IS IRAN STIRRING THINGS UP IN IRAQ AS A DIVERSION?‏

I SUSPECT THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IS BEHIND THIS:

BBC: Iraq hit by fresh wave of attacks

Bomb attacks in the capital Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq have killed at least 29 people and wounded 75, police say.

In the latest attack, a roadside bomb killed four people in a marketplace in Baghdad's Husseiniya district.

Other victims included three students on their way to sit exams and a child of four. More than 70 people died in a truck bombing in Kirkuk on Saturday.

The attacks come days before US troops are scheduled to pull out of Iraq's towns and cities.

With so many attacks in such a short space of time, it appears insurgents are determined to make things look as unstable as possible as the pull-out deadline approaches, the BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says.

WE PREDICTED THIS MIGHT HAPPEN A FEW DAYS AGO.

IRANIANS I HAVE TALKED TO DON'T THINK THE REGIME IS DUMB ENOUGH TO DO THIS.

I THINK THEY ARE AFRAID ENOUGH TO DO THIS.

ONE REASON IS THIS: AN ACQUAINTANCE TELLS ME THAT THE 18 YEAR OLD SON OF AN IRANIAN HE KNOWS (AN 18 YR OLD WHO WAS BORN HERE) IS PROUD TO BE AN IRANIAN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE.

I THINK YOU CAN MULTIPLY THIS 18 YR OLD BY TEN MILLION - AND THAT;'S WHAT SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF THE MULLAHS: THE MULLAHS KNOW THEY MUST STOP THIS YOUTHFUL REBELLION OR THEY LOSE THEIR POWER. COMPLETELY.

WE SHALL SOON SEE.

STAY TUNED.

BOTTOM-LINE: I EXPECT A BIG ATTACK OR KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT IN ISRAEL BY HAMAS AND/OR HIZBALLAH. OR AN ATTACK IN EGYPT OR JORDAN.