Re: Black Wedensday
The people most likely reponsible IMO:
1) Zarqawi and his henchmen. Their basic ideology is based on intolerance towards shia beliefs and openly hold contempt for their shrines. Majority of these would be foreigners from neighbouring arab countries.
2) The sunni insurgents. A majority of these are baathists, (loyal to saddam) and hence cannot stomach a majority shia government in power. Samarra is a sunni majority.
3) The americans and the coalition forces. These are responsible for security but are failing miserably day in day out. Yet they are also preventing the locals from providing security even though they are willing and more than capable to do so. By not doing their job properly, they are actually encouraging an atmosphere that is already ripe for a civil war. and hence making the situation much worse.