Maliki says his govt stopped civil war

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Source: reuters



Maliki says his govt stopped civil war

By Waleed Ibrahim 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday responded to critics in the U.S. Congress, saying his government had kept Iraq from plunging into sectarian civil war.


Maliki told a news conference his critics had crossed what he called a "reasonable line" and were encouraging militants trying to destabilize Iraq.

Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton and other U.S. lawmakers have called for Iraq's parliament to replace Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist.

"They do not realize the size of the disaster that Iraq has passed through and the big role of this government, a government of national unity. The most important achievement is it stopped a sectarian and civil war," Maliki said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070902/ts_nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=AiUTqL.Z1pjPvg9ABFlweeKs0NUE

[Teaser]

1. comedy gold

if people weren't dying by the bucket, that is.

[FarCenter]

2. Baghdad Reality Distortion Field

Maliki is in the same Reality Distortion Field that produced such notables as Baghdad Bob.

[stillcool]

3. he says, he says...

and I'm supposed to pick a side and declare truth?

[Seabiscuit]

4. Maliki aside: "and if they believe that I've got a bridge to sell them."

[SalmonChantedEvening]

5. It'd have been nice of him to tell the war he had stopped it

It doesn't seem to have gotten the memo.

:argh:

[onewholaughsatfools]

6. i would like whatever he's smokin

yep i would

[krispos42]

7. Krispos42 says he discovered the structure of DNA

Doesn't make it true...


I also discovered the Everlasting Gobstopper and developed the Stirling-cycle engine, but that Stirling bastard drank me under the table then beat me to the Patent Office. And don't get me started on that Wonka pedaphile...

[merh]

8. Maybe he is telling the truth.

Maybe he has finally realized that nationalists are correct and he needs to do what is right for the Iraqi people and not try to force the oil law down the throats of the members of parliament?

There was an effort to unify the political powers that had gained the majority support of the members in the parliament. The nationalists had gained the majority and were rejecting the US/GB oil law and the efforts to divide Iraq. Maliki, the PM, was siding with the US, but he may well now realize, he has to do what his nation wants and not what the US wants.

Parliament may have been on vacation but that doesn't mean that they have been by the seaside sunning, they probably have continued their efforts on behalf of Iraq to find solutions and resolutions.

Maybe this admin has been negative about Maliki and the Iraqi government's efforts only because the Iraqis have been doing what they are supposed to do. Maybe they have been governing and trying to do what is best for the Iraqi people and ignoring the US wants and needs. The oil law has been the big hold up for most members of the parliament, they don't want to give away their nation's profits.

Graham could be right and the "divide" that this admin says exists, the failures that they claim exist are just created by this admin to try to out Maliki who may well have decided the nationalists are correct and the US be damned. Who knows.

By "separatists," we mean groups who oppose a unified Iraq with a strong central government; key figures like Maliki of the Dawa party, Shia leader Abdul Aziz Al-Hakeem of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ("SCIRI"), Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi of the Sunni Islamic Party, President Jalal Talabani -- a Kurd -- and Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdish Autonomous Region, favor partitioning Iraq into three autonomous regions with strong local governments and a weak central administration in Baghdad. (The partition plan is also favored by several congressional Democrats, notably Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.)

Iraq's separatists also oppose setting a timetable for ending the U.S. occupation, preferring the addition of more American troops to secure their regime. They favor privatizing Iraq's oil and gas and decentralizing petroleum operations and revenue distribution.
http://www.alternet.org/story/51624/

[madeline_con]

9. He's taking lessons from DUH-bya.

Why does the misadministration want Shi'as in power in Iraq?

[TankLV]

10. umm - look around dumbass - it's too late...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

11. Yes they did. Now it's uncivil war.

[creeksneakers2]

12. Maliki ought to rehire Baghdad Bob. n/t

[sakabatou]

13. Reality disagrees

[RL3AO]

14. Wow! He stopped a 1400 year civil war? Impressive.

[Adsos Letter]

15. And I suppose he would recharacterize what is happening now...

...as a simple "airing of grievances"? :wtf: