Thugs and assassins
US officials believe al-Qaida linked Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was behind the Irbil, Baghdad and Kerbala attacks. They claim an intercepted letter revealed a strategy to foment civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslims to make the country ungovernable.
Basra's governor also blamed Osama bin Laden.
Guardian UK Apr.22.04
Ok, we heard from the US officially, and we heard from their local representative, did we hear from anyone else? We don't need to.
US officials and the governor of Basra, that's enough.
We know what happened. Because they know, and they told us.