Call me a cynic

Or a conspiracy theorist, but I'm wondering now just who might have been involved in that action that killed the Japanese diplomats.

Japan decided todayto deploy ground troops to join the American-led war in Iraq, in what will be its most ambitious military operation since its surrender to the United States at the end of World War II.

After months of agonizing, punctuated by the weekend state funeral of two diplomats gunned down in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet approved a plan to send up to 600 ground forces to southeastern Iraq, in a mission to last from six months to one year.

The troops, though considered non-combat, will be the most heavily armed since Japan began tentatively dispatching its Self Defense Forces overseas a decade ago. They will engage in humanitarian efforts, including establishing water and medical services, and rebuilding schools and infrastructure.  article

Well, whoever it was, we can thank them, because now we get some Japanese troops to help out.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.