their oil belongs to them.

[twitomy]

4. Perhaps The Iraqis can teach DHS and

the "system worked" Napolitano how its done.