This shit is just scary...

Remember Moqtada al-Sadr? He's the fiery Iraqi cleris whose personal militia tangled with US troops early on but many of his followers are now duly elected members of the new Iraqi government. As reported in the NY Times, al-Sadr has pledged his military support for Iran should they be attacked...
So we could have Iraq coming to the aid of Iran should be decide to exercise the 'military option'...would we then have to re-invade Iraq to protect ourselves from...ummm...it's all so confusing...

Did you catch this piece? The power problems in Iraq are well documented...it looks like the Iraqis, tiring of the US led 'reconstruction' efforts, are in the process of signing an agreement between Iraq and Iran to build nine electricity transfer plants...

"In December, Iraq's Minister of Industry and Minerals Usama al-Najafi in a meeting with Iran's commercial attache in Iraq, Janali Halvaei on Iranian and world industrial enterprises to submit their industrial proposals to Iraqi partners to enable them pick up the suitable ones.
The minister expressed satisfaction with the quality of Iranian industries and said that Iran has made remarkable progress in improving the quality of its industries over the recent years. "

Buy Iranian!!!

One last piece here for your Zooheads...very interesting piece on the socialist 'revolutions' in South America. It's an El Salvadoran take on the current state of politics in the region found HERE. (You can link to the original spanish version also)
It basically says that the US is orchestrating all of the events down there for long-term economic gain...a lofty vision if you ask me considering the demonstrated competence of this administration.

Ok, one more you greedy bastards. Great breakdown of the Iraqi election on TomPaine.com by one Richard Dreyfuss (no relation)...he debunks the myth that we're on the verge of seeing a viable unity government in Iraq...not very heartening but a good read...

Stay Naked.