العراق "عازم" على تفتيش الطائرات الايرانية التي تعبر اجواءه الى سوريا

this is the single more relevant nwes from iraq concerning Syria. It is quite interesting that Iraq is reassuring the US (not ban ki moon, not brahimi, not the Arab League: the US) about their intentions.
after 14 yrs of sanctions, after 100.000 iraqi (and 4800 american) lives wasted in a war that could and should have been avoided, after being forced to give their natural resources to the american oil companies, after being plagued by systematic bombing of the terrorists, iraq had also to be HUMILIATED now, being obliged to declare publicly that they enforce not international law, not humanitarian or pacifist principles, not the arab league nor the united nations appeals. Nothing but the will of the colonial power.

And these so called 'pilgrims' are nothing more than shabiha helping the assad regime. Who the hell goes on a pilgrimage in a country torn by civil war?

samian, in case you are Lebanese, I need to tell you that there is a high probability that you are wrong, and that you are disrespecting the human tragedy of the your kidnapped fellow citizens. Actually the Shia consider a duty to travel to the holy shrines, and a mark of merit doing so under threat. It has always been so, and it is so today. Besides, the kidnapped pilgrims were travelling with their families and many of them are elderly. The lunatic militiamen who took them in hostage said many things about them, even that four of them were "completely dead" after an aerial bombing, but never said that they found weapons on the bus. So, all evidence are against your hurried deduction, and your cheap accusations. One thing is saying that it was reckless to take such risk, quite another accusing them to be shabbiha. Show some respect, your fellow citizens have been kidnapped by criminals, and families are suffering.

Patriot, you are offensive as always, but this time greatly mistaken. In 2009, the declared profit for foreign oil companies in iraq, after recovering all costs INCLUDING capital costs (which means exorbitant profits for US contractors), was 10 billion USD a year. Guess what? Exxon has the biggest share (850 mln USD a year) and BP the third largest (520 mln USD). BP is the largest oil company in the US after the merge with AMOCO (one of the main reasons for the US-UK colonial alliance in inflicting pain to Middle East). Since 2009, the oil production in Iraq has been ever increasing, taking over Iran's production. check the figures below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Iraq#2009_Oil_services_contracts

sorry, typo, BP is the second largest oil company in the US.

Arzak-ya-libnan, you seem so patriotic in name, and so indifferent when your fellow lebanese citizens from another sect are taken prisoners by outlaws in Syria. You take all possible defense of the kidnappers against your fellow Lebanese citizens, who have been separated from their families for almost 5 months. you even try to turn it into politics and pushing up the sectarian divide. honestly, this is quite telling about your sense of homeland.

naharnet, why my previous post has been deleted? I was giving facts on oil production in Iraq. This is very anti-democratic.