Iraqi secu­rity uncov­ered a 9/11 style plot to hit Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, this is what the news agen­cies reported quot­ing the Iraqi government.

Here is a video clip [Ara­bic] of the Iraqi Defense Min­is­ter Abdull Qadir Al-Ubaidi speak­ing from Najaf today say­ing the following:

The news about a ter­ror­ists plot to tar­get Najaf are uncon­firmed, and the close of Najaf Air­port is related to a dis­pute between the Air­port and the Trans­porta­tion Ministry.

Sources told the news­pa­per that Najaf Air­port is already closed a week ago because of the dis­pute with the trans­porta­tion Ministry

More plainly, Shir­wan Al-Wa’ali State Min­is­ter for the National Secu­rity Affairs told Kuwaiti news­pa­per Al-Rai the following:

This story has been highly exag­ger­ated by the media, and infor­ma­tion avail­able to us are nor­mal and unconfirmed.

Azza­man revealed the truth behind this story:

The Intel­li­gence Office of the Prime Min­is­ter Al-Maliki was behind the leak of the foil of an attempt to hijack an air­craft from air­port Najaf and crash it against Imam Ali shrine, to put pres­sure on the Supreme Shi­ite cler­ics to declare its sup­port for the inte­gra­tion of INA and SoL coali­tions. A merge, which will increase Maliki’s his chances for a prime min­is­ter post.

To con­firm the above infor­ma­tion, here is the Bahrain ambas­sador in Iraq crit­i­cized the Iraqi gov­ern­ment for the close of the Najaf Air­port since 08-04-2010 because of the fail­ure of the radar sys­tem, say­ing that Bahrain Shi­ite pil­grims are effected by this.