Roads to Iraq

Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas investigates the real reason the prevented the Iranian Ahmadinejad from visiting Karbala and Najaf saying:

It is very hard to imagine that an Iranian official visits Iraq with an official invitation without visiting the two holly Shiites cities.

Away from the rumors, we decided to investigate the issue and it is revealed that visiting the two cities wasn’t on Ahmadinejad’s schedule, but why?

Probably, that the Iranian committee who put the schedule three days before the visit learned that Shiittes high-rank cleric Sistani does not receive or meet with presidents.

While many newspapers wrote about Iraq’s sectarian division on Ahmadinajad’s visit and they put it like [Shiites welcomed the visit, Sunnis rejected it], the newspaper reported about the Shiites – Shiites division on the visit.

The facts on the ground shows that those who welcomed the Iranian President Ahmadinejad, are the rest of the Shiite coalition allied with the PKK in the Iraqi government.

There are about 16 Shiite parties and blocs [IISC] did not attend the ceremony and boycotted the visit (The Iraqi Gathering, Al-Jaafari Bloc, Mazin Makiya Bloc) add to this Al-Fadhila Party, the Sadrists and other small groups in the coalition, in fact the majority are unwilling to meet guest the Iranian.

Contrary to the common believe that Iraqi-Shiites have ties with Iran, many Shiite-sectors of Iraqi Shiite aware of the importance of their political and ideological independence..