Maliki’s government busy trying to save face by issuing a dead line for Mahdi fighters, but the reality is another way around it is Al-Sadr asks AL-Maliki to leave the city, Maliki was saved by the American helicopters when the fighters surrounded his resident in Basra, Al-Qabas reported about the main problem faced the government in this bad presentation that forced Maliki to use his relatives with extra forces came from Karbala:
Members of army and the police did not carry out the military orders many of them deliberately went back to their homes with lack of desire to fight this battle and the complicated tribal links among the forces and militants, but there also Mahdi Army’s experience factor in urban, guerrilla war.
Notice what Nazar Hatim wrote to the same newspaper:
For the media it is the government forces against Mahdi Army, but the reality is more complicated than this, there are the oil smuggle mafia and even “Heaven Soldiers” group, all these groups use AL-Sadr as a cover for their operations.
[At the end of his report he mentions the 17 soldiers arrested yesterday but he don’t says their nationality, are they the same American soldiers reported yesterday]
Zuhair Al-Dujaili take a preview on the government performance for the few last months:
The bumpy political process, Maliki-government tendency to beautify its performance for the last two years, hiding the real problems and using fake media report manipulating facts, the reality is now exploding in form of political and security crises, for the time being the government can use military forces to solve some of these crises but not enough to extinguish the fires that erupt around.
Cheney’s orders
For Al-Arab newspaper sources tell about Dick Cheney gave the green light to start Basra campaign against Mahdi Army in his visit to Baghdad [see this, what do you think they are talking about? …growing flowers?], and the goal is to give the Iraqi forces more confidence in itself to carry on the security responsibilities in the south of Iraq.
American commander of South-Iraq discussed with high rank marines officers; how to involve southern Iraq militias such as Mahdi Army, Ali bin Abi Talib Brigades and Al-Taf Brigades in a final battle.
The topic had been raised during Dick Cheney recent visit to Iraq, where he agreed on the subject, considered it important by the end of George Bush presidential term.
, US areas of Baghdad under major bombardment, and the basic power structure agreements that have kept multiple competing powerful forces in balance has just gone down the toilet. We don’t know the drivers behind this. There’s speculationUS political considerationsare driving it, that it has to do with a deal between the US and Iran! (which also involves hanging Israel out to dry), or that it’s just local Iraqi political considerations. However, what we’re paying attention to is the situation. If it devolves
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