Let's put some stories together. From just a few minutes ago:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie was undergoing surgery after a suicide bomb attack and his condition is "not stable," a senior Iraqi security official said on Friday.Brigadier General Qassim Moussawi, spokesman for security in Baghdad, told Iraqiya state television Zobaie was wounded in various parts of his body in a suicide bomb attack.
"He is undergoing surgery now. His condition is not stable so far," Moussawi said.
According to Americablog: CNN's Kyra Phillips, who is in Baghdad, said it looks like an "inside job."
From yesterday's news:
BAGHDAD - An exploding rocket narrowly missed a building in the heavily protected Green Zone where U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was appearing on live television Thursday afternoon with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, startling the U.N. leader on his first visit to Iraq in his new position.
MSNBC News Services
Updated: 12:45 p.m. ET Feb 27, 2007BAGRAM, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked the entrance to the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, killing up to 23 people and wounding 20. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said Cheney, who was unharmed, was the target.
It looks to me like the bad guys have infiltrated the intelligence structures in these two countries. If I were a U.S. politician, I would not go to one of the dog and pony shows they put on in those countries to impress members of Congress.