Baghdad, Iraq - Vice President Criticizes Israel

Baghdad, Iraq - The Iraq's vice president of the U.S.-backed Iraqi government has accused Israel of carrying out "massacres" in Lebanon in the strongest criticism of Israel by a top official of the U.S-backed Iraqi government.
Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi said Iraqi people, too, have suffered many attacks in their history. "What happened in Iraq is happening now in (Lebanon)," he said in a speech in Baghdad, attended by Iraq's president, the prime minister and other top government officials.

"Today, massacres are also taking place in ... Lebanon and Palestine. These horrible massacres carried out by the Israeli aggression, incites in us the spirit of brotherhood and solidarity," he said.