It's Not A Precursor, but.....

The Australians have tossed an Iraqi diplomat for spying.

The US has already tossed two Iraqis, the Philippeans have thrown out another and apparently the Germans, among others, are looking at expelling a few more Iraqis back to Saddam's arms.

Now, I realize the Australians are saying this isn't a precursor to a war, but come on. How often do you see one nation getting their "diplomats" tossed from so many different places, in such a short period of time? It doesn't happen like that unless something big is about to happen and we are looking to cut off their intelligence gathering.

The Iraqis of course have protested by saying he is a foreign minister and therefore he can "do whatever he would like to do." That's true to a point, but the host nation can also declare you persona non grata whenever they'd like.

I just think that this might be a nonprecursor precursor.