Iran, Not Syria, Is the West's Real Target

[Ghost Dog]

1. This indeed appears to be what the US Gov intends...

... AFP - An Al-Qaeda front group claimed a wave of bombings across Baghdad in a statement on Friday, part of a surge in violence sparking worries of a return to all-out bloodshed.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant said the attacks carried out on Wednesday, when nationwide violence killed 75 people and wounded more than 200, were retribution for the executions this month of people convicted of terror-related offences.

The group, formerly based solely in Iraq, has since expanded its reach to neighbouring Syria, where President Bashar al-Assad has been embroiled in a 29-month conflict with rebels, of whom the Al-Qaeda group are a critical part.

"The new wave organised by the lions of the Sunni people... was a response to the crimes of the Safavid government with the executions of a group of Islamists from the Sunni people in Iraq," said the statement posted on jihadist Internet forums.

It referred to Iraq's central government using a pejorative for Shiite Muslims, referencing the former Safavid empire that ruled what is now modern-day Iran...

/... http://www.france24.com/en/20130830-al-qaeda-group-claims-wave-baghdad-attacks

Oh, and there was this:

Perfidious Albion hands murderous Assad a spectacular victory
How a perfect storm of British ineptitude and gutlessness sent the wrong message to the butcher of Damascus, and left Israel more certain than ever that it can only rely on itself
By David Horovitz August 30, 2013, 11:39 am

/... http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=655472