Reply #27: The Iraqis probably believe Israel was behind the church bombings

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I sure hope that's not the case -- but Israel does seem to be the only party with anything to gain by setting Iraqi Christians against Iraqi Moslems. And the suggestion has come up repeatedly that many or most of the mysterious bombings in Iraq over the past year are due to some combination of the US, the Chalabis, and Israel, with the primary intent being to provoke an Iraqi civil war. (Plus an element of payback in the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy if it really was Chalabi.)


"The Mujahideen Information Centre (you have to laugh that mujahideen need PR), representing three Islamic 'terrorist' groups, has denied ... that their militants were behind the church bombings in Iraq. Their statement blamed Iraq's national security advisor Mowaffaq al-Rubaie of involvement in the blasts 'with the help of the Zionists and Americans'."

http://xymphora.blogspot.com/2004/08/more-on-church-bombings.html


And Salem Chalabi's connections with extremist Israeli settler Marc Zell are well known:

"The controversy surrounding Salem Chalabi's involvement in the tribunal system and administration is not only comprised of his lack of qualifications and foresight in his directorial role but is additionally complicated by his business and personal relationships, particularly his connections to Marc Zell and Douglas Feith. Similar to other involved parties in the Iraqi administration, Chalabi has joined the ranks in setting himself up to profit from the networks of connections that are increasingly evident in the reconstruction of the war-torn nation.

"Seeking to profit from the situation in Iraq, Chalabi established the Iraqi International Law Group (IILG), which advertises itself as providing access to private investors to the new Iraq. Originally, the group's website was registered by partner Marc Zell and the address given was that of Zell's Washington office, Zell, Goldberg & Co. The firm claims to be "one of Israel's fastest-growing business-oriented law firms". Since then the website has been removed and the registration list has been modified to include Salem Chalabi.

"Zell, originally from Washington DC, acquired Israeli nationality when he moved to the Jewish settlement of Alon Shevut in the West Bank. He has a distinct interest in Zionism and has been involved with the Gush Emunim -- Bloc of the Faithful -- movement. The Gush Emunim movement claims that the occupied territories of 1967 were given in accords to Israel by God. He has become a spokesperson for Israeli settlers and holds connections with Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party in Israel.

"The connection between the three individuals becomes clear when taking Zell as the missing link. For many years up until 2001 Zell had been a partner of Douglas Feith, the current US undersecretary of defence -- the third highest civilian position in the Pentagon. Their firm, FANDZ -- a play on the names, Feith and Zell -- had bases in both Tel Aviv and Washington. It was set up when Feith initially left government service, and its goal was to represent Turkish and Israeli business interests. When Feith received his appointment to the Pentagon in 2001, he formally withdrew from FANDZ."

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/698/re93.htm