19 July 2007

Asking for Trouble

"Arab media and research centers based in several Arab and regional countries are conspiring against Iraq, its people and the whole political process . . . . They consider killing women and children, bombing markets, targeting historical buildings, destroying power lines, and the electricity network. . .as Jihad . . . . In spite of the challenges and the critical period Iraq is going through . . . . We stopped a lot of deterioration . . . and started chasing terrorists until they fled to neighboring and Arab countries, and they carried evilness with them, which we hope will not be transferred there. . .although these countries did not stand with us in facing terrorism. . . . [Clergymen and tribal heads] are key figures in mobilizing the public opinion. . . [T]he government does not take the responsibility alone, but needs the support of the people . . . because its power springs from the people . . . [N]ot to use force in solving problems, even against outlaws . . . we want to solve them through negotiations . . . and we need the efforts of the tribes to educate their men that Iraq today is calling upon all of its sons to return and participate in its rebuilding . . . We are not sectarian . . . and we are not with terrorism, but we work on unifying the Iraqi people, imposing the law, and quelling sectarian violence . . . [and to stand against] administrative and financial corruption, and against the conduct of some of the government officials who are blackmailing citizens . . . and deliberately offending the government.


How will the Sunnintern and the Anglo-Arabian Press Trust respond to that nastygram from poor M. al-Málikí? Does this roaring mouse -- who recently announced the militant GOP could go away any time it likes as far as he is concerned -- understand the correlation of forces accurately? Or is it only the silly season at brave New Baghdád?

Please stay tuned.

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