Coup in Iraq reportedly in the making

[Freedom_from_Chains]

Coup in Iraq reportedly in the making
Iraqi army officers are reportedly planning to stage a military coup with US help in order to oust the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, reports the United Press International.

In response to increasing US pressure for a crackdown on Shia militias hostile to the American occupation and public criticisms of Maliki by American military commanders and politicians, the Prime Minister complained that the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad and the Bush administration were undermining the idea that he was the sovereign head of a democratic government, reports the WSWS.

“I’m a friend to the United States, but not America’s man in Iraq,” Maliki told Khalilzad, according to Hassan Senaid, one of Maliki’s advisors.

The proposed plan, according to the UPI source, stipulates that the new Iraqi army, with the assistance of US 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.

http://dominionpaper.ca/international_news/2006/11/03/coup_in_ir.html

[malaise]

1. Why else is Negroponte there

When I heard he was heading there I suggested that al-Maliki write his will.
The butcher of Central America is going to remove him and then bomb the shit out of Iraq. What's the difference between a million dead and 655,000 to these war criminals.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Oh.... that should work out well.

Is THIS the "BIG PLAN" Bush has up his sleeve? After 3 years this is the best he can do? The Iraqi people will LOVE Bush's style of "democracy". :eyes: Ay...ay...ay.....this can't be true. Even Bush isn't this stupid, is he?

[itsmesgd]

3. will Saddam's death sentance preceed this

I think that the death sentance might trigger the begining of a full blown civil war, that cannot be mistaken or passed of as "sectarian strife". I just hope that are troops are securely dug in pending the release of the verdict and are not on patrol outside of stronghold bases. It might turn sour quickly.

[Drum]

4. Well, we might as well get ready for the Threat-Level-Red here....

[Freedom_from_Chains]

5. Things could get so dangerous we might even have to

suspend the elections. Mmmmmmm.

[FloridaPat]

6. When did we loose control of power? Bet this won't happen by

next Tuesday.

[Fridays Child]

7. But what about all of those purple fingers? What about democracy?

Just one more invasion lie laid bare.

WMDs
Al Qaeda links
9-11 links
Fight them there so we don't have to fight them here
WMD Programs
Democracy

What now?

[Atman]

10. They'll be chopping off all purple fingers now.

:(

.

[libodem]

20. George admits to Rush it's about protecting the oil

Rush calls him visionary.

[rosesaylavee]

28. Scary thought...

what if its even not about oil? What the hell are we doing there?

[stillcool]

8. I thought this was interesting...from Dahr Jamail...

Fallujah: U.S. Military Adopts Desperate Tactics
by Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily
November 2, 2006
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=JAM20061102&articleId=3666
FALLUJAH, Oct 31 (IPS) - Increased violence is being countered by harsh new measures across the Sunni-dominated al-Anabar province west of Baghdad, residents say.
Thousands have been killed here by the Multi-National Forces (MNF) and Iraqi allies, and the situation is getting worse every day," a member of the Fallujah city council speaking on condition of anonymity told IPS. "We have no role to play because the Americans always prefer violent solutions that have led from one disaster to another."

"Iraqis believe firmly that U.S. ambassador (Zalmay) Khalilzad is the actual ruler of the occupied country despite the repeated comedy of transfers of sovereignty to Iyad Allawi, Ibrahim al-Jaafari and now Noori al-Maliki's governments," a senior leader of the Arab National Movement in Iraq, speaking on condition of anonymity, told IPS."Yet, that does not mean that the U.S. embassy has real control, as long as there are resistance fighters who are firmly holding the Iraqi streets in Sunni areas, and militias with their death squads controlling the rest of the country as well as the huge oil market." Resistance fighters recently came out to show their strength in Ramadi, the capital city of al-Anbar province. Dozens of cars loaded with armed men went around the city
Immediately after that, power and water supply were cut, and raids carried out in civilian areas. Several were killed by U.S. snipers, residents said.
The police did nothing, they have a hard time protecting themselves. Gunmen have attacked Iraqi police stations in Samarra, Beji and Mosul.

"Every one who fights the American occupation has our full support," Yassin Hussein, a 30-year-old teacher in Ramadi told IPS. "They lied to us all the time, and it is time for them to admit their terrible failure and leave. Let them go rebuild New Orleans."

Hussein said resistance fighters are the only force able to keep local peace and keep criminal gangs in check. "The Americans are too busy trying to take care of their own security to care about Iraqis.

[Drum]

11. "Let them go rebuild New Orleans."

Quote of the week!

[Freedom_from_Chains]

12. "They lied to us all the time"

Don't feel like the lone ranger. They've done the same thing to us over here but I don't think the violence will start until Tuesday.

[motocicleta]

22. 'Let them go rebuild New Orleans'

That quote speaks volumes about the world we live in . I am not worthy of pulling it apart, but oh my goodness it is fertile ground for explication. Coming from an Iraqi teacher, and all.
If you are just a visitor to this site, think long and hard about what it means for a teacher half a world away, where the US is allegedly bringing democracy, to speak that sentence.

Oh boy are we screwed.

[olshak]

9. I honestly think...

this is Bush's way of justifying the partitioning of the country so that he can cut and run within the next year. Word is we are being offered a base in what would become the Kurdish state.

[Chomp]

13. This is a great idea

They just need to find a brutal strongman to hold the whole thing together.

Someone like, erm...ahhh, let me think...

[Freedom_from_Chains]

15. Yeah, you know it seems to me like there use to be this guy,

but well, I'm just probably imagining it anyway.

[Imagevision]

14. Just think, the US. could really stay in Iraq for the next 20 years and

would be an excellant election-ploy for GOP

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

16. what if he's found innocent?

just sayin'...

[Freedom_from_Chains]

17. ROTFLMAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[stillcool]

18. who can say...with any certainty...

What happened in Kurdish Halabja?
http://uruknet.info/?p=-4&bh=2

[BattyDem]

24. What if he's found guilty but the Iraqi people are desperate enough to demand his return?

Could the Iraqi government pardon him? :shrug:

[eridani]

26. And what if he is found guilty and his punishment--

--is to be put in charge of Iraq again?

[Chulanowa]

34. Then I think it's time for Johnny Cochran to just retire.

"Game over, man! If I they can pull off that sorta shit, it's just time to quit!"

[roamer65]

19. A coup will ingite a full blown civil war.

Full blown civil war and the resulting genocide are just about inevitable now. This is now very similar to Rwanda in 1994.:-(

[tuvor]

21. Can ya wait until Wednesday?

Pretty please?

[BattyDem]

23. We're going to oust a SECOND Iraqi government?

We overthrow Saddam, make a big deal out of the Iraqi elections and the so-called "emerging democracy" ... and now we're going to overthrow the government again??? How many more civilians will die during the coup? How much more shit is that country supposed to take from us?

The Iraqi people are going to be our mortal enemies for decades! :grr: :-(

[Freedom_from_Chains]

29. I think the bigger question is

how long is the rest of the world going to let this go on?

[BattyDem]

33. I don't even want to think about that.

:scared: :nuke:

[beachmom]

25. Iraqi blogger Zeyad has a post about rumors of a coup

It is from Oct.28th. Still, these are just rumors. I don't know if it's true or not.

http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/archives/2006_10_01_healingiraq_archive.html#116202928184288954

Baghdad is rife with the strangest rumours again chiefly as a result of the latest deployment of American troops around major Shi’ite districts in Baghdad, signaling a movement against Shi’ite militias. The rumours also seem to have penetrated the concrete barriers of the Green Zone where anxious Iraqi governmental officials are whispering about an impending American “coup,” and according to some well-connected Iraqis inside the Green Zone, several officials have made travel arrangements. This followed tensions over the last week between the U.S. and a defiant PM Maliki that were supposedly resolved yesterday with the joint Iraqi-American statement reaffirming U.S. support for the Iraqi government and the commitment of the Iraqi government to a timetable for disbanding militias. The heavy deployment of American troops along with elite Iraqi security forces that are not part of the Interior or the Defense ministries aggravated these fears.


Read more at the link.



Part of it can be explained -- they were looking for that American soldier. The rest, I have no idea.

[SoCalDem]

27. So now we hate the Shi'as we put in place ...?? We purpled their fingers

patted them on the heads ahd beamed like proud parents..

I guess they wrecked the car one too many times, eh?

And that Negroponte/Sunni/military alliance will not end well either.

[Warren Stupidity]

30. Diem 1963 Deja Vue

Everybody buckle up, the ride is about to get very interesting.

[originalpckelly]

32. Yep, that worked beautifully...

these people are going to have a civil war. Oil prices are going to rise, the only thing we can do is assume the position.

[Imagevision]

31. Bush: yeah it looks like regime change again, Maliki was taking too fucking long plus

he's beginning to cop an additude, earlier in the year Maliki-man states he wants the US. out of Iraq by the end of the year? -->(2006)

Bush/Rove will probably hire back Chalibi.