British & Iranian Consulates Attacked in Basra

Insurgents attacked (unsuccessfully) both the British and the Iranian consulates in Basra.

The Iranian and British consulates in the southern Iraqi city of Basra have come under attack.

Two rockets crashed into the outer wall of the Iranian consulate early on Tuesday while a third hit a police vehicle guarding the building. There were no casualties.

Police said they then foiled another attack on the compound, finding and defusing two rockets.

What's rather surprising about this is that this attack was obviously made by Sunni insurgents. The Shia wouldn't have attacked the Iranian consulate. Iran is their ally. Yet, Basra is virtually exclusively a Shia area. It seems that the Sunni insurgents have a pretty wide reach.