Attackers paid $10,000 to get a bomb-laden truck past checkpoints and next to the Iraqi Finance Ministry in last week's attacks, one of the suspected masterminds said in a confession broadcast Sunday.
The trail goes to Syria:
Ibrahim said the operation was ordered a month ago by a Baath Party operative in Syria in a bid "to destabilize the regime."
Al-Moussawi aired only Ibrahim's confession but said more than 10 people comprising the whole network involved in the attacks have been arrested. He did not mention the Foreign Ministry but said other confessions would be shown in coming days.
The war in Iraq (and Syria's and Iran's war against Iraq) aren't over despite the vast reduction in overall casualties. As we look for open hands from Iran and Syria, remember that their clenched fists keep killing Iraqis.
UPDATE: Al Qaeda claims responsibility. I assumed this, since high-casualty suicide bombings are their preferred method of killing. The Baathists find the fanaticism of al Qaeda useful and the jihadis find the money and organization of the Baathists useful.
