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* Walid al-Hilli: no right to demand the resignation of Hashimi al-Maliki in a manner of extortion

January 24, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Deputy for a coalition of state law that has no right to be Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to eliminate that demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

The MP said Walid al-Hilli told all of Iraq [where] that “no right-Hashimi, or any other person to demand the resignation of al-Maliki from office if the manner of extortion as [if it does not submit his resignation will be submitted and documents against him, and if he owned already, the prime minister is the first figure in Iraq has asked everyone to submit documents if there are charges or cases against him and to eliminate all of which invoked. "

He added that "Today is a day of justice and resorting to the judiciary and law in each of the issues and this is the method of building the new Iraq that everyone wants to start it."

The Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi required to spend have been conditioned in a press release received [where] a copy of his appearance in court the charges against him the resignation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office said: “I am willing and ready to appear in court just because he is my only means to prove my innocence of the charges of false and confessions [fabricated], and I’m not afraid of the judiciary and it scared him [authoritarian] robbed the judiciary of its independence and Sisoh and turned into a tool to infringe on the Iraqis and robbed of their freedoms, and is ready to appear in court in any place no power to my opponent’s political him and if he insists my opponent on the capital, Baghdad, I am ready, provided that raises his hand for the judiciary and no room for that except to announce his resignation from the premiership [in reference to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, this is the only way to free the judiciary from the pressure, “he said.

The Supreme Judicial Council, issued on 19 of the month of December 2011 arrest warrant against Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi and prevent him from traveling, and offered to the Ministry of Interior in the confessions of members of the protection Hashemi implemented a series of armed operations against elements of security and government officials and visitors to the holy shrines.

The Judicial Council announced in the fifteenth of this month for his response filed by Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi for requesting the transfer of personnel and trial on charges of terrorism, protect the capital from Baghdad to Kirkuk province.

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* Basra calling for al-Maliki to end the problems with Kuwait and welcomes the recent investments

January 17, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Council called for the province of Basra, on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to disband all the files and the outstanding problems between Basra and Kuwait during his upcoming visit, hello final approval to drop the debts owed ​​by Iraq in return for investment.

The vice president of the provincial council in Basra Ahmed Sulaiti for “Twilight News”, “did not reach so far on the participation of officials from the province of Basra in the delegation which accompanied Prime Minister Maliki in his upcoming visit to Kuwait, and we ask the Prime Minister to resolve all outstanding problems between Basra and Kuwait “.

The State of Law coalition revealed the “Twilight News”, earlier, on the situation of the Iraqi government a mechanism to resolve outstanding issues with the State of Kuwait, adding that the ongoing communication between the two sides with respect to this matter.

Sulaiti and that “the province of Basra, many problems with the Kuwaiti side by virtue of its geographical location, and must be the opinion of Basra in solving these problems in the files and the visit of Prime Minister of Kuwait.”

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki received a phone call, the end of last year, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah asking them to visit Kuwait, but that morning, told him to postpone his visit because of the preoccupation with the elections in Kuwait.

Sulaiti and never welcomed “the willingness of the Kuwaiti side down the remaining debt on Iraq in return for its investments in many fields, especially in the province of Basra.”

He stressed that “officials in the province of Basra welcome all foreign investments, including being one of the Kuwaiti Arab country and a neighbor of Iraq.”

Confirmed that the National Investment Commission, earlier, on Iraq’s willingness to communicate and collaborate with business and Kuwaiti investors, noting that Iraq would be “an open hand and heart” to receive them and to overcome obstacles and difficulties, and to confirm the depth between the two countries.

The file includes Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations a lot of outstanding issues, notably the compensation paid by the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq in 1990, and the position of Kuwait from Iraq out of Chapter VII of the UN, as well as the demarcation of the border between the two countries and the remains of missing Kuwaitis.

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* Early elections or replacement of al-Maliki, says Mutlaq

January 13, 2012 Leave a Comment

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[IMG] http://static.aknews.com/images/cms-image-000092999.jpg [/IMG] ERBIL, Jan. 11 (AKnews) – Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq says Iraqiya List will call for early elections or the replacement of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, if political tensions continue.

Mutlaq’s statement came in an exclusive interview with AKnews. Below is the full text of the interview.

Q: Iraq has been moving from one crisis to the next since the March 2010 elections, what do you think is the reason for that?

A: Because decision-making in Iraq is in the hands of foreign powers. The current Iraqi government is an Iranian-woven fabric formed with the blessings of the U.S. Now that the U.S. has withdrawn from Iraq, the decision-making is in the hands of Iran. It is Iran who decides whether or not Maliki will stay in power.

Q: If as you say the government was formed under guidance from Iran why are you part of this cabinet while you have 91 seats in the parliament?

A: Because there is no real democracy in the country. If a party wants to play opposition it will be treated under article 4 of the terror law and so they will be arrested whenever the government wishes it. There is no real freedom and democracy, what is in store is abuse, dictatorship and despotism.

Q: You have already paid for what you have just said, are you saying again that this government is a dictatorship?

A: I am ready to say more, pay even greater costs, to clarify the truth. I do not regret what I said earlier, I reiterate it, Maliki and the Dawa Party have taken a dictatorial course to take over the country and to become the one and only ruling party.

Q: Now there are preparations for a national conference, does the country need more conferences and initiatives?

A: They say they are busy forming committees that organize the conference, but these committees have not been formed yet. The country is facing a major crisis but there is no serious attempt to contain it. The political leaders should have met as soon as possible but because some of them are associated with foreign powers or some of them are accused of corruption and terror they have abstained from the meeting just so that the authorities keep quiet about them.

Q: Iraqiya List has set several conditions for participation in the conference, and there is also the problem of where to hold the conference [Erbil or Baghdad] is there any ray of hope that the conference will be held anytime soon?

A: Where to hold the conference should not be a problem. Erbil, Sulaimaniyah or Baghdad doesn’t matter, it is all Iraq. What matters is to be a stable and secure place.

Q: Is there the suitable atmosphere for the success of the conference?

A: No, the atmosphere is not suitable. Because some would rather have the situation remain in crisis because they are used to creating problems. They feed off creating problems rather than solving them, they do not have the ability to develop the country therefore they want to keep the country busy in a continuous state of crisis.

Q: There is a cold war in the [wider] region between Sunnis and Shiites, can we say that Iraq is part of this war, too?

A: Iraq is paying for the regional conflicts. Because the political process in the country is weak everybody is looking to exploit Iraq.

Q: Following your meetings with the Kurdish leaders, how do you see the political position of the Kurds?

A: I would thank the position of the Kurds as a just position that is caring about the country. Today, I feel that Massoud Barzani, the President of Kurdistan Region, has a duty and that’s to force the previous agreement [on the political blocs] and to find solutions for the current crisis. A crisis which is a result of not implementing the agreement. This would be a responsible position.

Q: If the crisis remains as it is now, what would be your next step?

A: We will call for early elections under the supervision of an interim government that would not be involved in the elections. If early elections are not an option, then we will call for the replacement of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. All the political factions inside the National Coalition would rather have Maliki substituted but they can’t change him [now] because he enjoys external support.

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* No national reconciliation meeting with al-Maliki – Iraqiya bloc spokesman

January 12, 2012 1 Comment

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London, Asharq Al-Awsat – In a telephone interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Iraqiya bloc spokesman Haidar al-Mulla stressed that “no national reconciliation meeting can take place in Iraq whilst Nuri al-Maliki is prime minister.” He added “such a meeting will not take place at the end of this month, or even the end of the year.”

Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat from Amman on Wednesday, al-Mulla revealed “al-Maliki wants to hold a meeting along the lines of the 1979 al-Khalad conference hall [meeting] that was convened by the head of the former regime.” This is in reference to the conference held by Saddam Hussein in 1979, when he “purged” the Baathist party of his opponents. During the meeting, Saddam Hussein identified 66 “traitors” who were immediately arrested and removed from the conference hall; a number of whom were later executed. This conference has become enshrined in Iraqi political folklore, and has been variously described as “the slaughter of the comrades”, “Saddam’s purge”, or simply “the setup”. Al-Mulla stressed that “this [meeting under al-Maliki’s terms] is something that the Iraqi political forces completely reject.”

The Iraqiya bloc spokesman said “al-Maliki is well aware that should the Iraqi political forces attend any genuine national reconciliation conference, where the balance of power is neutral and where all parties are equal…this would represent a threat to his position as prime minister.”

He added “the political forces would confront al-Maliki regarding his security failures, particularly as he is exclusively responsible for this issue being the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, as well as the Minister of Interior and Minister of Defense by proxy. This means that he is solely responsible for managing the security file. In addition to this, there are also violations and deficiencies in terms of services for the Iraqi citizens, the economic situation in the country, and corruption.”

Al-Mulla stressed to Asharq Al-Awsat that “from this point of view, al-Maliki will attempt to hinder the organization of any genuine conference for national reconciliation, or he will attempt to hijack the conference to create scenario like that of the al-Khalad conference hall [purge].”

The Iraqiya bloc spokesman added “as a result of all this, al-Maliki does not want any conference that could potentially remove him from office to take place.”

Asked whether his prejudice against al-Maliki stems from the Iraqi Prime Minister’s attempts to secure the dismissal of Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq – who heads the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, which al-Mulla belongs to – the Iraqiya bloc spokesman told Asharq Al-Awsat “it’s not personal or prejudice, for there are no sensitivities or personal problems between ourselves and the Prime Minister, rather our major concern is Iraq and its people.”

He added “the experience over the past six years of al-Maliki rule has shown us that Iraq is losing its Arab, regional, and international status. During his era, Baghdad was declared by the United Nations – for the third time – as the worst city in the world [to live in], whilst Iraq is also listed amongst the most corrupt countries in the world. He [al-Maliki] has not exerted any effort to secure Iraq’s removal from Chapter VII [of the UN charter], whilst no international Arab meeting or assembly has taken place during this period. We missed the chance to host an Arab League summit, and in addition to this no major sporting tournament has been held in Iraq [during this period], as he [al-Maliki] also missed the opportunity for Iraq to host the 2013 Arabian Gulf Cup of Nations tournament. In short, Iraq has lost its international prestige, and it no longer holds any regional or international status.”

Iraqiya bloc spokesman Haidar al-Mulla also stressed to Asharq Al-Awsat that “the national political forces are concerned about the past, present, and future of Iraq. They are concerned about their responsibility to save Iraq, and the fact that the current approach must be changed. This is why we are working on creating alliances to save the democratic approach.”

He also called on the “National Alliance, which al-Maliki’s bloc is a major part of, and which the [Iraqi] Federal Court has recognized as the largest parliamentary alliance…to put forward candidates other than Nouri al-Maliki for the post of Prime Minister.”

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* National Congress of the most prominent items: three-year plan to share the power to neutralize al-Maliki

January 6, 2012 Leave a Comment

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A source familiar with the matter on the basis that the subject that will be a circulation in the national conference to be held mid-year this month, is to discuss the three-year plan to share power and the country, “Shia, years, in response,” as a pressure-Maliki will submit their opponents.

The source said that “there is the insistence by certain blocks to announce the formation of regions on the basis of sectarian and regional lines,” adding that “this proposal would be likely in the conference to pressure the National Alliance to get some concessions and re-arrange the map that governs accordingly the country, that gets partners to share the largest in the administration of the country compared to the previous situation with the development of safety valves and brake to a central decision-making and the uniqueness of a person by the Prime Minister, in the sense that all files are placed in the tip the balance against the Iraq trio. “

He claimed that “this scenario agreed between the Alliance of Kurdistan and the Iraqi List, to be released at the conference, and adhere to it, as a basis defines the path of negotiation, and in case of refusal of the National Alliance, will face a policy of fait accompli in the dismantling of the political process, or the distribution of powers al-Maliki on the deputies as a preliminary step, and refusal to Maliki faces no-confidence to be called the National Alliance, a substitute for it. “

The source pointed out that “the agenda of the conference, which contained several paragraphs, including the ideas proposed by Maliki to form a majority government, despite the fact that the Kurdistan Alliance and the Iraqi List, still conferring of that paragraph, the National Alliance is awaiting their response in the acceptance or rejection of its position within the table.”

The source stressed that while rejecting the Iraqi List, paragraph form a majority government policy, and offer them for trading in the conference, the silence of the Kurdistan Alliance, the considerations stems from his middle and he will not abandon the axis of balance, as it aspires to Kurdistan to leave this issue on the agenda in order to be a factor of intimidation during the Iraq debate, for fear of rejection of the demands of Kurdistan, which will raise them. “Observers believe that the conference will be epic in which wills grappling in the dark ocean.

It is said that Iraq is seeking is the other to the formation of a political majority led by Iyad Allawi, as he said, MP Talal Zobaie that “dialogues conducted by the Iraqi now with the various political parties including the Kurdistan Alliance is to work to withdraw the confidence of Maliki and the formation of a political majority led by Iyad Allawi There are indications in this direction, acceptance of many of the powers of the Kurdistan Alliance and the parties to the task from the National Alliance. “

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* Urgent .. Najafi and al-Maliki and Khuzaie agree to form a committee to resolve the crisis and to support the National Conference

January 5, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Baghdad (news) .. I agree the President of the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister and Vice President of the Republic Khudair Khuzaie to form a joint committee to resolve the outstanding issues and support the National Conference.

A statement from the Office of Khuzaie received Agency (news) a copy of today: that efforts Khuzaie had been successful bring together warring politicians on one table and create a positive atmosphere establish a fruitful cooperation between the partners in the political process and to find solutions to the crisis plaguing the country

and added the statement that Khuzai stressed during the meeting that the atmosphere of the meeting was positive and masters openness and clarity has been agreed to form a joint committee to resolve contentious issues and support of the National Conference to be held at the invitation of President Jalal Talabani in the coming days and discuss admission to the Iraqi List, the political process.

The statement noted: that of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Parliament Speaker Osama Najafi expressed their thanks and appreciation for the efforts made ​​by the Vice-President of the Republic Khuzaie for resolving the outstanding issues and create a positive atmosphere between the political parties.

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* Najafi al-Maliki and agree to the truce to defuse the current crisis

January 5, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Baghdad, January 5 (Rn) – The Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki and Osama Najafi House on Thursday evening for their agreement on a ceasefire and media to stay away from statements convulsive.

And confirmed the agreement on the basics of building for the next stage. and come to meet with Maliki, and Najafi, in light of the escalation of disputes between the coalition of state law and Iraqi forces on the mechanism of state administration. intensified the split between the coalitions more after the issuance of an arrest warrant for Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi in addition to providing Maliki’s request to the House of Representatives provides for isolating the Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq from office.

Maliki said at a news conference in Baghdad after meeting Najafi, “We have reached understandings and agreements from the State House Speaker Osama al about the basics of building for the next stage and the need to convene the National Congress.” said Maliki, ” been agreed on calm and stay away from statements convulsive. “

Calling on the political blocs “to stay away from escalation media.” Maliki said that “preventive Balngeevi came to reassure the Iraqi people”, describing the meeting as “positive.” For his part, House Speaker Osama Najafi during the conference that “the meeting .. we discussed the current political crisis and how to get out understandings with all the worries of the Iraqi people. “

Asserting that “there is a convergence of views to run the country properly and the advancement of the state on the basis of a sound and correct.” Najafi and that “the meeting today will be the prelude to further meetings.” And expressed his hope that “the Iraqi people, satisfied with their results.”

facing Hashemi charges related to supporting “terrorism” was issued against him in 19 of last month’s arrest warrant, but he refused to appear in court in Baghdad, and said that he spend is subject to pressure the executive branch. and decided the Iraqi List, led by Iyad Allawi, County Council of Ministers and House of Representatives against the backdrop of escalating political differences with the coalition of state law. But the Council of Ministers, six ministers from the Iraqi List, leave and instead instructed the ministers to manage them and visited them on the back of their boycott meetings of the Council. From: Haider Ibrahim. Open: Murtaza Yousuf

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* Urgent … Al-Maliki agrees to the demands of the Council of Al-Anbar province

January 2, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Baghdad (newsletter). Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to all demands made by the Anbar provincial Council last month. He said the Governor of Anbar þçóã ãíãï alfhdaoi reporter (News Agency news) after talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Monday: Melki agreed to all demands of Ministers and implemented quickly.

Alfhdaoi said: I met today, Prime Minister and discussed issues specific to Anbar, and agreed to all demands of the governorate, and a Committee was formed with Maliki’s Office to implement the demands of the Maliki directed immediately to ministries and departments concerned with implementation as soon as claimed, adding that Al-Maliki was unresponsive to the demands of conservative and promised to improve its service realities through more customizations, and continued: as well as to discuss the plan for the conversion of all Central Government powers to local governments, except those concerning the sovereignty, security and foreign policy And the distribution of wealth that must be central, even be distributed to all citizens equally ” The Governor said: the agreement with Al-Maliki about demands were also set up a Ministerial Committee to implement the demands, as well as quick guidance issued by the Al-Maliki, and welcomed the positive response to the conservative and the consent of the owners. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, has expressed its readiness to implement all the demands made by the Board of Anbar, revealed a plan to transfer many powers to the Central Government to local governments. In Anbar Governorate Council gave, in emergency session, the Central Government 14 days it was possible that ends Monday to implement 20 a constitutional and legal, threatening crucial decision in the absence of implementation. Pointed out that several political parties warned of repercussions of the situation in Iraq and the continuing arrests, saying it will not remain idle and allow so-called continuing violations, while noting that the security apparatus continues to smooth random arrests and gross violations of human rights in each of the governorates of Iraq.

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* Revolution on the way al-Maliki

January 2, 2012 9 Comments

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 Ali Hussein on the way Yusuf al-Qaradawi treats some politicians with the Arab spring to remove rebellions and uprisings of the content of beautiful and pure, months ago, rose-Qaradawi platform to speak irrationally for the large role played by the Muslim Brotherhood movement in the bombing of the Egyptian revolution, trying to portray the uprising of youth, Tunisia and Egypt and Libya, as the revolutions led by the Islamic forces, and we came out yesterday, Mr. Nuri al-Maliki said that “every success and Sraca revolution, and that” most of the revolutions in the Arab and Muslim worlds start of the slide and end to the Islamic other. “

I can not imagine that a reasonable person one can deny that the youth of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the ones who took to the squares topless they who broke the barrier of fear and were not investors, policy, such as the religious parties that have sought and seeks to kidnapping revolutions in favor of its narrow, I do not mean speaking to this that the parties religious were not wish to change these systems, but the attempt by some fraud facts and talk in a language far from the evidence and documents is a matter of surprise and suspicion inevitably, Mr Maliki knows before anyone else that the religious parties were not a party to the Arab spring, but stepped up on his shoulders like the Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis in Egypt Party Ghannouchi in Tunisia and the Islamists of Libya with the recognition that it forces can not be ignored in the political reality of the Arab, but it seems that some people try to distort many facts while making Qaradawi, a leader of the revolution instead of Mohammed Bouazizi or Wael Ghoneim or assigned Kerman and hundreds of thousands of young Arab spring If someone like Yusuf al-Qaradawi was able to take the podium of the rebels with ease, and prevents them from climbing, al-Maliki is trying to warn the Iraqis and their Arab forces that want to steal these revolutions, and certainly these forces that were not Muslim are the forces of secular, liberal, inevitably, of course, prime minister’s position is not new confirms all of us that the real battle in Iraq today is to determine the identity of the state, and that the most important question: Will the dream of a democratic Iraq that has taken fading. principle of the right of Mr. Maliki or any political force present on the scene to express themselves , those are the origins of democracy, everyone has to accept its rules, and it goes without saying that there is no absolute freedom of the open, restricted freedom of all the rules laid down by the people or agreed upon by the majority. In such a circumstance in which we live, at the time gave the Iraqis sacrifice to get rid of the dictatorial regime can not in any way that is kidnapped change and nationalized in the interest of political party and one says he will separate ruling on the measured and the others search for other countries to live in them. religious parties filled the political life This is right, and won in the elections .. This right also, and can not blame any political power if they want to express themselves politically, but the blame Maliki for that position requires him to stand by all Islamists and liberals at the same distance, and that the prime minister for all Iraqis, not in terms of certain political. Maliki spoke reminded me of funny incident occurred recently in Egypt One of the candidates, namely, the cluster mass of a liberal named “Mohamed Fouad”, and when he decided to fight the Salafis and the Muslim Brotherhood published in the

Constituency that the candidate Mohamed Fouad Christian not Tantboh … of course the failure of Muhammad Fuad in the elections, because the public who believed that a Christian is the broad base of supporters of the Salafist movement, and I fear that out-Maliki days for people to say to them: Beware of liberals and secular understanding of the thieves stole eight years of Oamarkm .

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* Editorial: Iraq is lucky to have al-Maliki

December 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Perhaps the extremists, or the ideologues, are not the only ones who are lucky with regards to the presence of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, rather everyone who is committed to the unity of Iraq, the survival of the political process there, and the avoidance of sectarianism, is lucky to have Nuri al-Maliki as a prime minister.

This is because Nuri al-Maliki has moved away from the political game, and instead resorted to using force against his opponents, immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops. This represented a red flag to all those who are concerned about the future of Iraq.

Al-Maliki is a man who has not mastered the political game, and it seems that he does not even believe in politics at all, or at least not as much as he believes in the power of force. Therefore, he has over-used what he terms “the law,” and we now see him seeking to arrest Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, and fire his own deputy, Saleh al-Mutlaq, whilst he is also clashing with Iraqi Parliamentary Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi.

The common denominator between these three individuals is that they are all Sunnis, and this is clear evidence of Nuri al-Maliki’s lack of political awareness! This is not all, for now we see the Kurds confronting al-Maliki, by mediating [on behalf of al-Maliki’s opponents] – or call this what you like – and the same goes for the Sadrists, whilst the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq [ISCI] has also entered the fray. One might say: how can al-Maliki be sectarian, when the [Shiite] ISCI, the Sadrists, and others, are not supporting him?

This is the crux of the matter, for al-Maliki has even embarrassed his political partners in the political alliance that he heads and which allowed him to secure a second term in government, thanks to Iranian pressure; this is because he has not played the political game, but rather resorted to force. Therefore, al-Maliki has become the opponent, the rule, the security, the judiciary, and the media [in Iraq]. In this case, there is no difference whatsoever between al-Maliki and Saddam Hussein.

When we say that the Iraqis – and not just the Iraqi extremists – are lucky to have Nuri al-Maliki, not, this is because al-Maliki is no good at playing the political game, and he quickly revealed the true dictatorial face of his regime immediately following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, not weeks or months later! Iraq would have been in even more trouble – not to mention the outside world – if instead of this, al-Maliki were the Mohammad Khatami of Iraq. However al-Maliki does not enjoy good relations with the Arab world; he is no Iyad Allawi or Jalal Talabani, for example.

Al-Maliki has also not succeeded even in providing a reassuring impression to the West, and so we have seen one U.S. official ridiculing al-Maliki’s political position, according to the New York Times. The U.S. official reportedly stated that al-Maliki is not someone who cares about reaching a settlement or compromise. If al-Maliki were the Khatami of Iraq, he would have been able to deceive many of the politicians there, and a huge section of the Iraq people, and even regional countries and the West, in the same manner that Khatami did during his time in power in Iran.

If this were the case, al-Maliki would be able to complete his project to transform Iraq into a sectarian nation where he is solely in control, and whose only party is his Islamic Dawa party, which would take the place of the Iraqi Baathist party [during the Saddam era]. However al-Maliki’s security performance, and his lack of political awareness, may now spare the Iraqis from a future stage of de-Dawaification!

For Mr. al-Maliki’s lack of political awareness has served as a red flag for the Iraqis, of all different trends and backgrounds, regarding the necessity of paying attention to the future that now awaits them, should al-Maliki succeed. Ultimately, this is a good thing for Iraq, namely for the crisis to be resolved today, and with the least possible damage. This is far better than this crisis being resolved after years, causing far greater damage.

Therefore, perhaps Iraq and its people are lucky that al-Maliki’s plans have been exposed early, namely just one day after the U.S. withdrawal!

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