Meeting in the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) capital of Irbil, Sunni politicians announced the creation of the “Dignity Alliance,” a Sunni political bloc that aims to court both Sunni Arabs and Kurds in an attempt to stop the reelection of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Businessman Khamis Khanjar, one of the alliance leaders, said it was a response to the Sunni protests in Anbar Province and the crackdown by the Maliki government, saying they intend to run MP Ahmed Alwani’s reelection campaign. Alwani was ordered arrested by Maliki as a “terrorist,” leading to mass resignations of Sunni politicians.
The idea of a “stop Maliki” alliance is not new, as the Iraqiya bloc essentially won the last election with such a stance, courting Sunni Arabs and secular Shi’ites. Their victory was short-lived, as the US pressed them into accepting a “power-sharing” deal that kept Maliki in power, and none of the sharing ever ended up happening.
The Dignity Alliance faces an uphill battle in Anbar, despite its overwhelming Sunni majority, as the Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) has announced much of the province is too unstable to be allowed to vote at all.
The alliance is also pushing the idea of forming a Kurdistan-style autonomous region out of Anbar Province, saying they hope to copy Kurdistan’s stability and prosperity, noting the status quo has left Anbar a war-torn mess.
I presume this is why I've seen stories in recent days that Maliki was going to deny the right to vote to the entirety of Anbar province under the excuse that there be terrorists there. Thus continuing the proud US tradition of proclaiming that anyone who won't vote for you (ex: Ron Paul supporters) to be 'terrorists'.
I'm sure Maliki's plan is to label all the Sunni political contenders to come out of this new Dignity Alliance bloc as terrorists, issue arrest warrants and have them declared ineligible to run for office. Maliki has no intention of being removed from office and will do what he needs to make sure that doesn't happen.
Evidently the United States Bombed Iraq to remove a Sunni dictator to install a Shite dictator Of course we installed the Sunni dictator too . The Kurds are also Sunni too , they just back during Saddam's time , were not the right kind of Sunni . Now they are . The Sunni Shite split is about 50 right now a possible democracy or a great civil war .