Coming soon: Basra battle – round two

It seems that his expec­ta­tions are true, Ismail Al-Wa’li brother of Basra gov­er­nor revealed some impor­tant infor­ma­tion to the Jor­dan­ian news­pa­per Al-Ghad that orders came from Sistani’s son Moham­mad Ridha to the Maliki’s gov­ern­ment to mobi­lize the Iraqi army and attack Basra for the sec­ond round.

His infor­ma­tion are con­firmed by Qatari news­pa­per Al-Bayan, which reported that mil­i­tary com­mand in Basra is prepar­ing for a new secu­rity cam­paign in the city. The news­pa­per quoted Basra’s com­mand spokesman colonel Abbas Al-Timimi saying:

The new cam­paign will cover all Basra area to arrest the out­laws who fled to other places dur­ing the pre­vi­ous campaign.

We reported ear­lier that Maliki and the United Iraqi Alliance are very upset with the out­come of the pre­vi­ous Basra cam­paign and it is time things must be corrected.

About the accu­sa­tions to Sistani’s son, Al-Wa’li in [Ara­bic] audio inter­view with Al-Baghdadiya satel­lite TV reveals evi­dence of Moham­mad Ridha [Sistani’s son] involv­ment in oil smug­gles from Basra.