What catches my eye...

Senior Iraqi official suspected of militia links
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer
Thu Aug 28, 2008
BAGHDAD - A senior official in Nouri al-Maliki's government was in custody Thursday suspected of ties to Iranian-backed Shiite militias and plotting a June bombing that killed 10 people, including four Americans, Iraqi authorities said.

Okay - that lead paragraph from AP was sufficiently inflammatory... but what caught my eye was the next paragraph:

The arrest of Ali al-Lami — taken Wednesday as he left a plane arriving from Lebanon — reinforced suspicions about Tehran's influence within the Shiite-led Iraqi government and could open wider probes into Shiite networks, including possible links to Lebanon's Hezbollah.
[emphasis added]

Ah! Hezbollah again is featured prominently in an AP story! (Recall: the AP is none too diligent about sources. They question only Iraqi & American officials when reporting on, e.g., al Sadr's intentions!)

For newer readers, I've been watching for Hezbollah references for quite some time now. These play a rather visible role in my Grand Conspiracy Theory. Hezbollah is a convenient non-state actor on which to blame a late-October terrorist attack, providing the excuse for W and his minions to cancel the elections (probably more like, "Postpone the elections"... indefinitely), and assume pure dictatorial powers.

Yes, I am delusional.

Stop the madness.