Finally addressing weeks of reports to that effect, the Iraqi National Alliance today confirmed that it has formed an alliance with the State of Law bloc, a move which would appear to give them enough seats to form the next government.
The announcement is somewhat bittersweet for the US, which has been dreading a hung parliament but is now facing the prospect of a government strongly influenced by INA leader Moqtada al-Sadr and with close ties to Iran. At the same time, the cutting out of the secularist Iraqiya and by extension virtually all Sunni voters in the nation, threatens to spark more violence.
Iraqiya, the party of Ayad Allawi which actually got the most seats in the March 7 vote, slammed the announcement as a return to sectarianism and accused Iran of being behind the deal.
Before anyone can form a government, however, a number of legal challenges and a full recount have to be met. This is expected to take several weeks if not several months.
Once that is finally sorted out, the new Shi’ite religious alliance will have to figure out who will be the next prime minister, as State of Law leader Nouri al-Maliki is considered highly unpalatable to many INA members. At the top of the short list of possible replacements would be the INA’s Ibrahim al-Jaafari or State of Law MP Jaafar al-Sadr.
Sadr will play this very subtly if one is to go by past experience.
The enemies of Iraq, on the other hand, who are still occupying the country, and are not limited to the US, will no doubt try to encourage, as they have been, Sunni Shi'ite violence.
Someone should interview bush to get his take, if he has one, that is…..
Someone should interview bush to get his take, if he has one, that is…..
The Iraq war and subsequent military occupation of Iraq must be considered a great strategic victory. The strategic benefits of the war far outwieght the strategic costs of the war, which were practically nill. All the American soldiers who died or were maimed for life did not do so in vain. These soldiers, some of whom made the ultimate the sacrifice, did so to give Iran one of the greatest geopolitical victories in modern history. Mission Accomplished!
Sadr will play this very subtly if one is to go by past experience.
The enemies of Iraq, on the other hand, who are still occupying the country, and are not limited to the US, will no doubt try to encourage, as they have been, Sunni Shi'ite violence.
The Iraq war and subsequent military occupation of Iraq must be considered a great strategic victory. The strategic benefits of the war far outwieght the strategic costs of the war, which were practically nill. All the American soldiers who died or were maimed for life did not do so in vain. These soldiers, some of whom made the ultimate the sacrifice, did so to give Iran one of the greatest geopolitical victories in modern history. Mission Accomplished!
lIKE THE "CHURCH LADY' in Saturday Night Live used to say isn't that special,United State's intervention 8,000 miles away from the U.S. in Iraq is a good idea,but Iran which has Zero mile distance from Iraq should not intervin in Iraq's poitics !
lIKE THE "CHURCH LADY' in Saturday Night Live used to say isn't that special,United State's intervention 8,000 miles away from the U.S. in Iraq is a good idea,but Iran which has Zero mile distance from Iraq should not intervin in Iraq's poitics !
lIKE THE "CHURCH LADY' in Saturday Night Live used to say isn't that special,United State's intervention 8,000 miles away from the U.S. in Iraq is a good idea,but Iran which has Zero mile distance from Iraq should not intervin in Iraq's poitics !
lIKE THE "CHURCH LADY' in Saturday Night Live used to say isn't that special,United State's intervention 8,000 miles away from the U.S. in Iraq is a good idea,but Iran which has Zero mile distance from Iraq should not intervin in Iraq's poitics !