http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/20/us-iraq-religion-beards-idUSBRE85J0TQ20120620

Is this relating to Maliki’s intrinsic independence from both theocratic Saudi Arabia and theocratic Iran and perhaps having to do with differentiating himself from both countries to consolidate a nationalist political footing(you mention how defectors from IS who don’t like Kurdish determination are making Maliki more independent from Iran in your past comments by joining him) or is this just a common sense stabilization and security issue?

Sadr of course continues to be an idiot and considers this order a “sin” while Hamid Mutlaq defends it.So is this order a possible form of Maliki political savvy,dividing his opposition off at their ideological internal contradictions to benefit his nationalist standing or am I just being too paranoid about Maliki’s mind here?

“Back in 2006, near the height of sectarian violence in Iraq, Allawi had pressed U.S. officials to help him oust Maliki. McGurk advised him, perhaps more firmly than others, to back off. Though many U.S. officials were growing frustrated with Maliki, he was the country’s elected prime minister, and so they had to deal with him. Allawi, however, took McGurk’s stance as a sign of a pro-Shia bias—and he did so, very vocally, throughout McGurk’s time in Baghdad and apparently still does now.”

Given that Allawi’s party had held out against Jaafari eventually stopping his nomination for PM, and then within 6 months, at height of insurgency, was teaming up with the sadrists to get Maliki ousted, the govt collapse and Bush’s Surge abandoned, and has campaigned ceaselessly with sadrists to bring Maliki down since then, sheds light on the question of “trust” from prime minister Maliki’s perspective?

Who cares how rich Allawi is or what “deals ” are in the making??….I would rather have a “shabaan” (full) leader than Daawa with “joo3 qadeem” (old hunger) cuz the way they are acting now follows the Iraqi saying ..”Shaf ma shaf shaf KuXX umma wa ekhtera3″……the Daawa bunch are filling their coffers now …..maybe after they are full they can actually start caring about Iraq instead of filling their Beirut based bank accounts.

Sorry Reidar- I promise -last off-topic answer about this from me…

I meant it as Allawi & co. being the underdogs and Maliki being in the superior position regarding the No Confidence Vote.
Talabani in not taking a side has automatically sided with Maliki, considering Maliki’s superior position.

Out of curiosity, what is the source of Allawi’s extreme wealth? Observer implied that Iraqiya doesn’t have the money to bribe people…(and you said 10 difaatir = 100K USD would do the trick)?

regards,
M

RV. I wonder how obvious that American Company Oil Companies package with Etamic was, maybe the same thing and same people behind the scenes .

History will show in time. Now the present is more who as the moral high ground and is acting in line with the constitution , and who is acting in concert to further there own financial well being .

If I went away from the subject.. I do apologize, but I do know the Kurdistan post is very reputable and out of the reach of the tow family’s in Kurdistan, and can express freedom of speech without the fear of being mistreated , like other Journalists .

Barzani and Allawi are both extremely wealthy and don’t need to establish an Oil conglomerate or JV of some sort at this stage of their lives…so give it up…..the source of your story is Tehran anyway….oh sorry…I meant Daawa…..LOL….same shit.