Comments on: The Baghdad Gamble: Maliki Brings the Arab League to Town

By: Neil Partrick

Neil Partrick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:26:37 +0000

Thanks Salah (sorry I said Mohammed earlier) for both of your informative comments re Aseel Tabrah. Fascinating stuff re him previously playing desert host…..

By: Salah

Salah — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:12:06 +0000

Santana,
thank you for your correction, however this not my attention in this regards, but what its more in focus is Assil Tabrah, is the old guy use to be touring Saudi prices in old days when they visiting the desert (southern – western) Iraq for hunting. He also as reported doing or giving some Iraqi oil’s coupon during sanction when tyrant regime trying to work around UN embargo of Iraq oil exports.

Now he is the man who looks facilitating for close relations with Saudis due to his old friendship relations so Maliki use his despite he is one most close aide to Udday.

By: Neil Partrick

Neil Partrick — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:34:06 +0000

Many thanks Mohammed. I am fascinated by this. I am also surprised at this report. By the way, the “Saudi interior minister” the story refers to, is actually the head of General Intelligence (i.e. foreign intelligence), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, who is very close to the King.

By: Santana

Santana — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:34:12 +0000

Salah-

Prince Muqrin Bin Abdul Aziz is not the Interior Minister….he is head of Intelligence.
Prince Naif is Crown Prince and Interior Minister.

Neil- actually the proper protocol would have been Faleh Al-Fayyadh meeting with Prince Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz cuz they both have the same title which is Head of National Security.

Mohamed – your dreamful scenario would be great for Iraq but you truly are dreaming- the added income will not be shared with Iraqis ….any added income will just put more Daawa guys on Forbes’ list of Billionaires and some will go to support regional subversive activities that Iran used to finance before…. but can’t anymore….

By: JWing

JWing — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:21:57 +0000

Mohammed

It doesn’t matter whether Maliki focuses upon those issues or not. The lack of trained staff, emphasis upon large projects that many times run into problems, corruption, and other structural issues within the Iraqi government will prevent any quick fix to Iraq’s services.

Electricity Minister Aftan for example promised that electricity supply would be up this summer and the shortages would largely be solved by 2014. An independent study found that none of the power projects promised would be on line until 2013, and even then output would be around 18,000 megawatts, not the promised 27,000. And remember Aftan is from Iraqiya as well, so this is not about party politics.

Comparing pulling off the Arab League summit and developing the country are comparing apples and oranges.

By: Salah

Salah — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:07:53 +0000

To Santana & Neil

I did written about this before but RV did not published in one of my previous comments.

To follow up with your info you miss on man who was Udday right hand during tyrant regime his name Assel Tabrah.

Let read this:

المشهد الثالث استقبال الأمير مكرن بن عبد العزيز وزير الداخليه السعودي للوفد الأمني العراقي والذي كان برئاسة مستشار الأمن الوطني وعضوية الوكيل الأقدم لوزير الداخلية وبصحبة المسمى ( أصيل طبرة ) من اجل التنسيق الأمني بين البلدين الشقيقين !!
http://www.kitabat.com/index.php?mod=page&num=3993

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:56:50 +0000

Santana:

Let me ask you this question…let’s say that right after the AL summit, Maliki and his men started to focus on infrastructure and services for Iraq like a laser (I know, I know, you don’t believe it will ever happen (hell will freeze over first), but just work with me here for a second, and just imagine he does that (after all, he was able to pull off the AL summit, and many people thought that wouldnt happen either))…

So. let’s say that by this time next year, Iraq is up to 18 hours of electricity per day, sewage and trash problems are fixed, oil production hits 4-5 million BPD, salaries for all govt workers go up, and unemployment goes down by some tangible amount, and violence subsides a bit….all this while Maliki is still the PM…

is that a good thing or bad thing for Iraqiya?

regards,
M

By: Neil Partrick

Neil Partrick — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:11:35 +0000

Many thanks Santana. Meeting Ahmed (and not Naif’s son at interior) would be following protocol of course and Ahmed is important. Interesting to find out that not only was there an invite but that the meeting actually happened. On other hand KSA apparently represented at Arab League summit in Baghdad by their ambassador to the Arab League

By: JWing

JWing — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:40:38 +0000

I agree with Faisal. Maliki has talked about Syrians not protesting violently and waiting for the government to reform itself. Thinking that Assad will do that is a pipedream, and just a way to maintain the status quo. Afterall, it’s seems like Assad is the one that started the indiscriminate violence in the first place.

Mohammed, I appears to me that elements of Iraqiya are already making their own deals with Maliki. Speaker Nujafi didn’t follow the parliamentary boycott and hasn’t joined in the rhetorical battle between the two. Jamal Karbuli also did not have his ministers follow the cabinet boycott, and has followed a similar stance to Nujafi.

By: Santana

Santana — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:43:29 +0000

Neil-

I heard he met with Prince Ahmed Bin Abdulaziz the Deputy Minister of Interior….

Bateekh…

the AL meeting at the airport was in the cards but when even that failed to get better representation they held it at Saddam’s Palace like originally planned.

So- can you please highlight for me all the wonderful stuff Maliki is doing?? ….maybe I can then take your solid facts and go convince Iraqiya leadership to change their ways and that they should agree to everything Maliki and Iran want…..and yes- whether you like it or not-in my opinion -Maliki is an Iranian stooge heading a group of the most corrupt criminals in the history of Iraq.