Iraqi security forces collaborated with bombers: FM

[TheSarge]

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Saturday alleged there had been collaboration between Iraqi security forces and the insurgents whose massive truck bombings killed 95 people three days ago.
Zebari, whose ministry lost 32 workers in the blast at its headquarters, admitted the attacks were a serious security setback and that the government had failed to protect its citizens.

Wednesday's bombings at the ministeries of foreign affairs and finance culminated in the worst day of violence seen in the conflict-hit country in 18 months, with around 600 people also wounded.

"How could this truck pass unless there is collaboration?" Zebari told reporters in Baghdad.

"There was collaboration between security forces and the terrorist group to facilitate the passing of this truck through such a sensitive area."

Zebari said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had ordered the arrest of 11 senior security officers on Thursday so they could be questioned on how a four-tonne truck had entered an area where even two-tonne vehicles were barred.

He also made the first official admission that the blasts signalled that security gains made in the past year were under serious strain following a series of deadly attacks in recent months.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.38b8a40bdeef850d50a01aea146fda20.361&show_article=1

[Airwolf]

It had to be an inside job. You can't trust them no matter what they say or do. My late father has told me they had just as much trouble with fending off the arab tribes men as they did the Nazi's in North Africa. They lie and have no regrets doing so.

[WMD Owl]

Only two weeks ago the Iraqis removed the concrete blast walls that were surrounding the Foreign Ministry building...

But wait, now they are back up.  The decision to remove the walls may be another "inside job".

Ask any of the advisors that trained the Iraqi Security Forces-- the biggest problem with the Iraqi government is the corruption that permeates the entire system.
 
Iraqis begin restoring concrete walls in Baghdad

By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer – Sat Aug 22, 5:14 pm ET

BAGHDAD – Workers used giant cranes to raise concrete walls around the blast-scarred Foreign Ministry and other government buildings on Saturday, as Iraqi authorities sought to bolster security after suicide truck bombings that killed scores in Baghdad.

The decision to reinforce vital institutions is a sharp reversal of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's desire to remove the barriers as part of his efforts to make life more normal for war-weary Iraqis before January's national elections.

Wednesday's bombings against the foreign and finance ministries have shaken confidence in a government eager to demonstrate that it can take over responsibility for the country's security from American combat troops, who pulled back from urban areas on June 30 with plans for a full withdrawal by the end of 2011.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090822/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

[JohnnyReb]

It had to be an inside job. You can't trust them no matter what they say or do. My late father has told me they had just as much trouble with fending off the arab tribes men as they did the Nazi's in North Africa. They lie and have no regrets doing so.

Basically, their whole culture has for the past 1400 years been based on lying to, cheating out of and stealing from the infidel....They have finally run out of resources (infidels) in their own countries and are moving to the west.

[Wineslob]

O'bumbler announced we were out...............................anyone surprised?

[DumbAss Tanker]

Bribery, self-dealing, institutionalized and free enterprise corruption, and divided loyaties are the way of the world outside our borders, and to a slightly lesser extent those of Western Europe, Australia, and Japan.  Without the weight of US/NATO forces immediately at hand to dampen it for a couple of generations, the chances of any of these cesspits becoming stable democracies are low indeed.  And if you compare Iraq to Afghanistan on this, Iraq looks like Iowa.

[NHSparky]

Bribery, self-dealing, institutionalized and free enterprise corruption, and divided loyaties are the way of the world outside our borders, and to a slightly lesser extent those of Western Europe, Australia, and Japan.  Without the weight of US/NATO forces immediately at hand to dampen it for a couple of generations, the chances of any of these cesspits becoming stable democracies are low indeed.  And if you compare Iraq to Afghanistan on this, Iraq looks like Iowa.

I was going to say, Iowa doesn't have Iran sitting on its border stirring the pot, but it DOES have Illinois, which you described to a tee in the first half of your opening sentence.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Yeah, I didn't want to use any of our large Democrat-run cities as a positive example in that...