tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post4036279154746886719..comments2024-02-15T21:24:23.524-08:00Comments on Today in The Endless War: War News for Monday, May 16, 2011Cervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8812043282272915800.post-72678665246659623042011-05-16T11:40:33.602-07:002011-05-16T11:40:33.602-07:00Take it with a grain of salt or not, but Major-Gen...Take it with a grain of salt or not, but <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/05/16/idINIndia-57049820110516?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401" rel="nofollow">Major-General Hassan al-Baidhani tells this Reuters reporter</a> that Shiite militants are behind the recent spate of assassinations of security officials. They are said to fear a return to power of the Baath Party. ""Most of the officers who were killed in the Ministry of Defence were Sunnis," said a Shi'ite Defence Ministry officer who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.<br /><br />Ministry officials said hit lists have been issued by Shi'ite militias and published on websites, and some officers have received phone calls telling them they will be killed."<br /><br />Not, in other words, al Qaeda. Not good either.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.com