Baghdad, Sep. 19 – Iran’s consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra came under attack Tuesday morning. The consulate compound came under mortar fire, reports said.| As Fred would note, my heart isn't bleeding for them, it's the chili. |
On June 14, some 500 Iraqis attacked Iran's consulate in Basra, torching parts of the compound. The protest followed a similar one days earlier outside the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Karbala. The participants in both demonstrations were supporters of prominent Iraqi Shiite Ayatollah Mahmoud al-Hassani, an outspoken critic of Iranian meddling in Iraq.