Maliki...

[Alex38]

*****Iraqi MP Sabah al-Saaidi recently called Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki a

dictator.***** His remark reflected the current battle among Iraq’s rulers,

especially between those who attempt to fight corruption and those who conceal

it.*****

Saaidi claimed Maliki is trying to concentrate power and impose

his party’s will on Iraq’s future, going as far as to say that Maliki and his

loyalists are plotting to remove their opponents politically and

physically.

The comments came after two separate incidents: the

assassination of radio talk-show host Hadi al-Mahdi, who focused on rampant

corruption in Iraq’s government institutions, and coordinated anti-government

demonstrations.

Mahdi was killed his apartment in Baghdad’s Karrada

district earlier this month.

The other incident was the resignation of

Judge Rahim Ugaili, chairman of the integrity committee. Ugaili allegedly

resigned because he refused to forge documents incriminating Prime Minister

Maliki’s opponents, including Iraqi National Congress chief Ahmed Chalabi and

former Interior Minister Jawad al-Polani.

These incidents indicate a

serious deterioration of Iraq’s government and a lack of transparency in the

nation’s daily affairs.

The victims of this political dispute are often

government figures assigned to combat corruption.

During his first term

in office, Maliki impressed many Iraqis, especially those who voted for him, by

presenting himself as a powerful man who had the potential to overcome the

challenges facing the country. He restored security by crushing militia groups

even though most of them were Shiites. This also gave Iraqi Sunnis the

impression that the prime minister was not a sectarian man.

However,

Maliki didn’t miss the opportunity to sideline some of his rivals such as former

Prime Minister Iyad Alawai from power.

Maliki seems interested in

dealing with many of the country’s issues on his own. He doesn’t trust other

government officials which is why two years after Iraq’s elections, he hasn’t

yet appointed a security minister.

Abdul Majeed Salman al-Taii, a

political analyst, told Rudaw, “Maliki suspicious. He always sees enemies. He is

taking the same path as other dictators. He is creating enemies with his own

hands through his exclusionist policies.”

*****Taji believes that Maliki

is not strong at the moment, *****but that his opponents’ weakness gives him all

the power.*****

According to Taji Iraq’s political parties should

reconsider their alliances and create policies that address people’s demands if

they want to curtail Mailiki’s growing powers.*****

The prime minister’s

one-party rule has angered many, including the Kurds who were once one of

Maliki’s closest allies. *****

The Kurds of Iraq are now accusing Maliki

of breaching political agreements between Erbil and Baghdad such as the oil and

gas law and Article 140 of the constitution which addresses the disputed

territories.

The prime minister is clever enough to exploit the disputes

and distrust among Iraq’s political parties and blocs in order to further

consolidate his party’s grip on power.

Iraqi political analyst Seyhan

Jamilal-Dulaimi told Rudaw, “The political blocs’ preoccupation with their own

interests and their lack of unity and disregard for democratic values has left

the door wide open for Maliki’s Dawa Party to strengthen its influence by

incriminating its opponents, liquidating them and leaving corrupt members of his

party to function with impunity.”

Dulaimi hoped the prime minister’s

attitude would help create fresh alliances among Iraqi parties.

“It will

have a real impact on the ground, and this is exactly what should happen in

order to prevent one-party rule and turn decision-making into a collective

process,” Dulaimi said.

Many intellectuals, university professors and

military officers have been the victims of assassinations or have been

sidelined.

Imad Abdulkarim, 27, joined the protests because he was

unemployed after finishing his degree in political science at the University of

Baghdad.

“We won’t wait for parties or politicians to change because

we’re tired of their promises and their failed initiatives,” he said. “People

have to change their own realities, through persistence and endurance, as the

Egyptian and Tunisian people did.”

Some members of Maliki’s Dawa Party

appear to have their own grievances against the prime minister and accuse him of

walking in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein.

In a recent interview with

Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Dr. Salim al-Hassani, writer, intellectual and

longtime Dawa Party member, accused Maliki of totalitarianism and exploiting his

position to fulfill his own goals.

“The Dawa Party secretary-general Nuri

Maliki derailed the party after he came to power and he isolated it because he

pursued the policies of Saddam,” said al-Hassani.

Hassani maintained that

the Dawa Party is trying to convene a party convention to sideline Maliki

because he has veered from the party’s principles.

Other Maliki critics

say the prime minister isn’t experienced in handling domestic and foreign

affairs, and as a result Iraq remains isolated from the rest of the Arab world

and other nations.

Adnan Gafoor, 42, a resident of Kirkuk told Rudaw,

“No one in the neighboring countries believes Maliki and his government. He

constitutes a threat to everyone as a sectarian figure who has close ties with

Iran which is supporting terrorism. We need a prime minister who is acceptable

to all so that Iraq can come back to the Arab and international stage, and

ensure security and stability in the country.”

http://www.rudaw.net/english/news/iraq/3990.html

[dog53]

I say we kill the idiot and start over. What say ye hahahahah God is this crap ever going to come to a end

[Alex38]

I say we kill the idiot and start over. What say ye hahahahah God is this crap ever going to come to a end

I. Have. No. Idea.

He needs an enema!!!!!

[SurfingTheDinarWave]

that's the truth!!

[pontiyak]

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his armpits...

power corrupts...absolute power corrupts absolutely.....

The best things in life RV

yak

[countryroads]

When and if the RV happens I am going to cash in and after that, I don't want to hear anything about Iraq ever again.

[RAGARCIA62]

i sure hope they can figure this problem out. they need to get rid of maliki, and soon.

[Alex38]

When and if the RV happens I am going to cash in and after that, I don't want to hear anything about Iraq ever again.

I hear ya!!

[NWGUY]

Maliki is a power hungry snake in the grass!!! He is being exposed more each and everyday, and even by himself!! He will never change, and his time is getting shorter each and everyday!

Iraq, will never get where they want to be, with a guy like Maliki. They need to get him gone!!

Go RV!!

[Don Diva]

I say we kill the idiot and start over. What say ye hahahahah God is this crap ever going to come to a end

yeah and if we kill him he will just be replaced with another dictator

[Brisco]

SMOKE & MIRRORS I tell ya SMOKE & MIRRORS

All designed to DAZE & CONFUSE do not be fooled.

[Cosmo]

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest his armpits...

power corrupts...absolute power corrupts absolutely.....

The best things in life RV

yak

Naww, just a couple hundred Texas sand fleas would do the trick!

[jbutch]

When and if the RV happens I am going to cash in and after that, I don't want to hear anything about Iraq ever again.

AMEN TO THAT BROTHER

[RodandStaff]

SMOKE & MIRRORS I tell ya SMOKE & MIRRORS

All designed to DAZE & CONFUSE do not be fooled.

Where there is smoke there is fire, so yes, it can be a distraction, but that doesn't mean some of this is really causing a problem! I just want this thing to be over so we can move on to the next roller coaster!

GO RV Already Baby!!!

[FrankenSLI]

yeah and if we kill him he will just be replaced with another dictator

If Maliki is their first pick I hate to see who the second pick would be.

[burn_the_village]

When and if the RV happens I am going to cash in and after that, I don't want to hear anything about Iraq ever again.

The quick money making life changing event isn't working out so far is it?

Well a lot of people feel the same as you and attitude has something to do with "invstement" trends..I suppose... Can't say I blame you for feeling that way. All you know is what you were told...

I'm sure CBI knows this...since anyone can visit this site, they know why their currency is "strong" as stated in an iraqi article that came out a few weeks ago...Its strong because people are speculating on the dinar....and cbi has everything to do with allowing this to happen and they know what will happen with their currency...Have probably known this from sometime in the begining of the NID.....

But even if they could RV at say 1 dollar to 1 dinar, why would they when they know they could raise the exchange rate to something dissapointing? lets say 900 dinar to the dollar. Wow what that do for everyone? probably nothing but what if they let it appreciate over the next couple of years to 250 dinar to the dollar. how many of you would still be here?

BTW actual facts support my opinion, in fact more facts than an actual reval of over a 1000% for dinar to be around a dollar in value and of course there's a ton of lop articles but somehow it never gets done does it? Its been what 8 years? guess what, they're not lopping especially with all these new foreign currency investors that feel the same way as countryroads ready to cut and run. If they followed through with a lop, they'd watch billions walk out the door because no matter what Iraq must HONOR their currency. Plus Iraq has the us dollar to prop themselves up which none of the standard lop case studies had so really they don't HAVE to do anything for awhile...

There other aspects to this and possibilities for us other than the tired theories of RV or LOP....