Saturday, the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was under attack of two missiles. Only two catering service employees were killed in the event, but several were injured. Although the incident has proved to be tragic, no prominent members of parliament were attacked. Elsewhere, rockets were also fired at Camp Victory. This post is in proximity of Baghdad’s international airport. These occurrences on Saturday are thought to be the work of Shiite militias. The United States has made claims that Iran’s government often funds these anti-American organizations. Iran officials deny this claim and state their money is spent in groups that do not use force against United States Military efforts. Just a couple of days before the attack, the United States-Iraq pact finally came to a decision that the United States Military will occupy Iraq for three more years. This decision has taken quite a while to be established, due to immense amounts of protests and disagreements among the country’s parliament figures. Many of these protesters are followers of Muqtada al-Sadr. Not only was his influence suspected to cause the attacks upon the United Nations, but he led the protest against the new pact between the United States and Iraq. Sadr and his followers believe the United States should seek immediate exile out of their country. Protesters demonstrated their resentment by mourning and burning American flags. To accompany this eventful day, there were at least three more bombings in central parts of Baghdad.
LINK: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html
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