Posted on 08/10/2014 2:40:05 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
Iraq’s parliament just chose a new President who refused to rename Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki to a third term. Maliki declared the move unconstitutional and his own State of Law Party pulled support from him. Now his forces are seizing government buildings in Iraq, have closed the airport, and are surrounding the Green Zone.
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Okay, but can Obama take a Mulligan?
I smell Iranian takeover here. Al-Maliki owes ultimate allegiance to Ayatollah Khamenei.
The Green Zone is for loading and unloading only, there are no coups in The Green Zone.
Out of the sand trap into the sand trap.
Iran is scared s-less of ISIS, they are barging in on their turf.
Maliki trying to hold down his Iranian friends’ investments.
Including Jarrett.
I suspect Iran might grab the whole thing. After all, it would guarantee the safety of those oil-producing areas that were just handed over to China without even a careless thought.
Only if that’s his new boyfriend’s name.
Bump for later.
I smell Iranian takeover here. Al-Maliki owes ultimate allegiance to Ayatollah Khamenei.
Might not be a bad thing. Iran, as bad as it is, is a bit more rational.
Think Communist Vietnam in 78 moving into Cambodia to depose Pol Pot.
More TWeets:
BreakingNews Maliki army storms and control the state TV and Radio buildings in Baghdad.
UPDATE: Baghdad is now fully in the hands of Maliki army and militia.
Oh, just so you know, VJ is running things right now.
Just reverting to it’s natural level.
If this is true it is one heck of a scoop. Not only for Pundit Press but FR. No one else is carrying this. They are all watching the “o” try for a hole in one.
LOL!
Iran would also want to protect areas with a Shiite majority.
So can someone simplify this? The PM or whatever the leader is called there isn’t a ISIS fan. Is the military on ISIS side? Or are they taking over because of the lack of success against ISIS?
The rest of the world is waking up, apparently
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