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24-10-2006, 23:35
U.S. Planning Coup against Maliki

By United Press International

10/23/06 "UPI" -- -- Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with U.S. help to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Cairo-based Iraqi and Arab sources said Monday several officers visited Washington recently for talks with U.S. officials on plans for replacing Maliki's administration by a "national salvation" government with the mission to re-establish security and stability in Iraq.

One Iraqi source told United Press International that the Iraqi army officers' visit to the United States was aimed at coordinating the military coup in case the efforts of Maliki's government to restore order reached a dead end.

He said among the prominent officers were the deputy chief of staff, a Muslim Shiite, the intelligence chief, a Sunni, and the commander of the air force, a Kurd. It is believed the three would constitute the nucleus of the next government after the army takes over power.

The proposed plan, according to the source, stipulates that the new Iraqi army, with the assistance of U.S. forces, will take control of power, suspend the constitution, dissolve parliament and form a new government. The military will also take direct control of the various provinces and the administration after imposing a state of emergency.

An Arab source also told UPI that certain Arab countries were informed of the plan and requested to offer their help in convincing the former leaders of the deposed Baath Party regime residing in their countries to refrain from obstructing the move and stop violence perpetrated by the party in Iraq. In return, they will be invited to participate in the government at a later stage.

Washington is becoming increasingly impatient with the failure of Maliki's government in quelling sectarian violence threatening to plunge Iraq in an all-out civil war.

© 2006 The Washington Times, LLC.

24-10-2006, 23:39



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U.S. Planning Coup against Maliki

By United Press International

10/23/06 "UPI" -- -- Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with U.S. help to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Cairo-based Iraqi and Arab sources said Monday several officers visited Washington recently for talks with U.S. officials on plans for replacing Maliki's administration by a "national salvation" government with the mission to re-establish security and stability in Iraq.

One Iraqi source told United Press International that the Iraqi army officers' visit to the United States was aimed at coordinating the military coup in case the efforts of Maliki's government to restore order reached a dead end.

He said among the prominent officers were the deputy chief of staff, a Muslim Shiite, the intelligence chief, a Sunni, and the commander of the air force, a Kurd. It is believed the three would constitute the nucleus of the next government after the army takes over power.

The proposed plan, according to the source, stipulates that the new Iraqi army, with the assistance of U.S. forces, will take control of power, suspend the constitution, dissolve parliament and form a new government. The military will also take direct control of the various provinces and the administration after imposing a state of emergency.

An Arab source also told UPI that certain Arab countries were informed of the plan and requested to offer their help in convincing the former leaders of the deposed Baath Party regime residing in their countries to refrain from obstructing the move and stop violence perpetrated by the party in Iraq. In return, they will be invited to participate in the government at a later stage.

Washington is becoming increasingly impatient with the failure of Maliki's government in quelling sectarian violence threatening to plunge Iraq in an all-out civil war.

© 2006 The Washington Times, LLC.


Huh, achter de schermen zijn zij de baas in Irak, zij controleren alles (Behalve al-Anbar ) en dan willen ze ook nog Al-Maliki uit de weg ruimen. al-Maliki, de man die in hun ogen de meest geschikte leider van Irak zou zijn. Echt, hun Buitenlands Beleid kun je nog beter overlaten aan mijn neefje van drie.

29-10-2006, 12:57
Gunmen fire on Iraqi PM's convoy


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Gunmen fired on Iraq Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's convoy, wounding one guard, in one of the capital's southern suburbs Sunday, an Iraqi government spokesman said.

Al-Maliki was not present in the convoy, however, which was traveling in Baghdad's Rasheed district, the spokesman said.

After the incident the U.S. military and Iraqi forces conducted a search for those responsible.

They detained one person and confiscated two weapons, U.S. military sources said.

Meanwhile, the Iraqi Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation into the incident.

The attacks comes a day after al-Maliki told U.S. President George W. Bush that he answers first to the Iraqi government and people, according to an Iraqi official. (Full story)

The clarification first came up Friday during a private meeting between al-Maliki and U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, according to an Iraqi parliament member who is also al-Maliki's senior aide.

"I consider myself a friend of the U.S., but I'm not America's man in Iraq," al-Maliki told the U.S. ambassador, according to Hassan al-Seneid.

The prime minister told Khalilzad that as head of a national unity government, he must win the approval of Iraq's parliament before acting on any proposals, al-Seneid said.

Al-Maliki repeated the message to Bush during a video conference Saturday, in which the two leaders discussed transferring power to Iraqi forces, Iraqi government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said. (Watch Bush at conference with al-Maliki -- 2:18)

White House spokesman Tony Snow agreed with al-Maliki's stance. "He's not America's man in Iraq," The Associated Press quoted Snow as saying. "The United States is there in a role to assist him. He's the prime minister -- he's the leader of the Iraqi people. He is, in fact, the sovereign leader of Iraq."

"There are no strains in the relationship," Snow added, according to AP.

Bush and al-Maliki agreed on three goals during their 50-minute talk: accelerating the training of Iraqi security forces; eventual control by Iraq of its forces, and the transfer of security responsibilities to the Iraqi government.

Absent among those goals was the dismantling of militias, which have been blamed for leading death squads and sectarian vendettas against Iraqi civilians.

On Saturday, Iraqi authorities found the bodies of 25 people across Baghdad -- all believed to be the victims of Sunni-Shiite violence. Some, with hands and feet bound, showed signs of torture, police said.

Women's rights leader killed
Police were also investigating the killing of a women's rights leader in Iraq.

Gunmen reportedly stormed Faliha Ahmed Hassan's house in Hawija, about 43 miles southwest of Kirkuk, and shot her to death on Friday evening.

Also in Hawija, gunmen on Saturday morning killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded three others in an attack on a joint Iraqi army and police patrol, a Kirkuk police official said.

Iraqi security forces were also targeted in eastern Baghdad. A roadside bomb wounded two Iraqi police officers in charge of guarding an oil industry facility Saturday morning, an Iraqi police spokesman said.

Also in eastern Baghdad, a bomb planted in a parked minibus exploded on Palestine Street, killing a civilian and wounding eight others, Iraqi emergency police said.

In a separate attack in the southern neighborhood of Dora, eight mortars exploded at a bus station, killing a civilian and wounding 30 others, Iraqi emergency police said.

And, in what has become a common occurrence, Iraq police found 10 bullet-riddled bodies thought to belong to victims of Sunni-Shiite sectarian vendettas.

West of the capital in Anbar province, a U.S. Marine with the Regimental Combat Team 5 died Friday after being wounded in battle, the U.S. military said Saturday.

The U.S. military death toll for the war is 2,811. So far this month, 98 troops have died. The deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq was November 2004, with 137 killed. added.

CNN's Erin McLaughlin, John Roberts, Mohammed Tawfeeq and Jomana Karadsheh contributed to this report

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