Posted on 03/15/2010 5:55:11 AM PDT by Dave346
debkafile's intelligence and Baghdad sources disclose that prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was injured in an attempt on his life last Thursday, March 11. His armored convoy came under an RPG-automatic fire attack after a bomb hit his car. US and Iraqi authorities have blacked out the incident, but our sources learn that Maliki is being treated for moderate-to-serious injuries at the American military hospital. One source says he was hit in the arm. His doctors apparently found his condition was too serious for him to face TV cameras and deliver a broadcast statement to the nation scheduled Sunday March 14, although members of his State of the Law party were beginning to ask questions about his disappearance. As the counting of votes continues in Iraq's general election, it confirms the Maliki party's lead against its foremost rival, former prime minister Iyad Allawi's secular al-Iraqiya bloc of liberal Shiites and Sunni Muslims.
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Whoa!
Definitely sounds serious to me — this is the sort of event which could derail Obama’s withdrawal schedule completely.
Not necessarily. He could just say, oh well, we tried and it didn’t take. Back to the dark ages and into the waiting arms of Iran. Watch the Kurds. They will not go for reversion. There will be a civil war.
This has to be true, it came from Debka /sarc.
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