Time to bomb Italy

I thought it was Iran that was causing all that violence and mayhem in Iraq. However, now there's evidence of a major $40M arms deal to ship arms into Iraq that would go through Italy. Now, Italian police busted this thing, but doncha think they need to be bombed anyhow, just on general principles, since that's the standard the Boosh administration holds dear? Oh, except for the fact the Bushies might have been looking the other way anyhow:

The Associated Press has learned that Iraqi government officials were involved in the deal, apparently without the knowledge of the U.S. Baghdad command — a departure from the usual pattern of U.S.-overseen arms purchases. [....]

Reached at his office in Amman, Jordan, Waleed Noori al-Handal denied the family firm had done anything wrong in the Italian arms case.

"We don't have anything to hide," he told the AP.

Citing the names of "friends" in top U.S. military ranks in Iraq, al-Handal said his company has fulfilled scores of supply and service contracts for the U.S. occupation. Asked why he claimed U.S. approval for the abortive Italian weapons purchase, he said he had a document from the U.S. Army "that says, 'We allow al-Thuraya Group to do all kinds of business.'"

In Baghdad, the Interior Ministry wouldn't discuss the AK-47 transaction on the record. But a senior ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the matter's sensitivity, acknowledged it had sought the weapons through al-Handal.

Asked about the irregular channels used, he said the ministry "doesn't ask the supplier how these weapons are obtained."

Although this official refused to discuss details, he said "most" of the 105,000 weapons were meant for police in Iraq's western province of Anbar. That statement raised questions, however, since Pentagon reports list only 161,000 trained police across all 18 of Iraq's provinces, and say the ministry has been issued 169,280 AK-47s, 167,789 pistols and 16,398 machine guns for them and 28,000 border police.

Gee, between our inability to account for 190,000 AK47's and this, is it any wonder that our troops find themselves a little less than happy in their major Surging To Victory Hype? Political reconciliation is just around the corner, I'm sure, folks.