I/II. [Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said the comments effectively meant that Sadr wants to get rid of Maliki and choose a new government. "These comments are strong and will be noticed," he said, adding they showed a "huge rift" between what Maliki wants and what others believe. "But Maliki insists that he is the only one that can lead Iraq out of this crisis. July 1st will be a big test for him politically. That's when parliament are due to meet, and they'll discuss the formation of the new government".
That's quite a significant development. The "barbarians" are just knocking on the door; and the regime appears to be in the process of being torn asunder. What happens over the coming few days, particularly after the Iraqi parliament is convened, would be of crucial importance.] http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/iraqi-cleric-pushes-emergency-government-201462663616968368.html Iraq's Sadr calls for emergency government - "must fulfil the legitimate demands of the moderate Sunnis and stop excluding them because they have been marginalised". Leader of powerful Shia group Mahdi army says "new faces" needed to tackle ISIL-led Sunni rebellion in country's north Muqtada al-Sadr, a powerful Iraqi Shia religious leader, has called for a national emergency government, a day after Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, rejected any attempts to challenge his rule. Sadr, whose Mahdi army has pledged to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, on Wednesday said the Iraqi government "must fulfil the legitimate demands of the moderate Sunnis and stop excluding them because they have been marginalised". He demanded "new faces" in a national unity government following April 30 elections that saw Maliki emerge with by far the most seats, albeit short of a majority. "I call upon all Iraqis to stop fighting and terrorising the civilians, the Iraqi government must fulfil the legitimate demands of the moderate Sunnis and stop excluding them because they have been marginalised.""We also need to rush the formation of a national government with new names and from all backgrounds and not to be based on the usual sectarian quotas," Sadr said in a televised address. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said the comments effectively meant that Sadr wants to get rid of Maliki and choose a new government. "These comments are strong and will be noticed," he said, adding they showed a "huge rift" between what Maliki wants and what others believe. "But Maliki insists that he is the only one that can lead Iraq out of this crisis. July 1st will be a big test for him politically. That's when parliament are due to meet, and they'll discuss the formation of the new government". *'Ignorance and extremism'* Sadr promised his fighters would "shake the ground under the feet of ignorance and extremism". His remarks came days after fighters loyal to him paraded with weapons in the Sadr City area of north Baghdad, promising to fight the offensive by the ISIL fighters. ISIL and associated groups have overrun swaths of several provinces, killed nearly 1,100 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and threaten to tear the country apart. Maliki ruled out a unity government on Wednesday. Barack Obama, the US president, has so far refrained from carrying out air strikes on the rebels, as urged by Maliki. However, US military advisers began meeting Iraqi commanders on Wednesday, with the US having offered up to 300. The US has pressed for Iraq's fractious political leaders to unite in a national emergency government, and on Wednesday brushed off Maliki's insistence that such a move would be a "coup against the constitution and the political process". The US has stopped short of calling for Maliki to go, but has left little doubt it feels he has squandered the opportunity to rebuild Iraq since American troops withdrew in 2011. Muqtada al-Sadr, a powerful Iraqi Shia religious leader, has called for a national emergency government, a day after Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister, rejected any attempts to challenge his rule. Sadr, whose Mahdi army has pledged to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, on Wednesday said the Iraqi government "must fulfil the legitimate demands of the moderate Sunnis and stop excluding them because they have been marginalised". He demanded "new faces" in a national unity government following April 30 elections that saw Maliki emerge with by far the most seats, albeit short of a majority. "We also need to rush the formation of a national government with new names and from all backgrounds and not to be based on the usual sectarian quotas," Sadr said in a televised address. "I call upon all Iraqis to stop fighting and terrorising the civilians, the Iraqi government must fulfil the legitimate demands of the moderate Sunnis and stop excluding them because they have been marginalised." Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Baghdad, said the comments effectively meant that Sadr wants to get rid of Maliki and choose a new government. "These comments are strong and will be noticed," he said, adding they showed a "huge rift" between what Maliki wants and what others believe. "But Maliki insists that he is the only one that can lead Iraq out of this crisis. July 1st will be a big test for him politically. That's when parliament are due to meet, and they'll discuss the formation of the new government". *'Ignorance and extremism'* Sadr promised his fighters would "shake the ground under the feet of ignorance and extremism". His remarks came days after fighters loyal to him paraded with weapons in the Sadr City area of north Baghdad, promising to fight the offensive by the ISIL fighters. ISIL and associated groups have overrun swaths of several provinces, killed nearly 1,100 people, displaced hundreds of thousands and threaten to tear the country apart. Maliki ruled out a unity government on Wednesday. Barack Obama, the US president, has so far refrained from carrying out air strikes on the rebels, as urged by Maliki. However, US military advisers began meeting Iraqi commanders on Wednesday, with the US having offered up to 300. The US has pressed for Iraq's fractious political leaders to unite in a national emergency government, and on Wednesday brushed off Maliki's insistence that such a move would be a "coup against the constitution and the political process". The US has stopped short of calling for Maliki to go, but has left little doubt it feels he has squandered the opportunity to rebuild Iraq since American troops withdrew in 2011. II. http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/u-s-rejects-syrian-intervention-iraq-says-iran-play-constructive-role/ U.S. rejects Syrian intervention in Iraq. Says Iran could play a constructive role. June 27, 2014 by Abdelhak Mamoun <http://www.iraqinews.com/author/abdelhak-mamoun/> U.S. Department spokeswoman, Marie Harff. (IraqiNews.com) On Thursday, U.S. Department spokeswoman, Marie Harff said that Washington rejects the interference of Syria in Iraq, while it welcomed the constructive role of Iran to resolve the Iraqi security crisis in response to the insurgency of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq. Harff, commenting on the news of Syrian aircraft bombing positions of ISIL fighters inside Iraq as reported earlier by IraqiNews.com <http://www.iraqinews.com/baghdad-politics/maliki-syria-carried-air-strikes-isil-near-al-anbar/>, said: "the situation in the field of security in Iraq mustn't be resolved by the Syrian regime through air strikes or by militants funded and supported by other countries in this region." She added: "We seek to support the Iraqi army. We have a group there to help special units to do so and begin to regain territories, but the situation on the ground is still very dangerous." Harff indicated that the interference of Damascus in the Iraqi situation "cannot help improving the situation in the security field on Iraqi territories," she said, " Assad's regime will increase fueling sectarian violence." -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
