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Special forces loyal to Maliki deployed in key Baghdad areas -police
BAGHDAD Mon Aug 11, 2014 3:42am IST
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Aug 11 (Reuters) - Special forces loyal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were deployed on Sunday night in strategic areas of Baghdad, police said, after he gave a tough speech on television indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop his bid for a third term.
Several police sources also said the forces had taken up positions at key entrances to the sprawling capital. (Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by Michael Georgy; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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http://m.smh.com.au/world/forces-loyal-to-iraqi-pm-nouri-almaliki-deploy-in-baghdad-streets-sparking-coup-fears-20140811-102m66.html

The real story

Maliki deployed more troops in the green zone in anticipation of the crazys that listen to the first story anyone writes might try a coup against him for filing a court case against the newly elected president

Troops loyal to al Maliki

It's the same troops loyal to any prime minister of Iraq

They are Iraq military forces

It seems

We now have Iraqi political pundants on dv

At least Maliki is using the courts to achieve his goals not like the rest of the Iraqi politicians that threaton force

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Troops surround Baghdad ‘Green Zone’ as embattled Prime Minister Maliki appears to cling to power
 
  • 1 HOUR AGO AUGUST 11, 2014 12:34PM
 
 

TROOPS loyal to controversial Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki have sealed off Baghdad’s “Green Zone” as he appeared on national television to denounce his political opponents.

Embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in a surprise speech at midnight Iraq time (7am AEST), resisted calls for his resignation and accused the country’s new president of violating the constitution, plunging the government into a political crisis at a time it is battling advances by Islamic State militants.

Al-Maliki is seeking a controversial third-term as prime minister, but the latest crisis has prompted even his closest allies to call for his resignation.

A parliament session scheduled for today to discuss the election and who might lead the next Iraqi government was postponed until August 19.

In the nationally televised speech, al-Maliki declared he will file a legal complaint against the new president, Fouad Massoum, for committing “a clear constitutional violation.”

 

 

Presidential power ... New Iraqi President Fouad Massoum, right, meets with Nickolay Mladenov, United Nations envoy to Iraq, at the Presidential Office in Baghdad last month. Source: AP Source: AP

 

In the hour before his speech, special forces units loyal to his political party reportedly took up positions in key Baghdad locations — including bridges and the international airport.

Al-Maliki, whose Shiite-dominated bloc won the most seats in April elections, accused Massoum - an ethnic Kurd - of neglecting to name a prime minister from the country’s largest parliamentary faction.

President Masum theoretically had 15 days after his July 24 election to pick a prime minister.

Al-Maliki’s Shiite coalition won April polls comfortably but his standing has been undermined by a devastating jihadist offensive launched on June 9 that overran large swathes of Iraq.

Al-Maliki has accused the president of violating the constitution “for the sake of political goals.”

The Prime Minister himself has been repeatedly accused of serving only the interests of his on Shiite faction and actively suppressing the voices and interests of other Iraqi ethnic and religious groups.

The United States has repeatedly pressed for his resignation to allow for the formation of a strong “unity” government to lead the fight against Islamic State advances.

 

 

 

POLITICAL TURMOIL

Al-Maliki, speaking on Iraqi TV for the first time since US forces launched air strikes and humanitarian airdrops in Iraq last week, said the security situation will only worsen as a result of Massoum’s actions.

As his forces took position around Iraq’s capital, he accused his political opponents of being the ones conducting a coup.

 

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Popular front ... Iraqis chant pro-government slogans and wave national flags, to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, yesterday. Source: AP Source: AP

 

“This attitude represents a coup on the constitution and the political process in a country that is governed by a democratic and federal system,” al-Maliki said. “The deliberate violation of the constitution by the president will have grave consequences on the unity, the sovereignty, and the independence of Iraq and the entry of the political process into a dark tunnel.

The political infighting could hamper efforts to stem advances by Sunni militants who have seized a large swath of northern and western Iraq in recent weeks.

 

 

 

 

 

Shiite power base ... Iraqis chant pro-government slogans and wave national flags, to show support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, during a demonstration in Baghdad yesterday. Source: AP Source: AP

 

LOSS OF support

President Barack Obama warned Americans on Saturday that the new campaign to bring security in Iraq requires military and political changes and “is going to be a long-term project.”

Obama said Iraqi security forces need to revamp to effectively mount an offensive, which requires a government in Baghdad that the Iraqi military and people have confidence in. Obama said Iraq needs a prime minister — an indication that suggests he’s written off the legitimacy of the incumbent, al-Maliki.

Critics say the Shiite leader contributed to the crisis by monopolising power and pursuing a sectarian agenda that alienated the country’s Sunni and Kurdish minorities.

Just hours after al-Maliki’s speech, the US State Department said it “fully supports” the new Iraqi president.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement the US supports the process to select a prime minister “by building a national consensus and governing in an inclusive manner.” She said the US rejects any effort to use coercion or manipulation in the process of choosing a new Iraqi leader.

 

 

 

 

MILITARY ADVANCES

The US air strikes have reinvigorated Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State militants in northern and western Iraq. Kurdish forces retook two towns from the Sunni militants yesterday, achieving one of their first victories after weeks of retreating, a senior Kurdish military official said.

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were able to push the militants of the Islamic State group out of the villages of Makhmour and al-Gweir, some 45 kilometres from the Kurdish capital of Irbil, Brigadier Gen. Shirko Fatih said.

The United States launched a fourth round of air strikes Sunday against militant vehicles and mortars firing on Irbil as part of efforts to blunt the militants’ advance and protect American personnel in and around the Kurdish capital.

US warplanes and drones have also attacked militants firing on minority Yazidis around Sinjar, which is in the far west of the country near the Syrian border.

In the Kurdish capital yesterday, the president of the semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, said American military support has been effective thus far, but, he added, Peshmerga soldiers require more firepower to defeat the militants.

“We are not asking our friends to send their sons to fight on our behalf,” Barzani told The Associated Press in a brief interview. “What we are asking our friends is to provide us support and to cooperate with us in providing us with heavy weapons that we are able to fight this terrorist group.”

 

 

Revitalised defence ... Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Makhmur, some 50 km south of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Source: AP Source: AFP

 

INTERNATIONAL BACKING

Barzani met yesterday with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who travelled to Baghdad and Irbil pledging France’s commitment to providing humanitarian aid. Fabius also met with al-Maliki and called on Iraqi leaders to unite in the face of the escalating crisis.

“The marching order is solidarity,” Fabius said. He called on Iraqis to form a “government of broad unity so that all Iraqis feel represented and together lead the battle against terrorism.”

A week ago, Al-Maliki ordered the Iraqi air force to support Kurdish forces against the militants, in a rare instance of cooperation between Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government, which have for years been locked in disputes over oil and territory.

 

 

Great escape ... A Yazidi man carries his sick wife as displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Syria-Iraq border at Feeshkhabour border point, in northern Iraq, yesterday. Source: AP Source: AP

 

REFUGEES ESCAPE

Meanwhile, thousands of Yazidi refugees fleeing the militants continued to pour across the border from Syria into Iraq after a weeklong journey through blazing hot mountains. Followers of an ancient religion with links to Zoroastrianism, the Yazidis said the militants had given them the choice of converting to Islam or dying.

As they crossed the border, many Yazidis said they had lost sisters, daughters, young children and elderly parents during the trip. They said militants sprayed gunfire at fleeing crowds, sometimes splitting up families by taking the women and killing the men.

 

 

 

 

It was not clear how many Yazidis were missing. In the span of 30 minutes, about a dozen displaced Yazidis approached one journalist, pleading for assistance to find their loved ones.

British officials estimated Saturday that 50,000 to 150,000 people could be trapped on Sinjar Mountain, where they fled to escape the Islamic extremists, only to become stranded there with few supplies.

Britain said its air force has already dropped water containers and solar lanterns over the mountains.

During his Sunday blessing at the Vatican, Pope Francis expressed outrage at the violence aimed at religious minorities in Iraq and called on the world “to stop these crimes.”

He cited “the thousands of people, including Christians, who have been brutally forced from their homes, children who have died from thirst during the escape and women who have been seized.”

He also spoke of “the destruction of religious, historic and cultural treasures.”

In a statement issued Sunday, the European Union said it was “appalled by the rapid deterioration of the humanitarian situation, with hundreds of thousands civilians, mainly from minorities, fleeing the areas of conflict.”

Some of the militants’ acts “may constitute crimes against humanity and must be investigated swiftly, so that the perpetrators are held accountable,” the EU said.

 


http://www.news.com.au/world/troops-surround-baghdad-green-zone-as-embattled-prime-minister-maliki-appears-to-cling-to-power/story-fndir2ev-1227020033404


IF YOU GO TO THIS WEBSITE - YOU WILL SEE LOTS OF TWITTER POSTS ABOUT THIS WITHIN THE ARTICLE - WON'T POST HERE - GRRRRRRR


 

 

 

 

  2. @Mikaa_Polarisk troops everywhere and a threat to detain any challengers seems like a coup to me. I don't get how yow see it otherwise.

 

 

https://twitter.com/StateofLaw/status/498582722563297282

 

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thegatewaypundit.com meldet: Guest post by Kristinn Taylor President Barack Obama spent a leisurely five hours golfing Sunday afternoon as his Martha?s Vineyard vacation continues while Iraq falls further into chaos. As Obama was midway through his golf outing reports from Baghdad erupted … Continue reading → weiterlesen ...

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  2. @Mikaa_Polarisk troops everywhere and a threat to detain any challengers seems like a coup to me. I don't get how yow see it otherwise.

 
 
 

PM accused President of violating constitution for the sake of political gains. Pity it wasn't for the sake of Iraq, which is apparently ok.

@Hayder_alKhoei @brett_mcgurk If Maliki wd not take a hint fm Syed Sistani, I'm not sure why any1 expects him to take a hint fm Uncle Sam

Hint hint! MT @brett_mcgurk Fully support President Fuad Masum as guarantor of Constitution & a PM nominee who can build national consensus

Follow breaking events in Iraq: @malas_n @Hayder_alKhoei @zalali @lrozen @ReutersZengerle @qubadjt @jimsciutto @MattMcBradley @stevenacook

Maliki 2do all he can 2stay in power;even take own bloc on. Iraq's Shia historically divided but this cud be new phase in intraShia conflict

As someone said earlier, the writing is on the wall but Maliki has his back to wall and can't see it. He is going to burn Iraq with himself.

Many friends thought this would be Maliki's goodbye speech. It turned out to be the "I'll be here to the end so to hell with Iraq" speech.

I deleted the "pro-ISIS" reaction to Maliki's speech. It was a parody account.

Scary reports from Baghdad. Special Forces out in force, Green Zone shut down. Heavy military presence outside Presidential palace & ISCI HQ

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@Hayder_alKhoei @StateofLaw totally. Shocking how he is only concerned with himself.

Even the once pro-Maliki @StateofLaw account has turned against the PM, says Maliki's speech represents only himself.

 

https://twitter.com/Hayder_alKhoei

 

THE FIRST TWEET I POSTED HERE WAS FROM THE SLC TWITTER PAGE

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Washington Post Beirut bureau chief covering Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and beyond. RT=Gosh, hmm or huh. Favorites are my filing cabinet.

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Steven A. Cook @stevenacook · 4h

Irony MT @brett_mcgurk: Fully support Pres of #Iraq Masum as guarantor of the Const and a PM nominee who can build a national consensus.

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In one itsy witsy sign of something not going pear-shaped in Iraq, Kurdistan appears to have restored access to Twitter & Facebook. Yay.

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Liz Sly @LizSly · 4h

Flight from the mountain: thousands of weak, hungry Yazidis stream into northern Iraq, bringing tales of horror http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/exodus-from-the-mountain-yazidis-flood-into-iraq-following-us-airstrikes/2014/08/10/f8349f2a-04da-4d60-98ef-85fe66c82002_story.html …

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Liz Sly @LizSly · 4h

This is a very big rub. RT @stevenacook: Here is the rub: no one is going to be "more inclusive." #Iraq

Liz Sly @LizSly · 4h

Isn't he already? Lots of Russian arms arriving RT @blakehounshell: Does Putin swoop in and support Maliki now, just to mess with us?

Liz Sly @LizSly · 4h

A war is raging in Baghdad over Maliki's @StateofLaw Twitter feed. But he retains full control of its Facebook page. #coup h/t @zalali

Liz Sly @LizSly · 5h

Dire. RT @JasonUkman: WaPo story: Iraqi political situation dire as Maliki digs in. via @LovedayM http://wapo.st/1A5Zami 

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Iraqi Blogger @Hamzoz · 5h

Tanks&heavy machines in most of #Baghdad Streets specially in #Jadriya where resident of president&resident of Ammar_alhakim #insm_iq #Iraq

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Nour Malas @malas_n · 5h

Next 24 hours in #Baghdad, in action and reaction, will be pivotal for #Iraq. Maliki position not unexpected--all signs pointed to this.

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Qubad Talabani @qubadjt · 5h

Not true. They're his own guards!! “@zaidbenjamin: #Breaking: Security forces have encircled the residence of the Iraqi President

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Missy Ryan @missy_ryan · 5h

US weighs in against Maliki @brett_mcgurk Fully support Pres Masum as guarantor of Constitution and a PM nominee who can build natl consnsus

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Sajad Jiyad سجاد @SajadJiyad · 6h

Maliki basically forced all other parties into a corner, including his bloc. This is most dangerous moment since 2003 pic.twitter.com/axDpmCfmpS

 

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RekkaKroenen @RekkaKroenen · 5h

#iraq police officials tell @mtawfeeqCNN Iraqi troops and sec forces deployed in and around the green zone. Major bridges closed.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Special forces loyal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were deployed in strategic areas of Baghdad on Sunday night after he delivered a tough speech indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term, police sources said.

Pro-Maliki Shi'ite militias stepped up patrols in the capital, police said. An eyewitness said a tank was stationed at the entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses government buildings.

In a speech on state television, Maliki accused Iraq's Kurdish President Fouad Masoum of violating the constitution by missing a deadline for him to ask the biggest political bloc to nominate a prime minister and form a government.

"I will submit today an official complaint to the federal court against the president of the Republic for committing a clear constitutional violation for the sake of political calculations," said Maliki.

 

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really  do  not  need  any  more too read ,  this  guy  is  trying  every thing   too have  his  party  get  the  prime ministers  seat ,  it really  would not surprise me  if  he  has been  getting only death threats in the mail , and nothing else .... { no junk mail  or  publishers clearing house mail   :D }

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This is why Maliki placed connected and corrupt idiots instead of competent military men in key military officer positions.  It was allowed to happen because this kind of cronyism is accepted Middle Eastern SOP. 

 

They keep getting tyrants because they don't hate tyrants, they just want THEIR guy to be the tyrant.

 

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