But I thought Iraq was on our side

Guess who has emerged as one of the biggest critics of Israel's bombing campaign in Lebanon? If you guessed Egypt, Jordan, or Saudia Arabia, you'd be wrong. If you guessed Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, you'd be right. Via the Times:

“The Israeli attacks and airstrikes are completely destroying Lebanon’s infrastructure,” Mr. Maliki said at an afternoon news conference inside the fortified Green Zone, which houses the American Embassy and the seat of the Iraqi government. “I condemn these aggressions and call on the Arab League foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo to take quick action to stop these aggressions. We call on the world to take quick stands to stop the Israeli aggression.”

In other news from Iraq, the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq reported yesterday that more than 100 Iraqis died per day during the month of June while sectarian violence has forced more than 1,000 Iraqi families to abandon their homes in mixed Sunni/Shia areas of Baghdad.