BAGHDAD - .... In the latest violence, bombs attached to two buses en route from Baghdad exploded less than an hour apart near the mainly Shi’ite city of Kut yesterday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 20, police and hospital officials said. Local police chief Brigadier General Raed Shakir Jawdat said the explosives were detonated with timers....
Stink!
Ever notice the BOMBS primarily hit MALIKI'S POLITICAL OPPONENTS?
Because his Dawa party is relatively small, he has not been able to rely on a loyal political base. Instead, he has developed a reputation as a strong leader by crushing militias loyal to anti-American Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad and in the southern city of Basra.
Translation: Maliki is a US puppet. And those bombs going off.... ?
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The Shi’ite prime minister’s efforts to win public confidence by portraying himself as a champion of security have taken a battering in recent weeks. A wave of horrific bombings has called into question the government’s ability to protect the Iraqi people....
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The new bloc, called the Iraqi National Alliance, will include the largest Shi’ite party, the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, or SIIC, and al-Sadr’s bloc, which both have close ties to Tehran. Although some small Sunni and secular parties are joining the alliance, many Sunnis consider the Supreme Council as little more than an instrument of Shi’ite Iran. If the alliance does well in the Jan. 16 vote, Tehran could gain deeper influence in Iraq....
Oh, we better stay then, huh?
Maliki’s Dawa Party also has close ties to Iran, but the prime minister has tried in recent years to persuade Tehran to stop interfering in Iraq. Iran is accused of supporting Shi’ite militias, despite its denials of the allegations.
Un-frikkin'-real! I hate AmeriKa's MSM!!!!!!
Maliki, who took office in May 2006 with the blessing of the Supreme Council and the Sadrists, had become increasingly assertive as his popularity had grown with a sharp decline in violence. He has taken on the Americans, the Iranians, the Sunnis, and fellow Shi’ites alike.
Well, they must be feeling betrayed right about now.
And look at this: Maliki the tough guy!
His loyalists ousted the Supreme Council from control of the oil-rich southern Shi’ite heartland in provincial elections earlier this year....
Aaaaaahhh!
But the unrelenting explosions.... have weakened his position at a crucial time....
And get this:
What is that WEASEL of a LIAR even doing in Iraqi politics?
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