The European Union foreign policy chief suggested on Monday that Iran could be linked to the Hamas military takeover of Gaza, recent attacks on the Lebanese army, and on European peacekeepers in Lebanon.
What this means is that the conflict in Iraq may soon be something of a sideshow to a much larger war.
"What happened in Gaza cannot be seen separately from what happened in Lebanon," he told a conference on the Middle East hosted by the Socialist group of the European Parliament.
"There are new groups in the Palestinian camps," Solana said. "And the fact that UNIFIL has been attacked for the first time cannot be taken separately."
Solana said that while the car bomb attack that killed six Spanish members of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on June 24 was carried out by "forces we don't know", he added: "It would be naive not to see this as part of a global approach."
There have been reports of Iranian agents preparing for attacks in Europe. Is that what he's referring to here?
"Somebody I know well -- Ali Larijani -- has said 'we are supporting Hamas'," he said, referring to the chief Iranian nuclear negotiator, who made the statement in an interview with Newsweek published last month.
"All this is connected," Solana said. "It didn't happen by accident or miracle, it was probably planned."
Iran is playing a dangerous game- thus far it has been appeased by more powerful nations but surely that cannot continue.
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