We have three story versions:

This is the Kurds version:

Accord­ing to Kur­dish MP Mah­mud Oth­man, Maliki is not sat­is­fied with the For­eign Min­istry team and want to super­vise the nego­ti­a­tion by him­self. That is why he chose the new team mem­bers from his loyalists.

But it is unknown if Maliki wants to remove the Kurds from the nego­ti­a­tions because there is no offi­cial state­ment yet.

The gov­ern­ment version:

Announced by the min­is­ter of inter­nal affairs Al-Bolani say­ing that the change is to give the nego­ti­a­tion processes a great deal of flexibility.

The third ver­sion is on the same link above quot­ing Al-Askari, the United Iraqi Alliance MP who said:

The Prime Min­is­ter decided to change the nego­ti­at­ing team after a request issued from the Amer­i­can side because they wanted to be nego­ti­ate with fig­ures close to al-Maliki.

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  1. Main and Central says:
    August 30, 2008 at 22:57

    or else! In other Kur­dish related moves, Maliki is also tar­get­ing the Kurds’ bud­get allo­ca­tions. He is try­ing to reduce the Kur­dish allot­ment from 17% to 14%. Another inter­est­ing move by Maliki is the removal of Kurds from the SOFA nego­ti­a­tions, asRoads to Iraqnoted… This is the Kurds ver­sion: Accord­ing to Kur­dish MP Mah­mud Oth­man, Maliki is not sat­is­fied with the For­eign Min­istry team and want to super­vise the nego­ti­a­tion by him­self. That is why he chose the new team mem­bers from his loyalists.

Change the negotiation team, an American request?

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