300,000 Iraqis Sign Petition Condemning Iran’s Meddling in Southern Iraq….

Posted on November 21, 2007

Today’s edition of "good news from Iraq"…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 300,000 Iraqis including 600 Shi’ite tribal leaders have signed a petition accusing Iran of sowing "disorder" in southern Iraq, a group of sheikhs involved in the campaign said.

The sheikhs showed Reuters two thick bundles of notes which contained original signatures. The sheikhs said more than 300,000 people had signed the pages.

Such a public and organized display of animosity toward neighboring Shi’ite Iran is rare in Iraq. Iranian influence has grown steadily, especially in the predominantly Shi’ite south, since the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.

"More than 300,000 people from the southern provinces condemned the interference of the Iranian regime in Iraq and especially in spreading security disorder in the provinces," the sheikhs said in a statement

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2 Responses to “300,000 Iraqis Sign Petition Condemning Iran’s Meddling in Southern Iraq….”

buster on November 22nd, 2007 2:42 am

It will be great if this works. The traditional protest is a severed head on a spear. There are rumblings that Ackmenajerk is about his. The mullas have become tired of him.
buster on November 24th, 2007 3:03 pm

One message to Iran would be to catch the agents and take care of them Islamic style.