Reee-Owwwr...Ffft! Ffft! The Bush-Maliki catfight continues: "U.S. should stop passing blame"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to reporters during a visit to Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad September 5, 2007. Bush criticized Iraq's government, saying it had made limited political progress despite the breathing space offered by this year's 'surge' of U.S. troops and the improved security. (Ali Abu Shish/Reuters)

Iraqis say U.S. should stop passing blame

By Waleed Ibrahim and Mussab Al-Khairalla 41 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers said on Saturday that Washington should take responsibility for the turmoil in Iraq and stop blaming Baghdad, Iran and Syria.

Frustrated by criticism from the United States over their slow progress towards political goals meant to foster national reconciliation, Iraqi leaders said Washington would be better served by examining its own progress in the unpopular war.

"The Americans always try to pretend the responsibility for cleaning up this mess isn't theirs and tend to shift blame onto Iraq, Iran and Syria for everything that goes wrong," said veteran Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman.

"But they should stop this nonsense and admit that most of the accountability rests on their shoulders," he told Reuters.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070915/ts_nm/iraq_dc_1

[rodeodance]

1. Maliki-----the 'beard' which is not a beard reminds me of Fred Flintstone

[MasonJar]

2. Boy, they got that one right. You tell them, Maliki