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Iran hits at U.S., Clinton sees progress in Iraq
Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:48am EDT
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iran blamed the United States on Saturday for bombings that targeted Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq but U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she saw no signs of a slide backward into sectarian war.
Clinton, stressing in a visit to Baghdad that U.S. support would not flag as its troops prepare to withdraw from the nation they invaded in 2003, said she did not think bombs that killed 150 people in two days would rekindle widespread fighting.
The attacks in Baghdad and northeastern Diyala province targeted in large part Shi'ite Muslims, many of them pilgrims from Iran, triggering fears of reprisals against a once-dominant Sunni minority that could kick off a new cycle of killing.
Clinton, speaking to reporters in Kuwait late on Friday before flying to Baghdad on Saturday, said it was not likely.
"I think the suicide bombings ... are, in an unfortunately tragic way, a signal that the rejectionists fear that Iraq is going in the right direction," she said.
Iran's top authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, pointed a finger at Tehran's old foes, the United States and Israel.
"The main suspects in this crime and crimes similar to that, are American security and military forces," he said in a statement read on state radio on Saturday.
He said U.S. forces, on the pretext of fighting terrorism, had occupied an Islamic country and "killed tens of thousands of people there and increased insecurity there day after day."
AIR OF DREAD
An air of dread has spread through Baghdad following the attacks, further eroding a measure of normality and optimism that had possessed the city earlier this year but which has now made way for growing apprehension.
While violence has dropped sharply, major political issues remain unresolved, such as settling control over the disputed city of Kirkuk, passing national oil legislation, and deciding the relative strength of central and regional authorities.
Rival political and armed groups jockey for influence and reconciliation between Sunni and Shi'ite remains elusive, a worrying trend as U.S. combat troops prepare to withdraw from cities in June and all U.S. troops pull out by the end of 2011.
Analysts say violence could spike ahead of national elections due at the end of the year in which the increasingly assertive Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will face off against fellow Shi'ites, Sunnis and increasingly alienated Kurds.
Baghdad's ties have deteriorated with Kurds in their northern region as Maliki seeks to strengthen central power and assert control in disputed areas, another threat to stability.
Iraqi officials blame the attacks on Sunni Islamist al Qaeda, which although weakened still carries out frequent bombings, especially in ethnically mixed areas in the north. Continued...
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