Quote Originally Posted by Tribesman
If the head of anti-terrorism isn't safe then who is ?
I'll tell you who is: Iranian foreign minister Kamal Kharazi.

You will remember Condoleezza Rice's pit-stop in Bagdad last week, when she shook hands with some Iraqi's who were visibly at a loss who this creature beneath the helmet, bullet-proof burka and triple layer of bodyguards might be. Mr Khazari, on the other hand, paid Iraq a three-day visit during which he was taken to various cities, inside and outside security zones and perimeters, etcetera, with no helmet or Kevlar and without a vast security detail clearing the way wherever he went.

Amazing, isn't it? Either Mr Kharazi is a very courageous and obstinate man, or the fact that his visit was the responsibility of the Iraqi government made all the difference, or Mr Khazari knows something essential about the inner workings of Iraqi security that we don't.

I'm open to suggestion.

But imagine what a tempting target Mr Khazari must have been for Sunni insurgents. I mean, there he was, negotiating terms of friendship for three whole days with the new Shiite government of Iraq and declaring, in a joint statement with Bagdad, that Iraq was responsible for starting of the 1980-88 war!

I'm not suggesting huge conspiracies here. Let's just say I am seized of the matter.