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Abdul Mahdi went to the religious authorities (Eminence Imam Sistaniin*) Najaf and asked them to put pressure on Al Maliki to step out and that is the reason for the discord between them."

* Eminence Imam Sistani is the kingmaker of the new government being formed and if Mahdi is meeting with the Imam then this is more than smoke and mirrors. That the Imam spoke Friday in support of this new fresh start to help the people of Iraq and that neither him nor his people gave any endorsement to Maliki was interesting - as the Imam is well-known for being out-spoken.

Seems as if Abdul Mahdi is getting himself in the news like with his recent meeting with a number of tribal elders Babylon as more and more political blocks within the Shiti colation are expressing doubts about Maliki.

Also read:
http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...tml#post222297 POST #557

Originally Posted by fredgwest1999

MALIKI ASKED TO STEP DOWN AS PM?


Shiite bloc's support for Al Maliki rife with discord

Baghdad, 29 June 2007 (Gulf News)

Shiite politicians have been doubting the Iraqi prime minister's support base among the Shiite political parties and whether the Shiite bloc will eventually topple him.
Information released by an official in Moqtada Al Sadr's faction, revealed that Nouri Al Maliki poses a threat to the group.
Haidar Hussain, a leader in Al Sadr's military wing, the Mahdi Army, told Gulf News: "We are certain that all American and British military campaigns are conducted with Al Maliki's knowledge and support.

"We thought the opposite, that is why leader Moqtada Al Sadr sent him a letter advising him to step down as long as he cannot stand against America's dominance on security and military resolutions in Iraq."
Kidnapping
Gazi Al Darraji, an Iraqi analyst, told Gulf News: "Since the kidnapping of five Britons from the Iraqi Finance Ministry a month ago, the relationship between Al Maliki and Al Sadr is not well because the kidnapping is considered a serious blow to Al Maliki's power."
Karbala, the second holiest city in Iraq, was home to a Shiite religious front opposed to Al Maliki's government. The front figures include Shiite clergymen Mohammad Al Yacoubi, Mahmoud Al Hasani and Mohammad Al Baghdadi, who called for Al Maliki to leave office.
The Shiite opposition against the Iraqi prime minister comes along with other pressures on him to quit heading the Iraqi Ministers' council.
Buthaina Al Haydari, an Iraqi political researcher at Baghdad University, told Gulf News: "I believe that Al Maliki tried to please both Americans and Al Sadr, and that is impossible to achieve because two of them are fighting fierce rounds in Najaf, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah and Al Sadr neighbourhood in Baghdad. Besides, some demands from Washington clashed with Al Maliki's opinions ... especially on the national reconciliation and dissolving of militia."
There are also rumours about differences between Al Maliki and Adel Abdul Mahdi, a member of the Shiite coalition.

Discord sprang between the two after Abdul Mahdi hinted in a coalition meeting that Al Maliki's survival may end the unity of the Shiite coalition and it may withdraw the paper of selecting the new Prime Minister.

Pressure to quit
A source in Dawa Party, which Al Maliki belongs to, told Gulf News: "Abdul Mahdi went to the religious authorities in Najaf and asked them to put pressure on Al Maliki to step out and that is the reason for the discord between them."

Shiite bloc's support for Al Maliki rife with discord | Iraq Updates

Dear RC Members.....Please do not believe this propaganda...great progress is being made by the efforts of the Maliki Government and the United States Military. Do not listen to politicians, media or many posters here. They have no honor. Your support financially of Iraq through its tough times will prove to be meritorious. The news media is false...believe nothing at this time.....please stay cool and patient...you will win. Hugs from Inquisitive

Please read rvalreadydang's post in the Think Tank:
http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...-tank-105.html
POST 1041
Saturday, 30 June 2007Saturday, 30 June 2007
.The leaks from the American embassy in Baghdad, there is a faith with the American administration to inform the Iraqi government to become a caretaker government work.
Also read:
http://www.rolclub.com/iraqi-dinar-d...tml#post222297 POST #557

Fred...I did not invite
you to play in the sandbox with me because I do not trust you.... for good reason.....

Trudy Rubin: We cannot flee Iraq as quickly as we invaded 29 Jun 2007 05:01 GMT
... prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, rather than promote the candidacy of the far more competent Adel Abdul-Mahdi. First, give the new U.S. military strategy a chance, as it aims to drive ...

Trudy Rubin: We cannot flee Iraq as
quickly as we invaded

Article Launched:
06/28/2007 08:19:08 PM PDT

It's easy to get very, very angry at the Bush administration when you are visiting the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
The violence causing Iraqis such hideous pain and claiming more U.S. troops can be traced directly to the mistakes made by U.S. officials - before and after the invasion. You will hear this truth from U.S. military commanders, top Iraqi officials and ordinary Iraqis here.
Conversations echo the despair of Tamara Daghistani, a well-educated Iraqi from a prominent family who opposed Saddam Hussein before the invasion; now she helps Iraqi refugees fleeing the violence for Jordan.
"We got rid of Saddam for this?" she asks bitterly. "We are losing more good people than under Saddam."
Ten days in Baghdad have impressed on me one basic principle Congress must grasp: We can't afford to leave a power vacuum in Iraq.
What does this mean in practical terms? It may be emotionally satisfying to say, "Let's get the hell out of Dodge" by swiftly withdrawing our troops since they can't seem to stabilize the situation. It may offer legislators political cover to call for timelines and funding cuts if Iraqi leaders don't meet U.S. benchmarks. It may make right-wing talk jocks feel righteous to tar war critics as traitors, while inanely calling for "victory" with no grasp of the disaster.

But none of these approaches helps Iraqis or us.
Iraq's security vacuum is largely the result of U.S. policy decisions. We foolishly disbanded, rather than revamped, the old Iraqi army; the new one we've created is still penetrated by militias that contribute to sectarian violence.
Iraq's paralyzed politics are also the result of a system U.S. officials promoted. We helped draft a constitution that created a weak prime minister; former U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad (now U.S. ambassador to the United Nations) backed the choice of the inadequate prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, rather than promote the candidacy of the far more competent Adel Abdul-Mahdi.
What, then, to do now?
First, give the new U.S. military strategy a chance, as it aims to drive al-Qaida and hard-line Saddamists out of Baghdad and the suburbs around it. For the first time, the U.S. military is coordinating with Iraqi tribes, in recognition that it desperately needs the help of local fighters.
This military strategy may or may not work, but it deserves a few months beyond September, the date when Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. general in Iraq, is supposed to report to Congress. Everyone knows - even without official timelines - that U.S. forces will be drawing down by 2008, both because of election-year politics and because the Army is overextended. Any drawdown will be far less risky if troops can curb al-Qaida before they begin to exit.
Second, be more realistic about setting benchmarks for Iraqi leaders. Right now, the Iraqi system barely functions, so benchmarks have little real meaning. Nor can political reconciliation occur between Shiites and Sunnis without competent leadership.
Some senior Iraqi officials are trying to make the system work better; we should give them more assistance. That may mean helping them change the prime minister.
"What we need most is not reconciliation," I was told with vehemence by one senior Iraqi official who didn't want his name used. "We need a government with leadership that can move ahead."
Third, be more realistic about the need to keep a troop presence in Iraq for the medium term, provided this is done in coordination with the Iraqi government. Bush's ill-conceived Iraq venture has fed a dangerous trend of disintegration in the region, from Gaza to Lebanon to Iraq, a trend that mainly benefits Sunni and Shiite Islamists.
A total U.S. pullout before Iraq's stability improves would feed this trend and embolden radical Islamists throughout the region. Most Iraqis believe it would spark an even more vicious civil war and a more drastic refugee outflow. Humanitarian aid organizations, which strongly opposed the war, fear a hasty U.S. exit will worsen the refugee crisis.
It's well and good to vent against Bush's Iraq errors, but we shouldn't make the same mistake he did. He confused swift entry into Iraq with victory over the Baathists. We musn't presume swift withdrawal will free us from the mess he made.
[email protected] Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer, P.O. Box 8263, Philadelphia, Pa. 19101.

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Originally Posted by fredgwest1999

Trudy Rubin: We cannot flee Iraq as quickly as we invaded 29 Jun 2007 05:01 GMT
... prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, rather than promote the candidacy of the far more competent Adel Abdul-Mahdi. First, give the new U.S. military strategy a chance, as it aims to drive ...

Fred...you are digging your own self into a hole..lol....lol...lol....

Iran’s ambassador meets Iraqi vice presidentTEHRAN, June 26 (MNA) – Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, Mohsen Kazemi Qomi, held talks with Iraq’s Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad on the latest security and political developments in Iraq, As-Sabah reported on Tuesday.Qomi expressed Tehran’s support for the Iraqi government, the Baghdad-based newspaper reported.

Abdul-Mahdi and Qomi also discussed plans by the government to establish security in Iraq with the support of neighboring countries.

“In the meeting the two sides also discussed ties between Tehran and Baghdad in economic areas,” a report released by the vice president’s office said.

They also discussed the need for a successful implementation of the agreements signed between the two countries in the areas of energy and export of oil derivatives.

Iran’s ambassador said Tehran is ready to give any kind of help to the “Iraqi government and nation,” the newspaper reported.


Iran’s ambassador meets Iraqi vice president

Originally Posted by inquisitive1

Dear RC Members.....Please do not believe this propaganda...great progress is being made by the efforts of the Maliki Government and the United States Military. Do not listen to politicians, media or many posters here. They have no honor. Your support financially of Iraq through its tough times will prove to be meritorious. The news media is false...believe nothing at this time.....please stay cool and patient...you will win. Hugs from Inquisitive

Just if it helps, from the folks I hear from, lots of rubish will be throwed out and tossed around. (Embargoed Info again) Hope it helps some. lol

The decision by the Iraqi Accordance Front is a blow to the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose administration has been weakened in recent weeks by tensions among rival Shiite blocs and the threatened resignation of Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi. The lack of progress on important legislation, coupled with the failure to reconcile with minority Sunnis, ranks among the greatest obstacles to stability in Iraq.

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