Total number of the dead in today’s explosions reach 130, but what is not reported by the media is that there was one “extra” explosion in Diyala province also, and 4 mortars on the “Green Zone”. After long debate asking where are the results of previous investigations, the parliament will question Maliki, defense Minister and the Interior Minister next Thursday, and this will be very interesting to watch because INA and Sunni members will try to “eat” Maliki alive.
Syria condemned the bombing, after Maliki’s Dawa Party accused neighboring countries of being behind the bombing.
Thirty minutes after the explosions, Maliki accused the Baathists + Al-Qaeda of being behind today’s explosion, an hour later, Dawa Party leader Al-Adeeb said that the Interior Minister is responsible, and Maliki is willing to fire Al-Bolani.
Parties and sectarian conflicts, this is for example yesterday’s events:
Ali al-Adeeb said yesterday that his coalition “State of Law” relation with INA is very “sensitive and competitive”.
Not very innocent words, because at the same day Iraqi army joined by the American forces arrested 5 leaders of Hakim loyalists “Badr Militia”.
Al-Furat TV, the mouthpiece of Al-Hakim’s Supreme Islamic Council, said that Ammar al-Hakim met with Iraqi Defense Minister Mohammed Al-Obeidi after this event, to discuss political and security situation in the country.
This is just one example from many others, Muqtada Al-Sadr released a statement yesterday saying there will be no cooperation with “State of Law” as long as the government still detain the Sadrists. There these parties who want to Maliki’s government to be a “caretaker” government, Maliki accuses Bolani of cutting a deal with the Americans to import Israeli monitoring systems…etc.