Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki Orders Troops To Guard Baghdad Amid ‘Coup’ Talk
* Looks like Maliki is not taking the news of his pending retirement easily
* Can only guess people are working overtime today at the CIA
http://www.businessinsider.co.id/iraqi-prime-minister-maliki-defiant-as-allies-call-for-his-ouster-2014-8/#.U-fvFoBdX40
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki indicated that he will not drop his bid for a third term and accused the president of violating the constitution in a tough televised speech likely to deepen political tensions as a Sunni insurgency rages.
Maliki, seen as an authoritarian and sectarian leader, has defied calls by Sunnis, Kurds, some fellow Shi’ites and regional power broker Iran to step aside for a less polarising figure who can unite Iraqis against Islamic State militants.
Here are some reactions to his speech:
Mina Al-Oraibi @AlOraibi
Maliki is basically openly declaring war on political system in Iraq - this is an even more dangerous turn of events
2:07 PM - 10 Aug 2014
Sajad Jiyad سجاد @SajadJiyad
It's all going down now. His party against him, his bloc against him, all politicians against him, but he is entrenched. Fight for power