Monday January 29, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

The Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram reported yesterday that their ambassador to Iraq had been assassinated in June of 2005 by Iranian intelligence operatives.
Al Ahram reported that he was not a victim of "sectarian violence" as originally assumed.

The ambassador, Ihab a Sharif, had spent time in Iran as well as in Israel.
He was an exceptional "reader" of the regional situation.
June of 2005 was just one month into his new position.

It seems that the Iranians did not want this Egyptian influence in Iraq, they were afraid that a Sharif's astute and keen eye would pick up on happenings in their country that they did not want Egypt to know about. The Iranians did not want the Egyptians to stymie their activities.

An assassination in Iraq is no big deal and no one questioned the death report. Only now are the pieces of the puzzle falling into place.
The Iranians are far more organized and manipulative than we had ever imagined.
This is just one of many examples.