Fmr Bush Iraq Envoy Helping Undermine Maliki

[sabra]

Source: Iraq Slogger

Republican lobbyists with close ties to the Bush administration are aiding and supporting the efforts of an Iraqi opposition leader who is calling for the ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The anti-Maliki crusader is former Iraqi interim prime minister Ayad Allawi, and the Washington firm retained to spearhead U.S.-focused efforts on his behalf is the Republican powerhouse group of Barbour, Griffith, and Rogers (BGR).

BGR International's president is Robert Blackwill, the one-time White House point man on Iraq, holding the title of Presidential Envoy to Iraq in 2004.

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IraqSlogger has learned BGR's work for Allawi includes the August 17 purchase of the Web site domain Allawi-for-Iraq.com.

In recent days, BGR sent hundreds of e-mail messages in Allawi's name from the e-mail address [e-mail] .

Read more: http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/4040/Fmr_Bush...

[Kagemusha]

1. Yeah, Allawi's been wheeling and dealing leading to this for 1 year+, right?

I'd almost like to see him try to beat Iraq into shape and see how well it goes.

[sabra]

2. you are correct, it's been going on for several months

maybe he thinks the window is now open?

[Kagemusha]

3. Yeah, well Bush did say it's up to the Iraqi people to kick Maliki out if they want.

Levin and Hillary at least said, parliament... but come on, this is Iraq. Coups are how real regime change is done.

[Teaser]

6. A coup requires a functioning state security apparatus

to implement it.

The closest thing to that is the US military. What will happen, do you think, if the US military deposes the government installed by Iraqis' Shia community in exchange for a secular government headed by an executive who has no internal constituency in Iraq?

Will the Mahdi Army stand for it?
How about the Badr Corps?

[arewenotdemo]

4. Time to change puppets

[saigon68]

7. And "Big Puppet" Petraeus ready to lend the Whip Hand

With a few hundred thousand Rifle toting "Agents of Change" to see it gets done

[cliss]

5. Cliss Newsflash of the day:

It won't matter. The American public has had it with Iraq. It's a Soap Opera that never changes. New leader: same mess. Newer leader: even worse mess. It's over; we're finished in that country.



I didn't even need a crystal ball for that.

[Tigermoose]

8. Will this happen during our period of "transition" with Max troops in Iraq?

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[DuaneBidoux]

9. Powerhouse GOP firm working to undermine Iraqi PM

Source: CNN

CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- A powerhouse Republican lobbying firm with close ties to the White House has begun a public campaign to undermine the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, CNN has confirmed.

A report by the U.S. intelligence community questions Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's ability to govern.

This comes as President Bush is publicly taking great pains to reiterate his support for the embattled Iraqi leader


Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/23/anti.maliki.comp...

[tom_paine]

10. The Bushies must wonder why their propaganda and undermining only works in Amerika and Iraq

Like Hitler, they probably cannot help but wonder why the rest of the world won't "get in line" (gleichschaltung) as easily as those two Third World Countries have.

Nazis and Bushies, they simply do not understand that propaganda has limits and even the stupidest, most apathtetic, most "Good German" people eventually grow immunity.

OTOH, maybe the Nazis and Bushies BOTH knew that, and that is why they both worked so feverishly around the clock to finish their plans and detsroy freedom (while speaking frequently of their love of it) so that it wouldn;t matter when the mass of people waking up reached critical.

[Gman]

11. "There's absolutely no involvement.": That's enough to believe the WH

is behind this. But, then the wily administration official throws in: "They're making a lot of money." Knowing the GOP has no problem with cannibalizing their own when it comes to money, one is left not knowing what to think.

[bullimiami]

12. cowardly lying bastards wont even tell their own surrogate puppet

that they want him out.
instead they launch a propaganda campaign against him while gladhanding him in public.

dirty.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

29. Dirty, predictable, and very much their style. nt.

[Spinzonner]

13. Wonder what the blowback will be on this one

With the Bush Neocons, whatever it is you know it will be a disaster.

[bemildred]

14. The kiss on the cheek and the knife in the back. Classic. nt

[Zueda]

15. Are Hillary and Levin being lobbied by them? nt

[global1]

18. After The Fact Now - It Is Suspicious That Levin Came Out Against Maliki......

a day or two ahead of this report. Almost like he was tipped to badmouth Maliki.

[rocktivity]

16. That's what al-Maliki gets for not securing the oil profiteering deal

After all, that's why the Bush White House is going THROUGH all this trouble!

Oh, and props to CNN for not playing along.


rocknation

[peacetalksforall]

17. Whenever George says one thing you can count on someone in

the WH or the cooperating departments of government or their partners to say the opposite. George plays video games until they need some prop for propaganda or some fund raising.

You can place your money on a bi-polar strategy being in progress when George speaks. It will be one of his legacies.

[donkeyotay]

40. In his speech he said the "politicians in Washington" wouldn't decide

when the free (blah,blah,blah) democratically elected (blah, blah) leader of Iraq would go.

What a serial liar. Someone clue George in that he is a politician and he plays politics - very dirty ones.

[FormerOstrich]

19. Cease all the assets of those involved....

wasn't that what the EO was all about???

[Ganja Ninja]

20. When is this shit going to stop?

Lets just get out of this hell hole and quit wasting our time and money and lives. You cannot make a stable government out of an unstable society. The only way Iraq will stabilize is if a military strongman like Saddam takes control and beats down all his opposition. This is a fucking waste and the only reason we're staying is so the GOP can try and dump the blame for our eventual pullout on the next administration.

[aquart]

21. Who's paying the bills for this?

[sallyseven]

23. Barbour is gov of one of the southern states

that got hit by Katrina. He got tons of money to replace the damaged mess down there a lot faster than NO that is still in a mess. I guess they think that repuke Governors are better than democratic governors. I hate those sob's.

[Newsjock]

24. Allawi is paying the bills!

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/4052/subscrip...


Documents obtained by IraqSlogger show Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's chief Iraqi opponent, Ayad Allawi, is paying Washington lobbyists with close ties to the White House $300,000 to help with Allawi's efforts in the U.S. to promote himself and undermine Maliki.

[Beetwasher]

25. How Much Do You Want To Bet That US Tax Payers Are Actually Footing That Bill

The whole Iraqi mess is one big money laundering scam.

[donkeyotay]

42. Wouldn't bet against that. I think Allawi was the CIA's guy.

They wanted him in in the first place. And Maliki wasn't even the guy who won the election. The Iraqi people voted for someone else - I can't even remember his name. One big money laundering scam.

[Beetwasher]

27. FYI-Allawi's Bloc Apparently Just Left The Gov't

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

This is a big development and your post is important especially coupled w/ this information that Allawi is paying the bills for this firm and then leaves the gov't. You should start a separate thread!

[aquart]

34. Uh huh. How? Who's fronting the money?

[FreeStateDemocrat]

30. You're right, always follow the money but you can bet you'll never find the real source for this.

Swiftboating 2007, this may blowback to increase al-Maliki's popularity in Iraq.

[Myrina]

22. ... getting ready to install a Nu-Saddam ...

... Leslie Blitzer was talking about it last night in his Situation Room: how we need a "Strong leader that's US friendly" in Iraq.

I'm sure that Bushco has been interviewing local warlords and negotiate a contract with them
just like they did when they installed Saddam all those years ago.

I hope whoever this guy is knows to watch his back cause we'll be coming to "liberate" the Iraqi people again in about 15-20 years.

[BREMPRO]

26. I couldn't believe my ears when Shrub said about the Iraqi govt.....

that if the government is not responsive to the will of the people, it should be changed...
I agree, and couldn't have said it better- Since our gov't is no longer serving the will of
the AMERICAN PEOPLE, IT'S time for YOU MR BUSH to RESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

28. Somebody's not dancing to Chimpy's tune anymore...

...time to jerk the rug out. Interesting that Hillary has decided carry water for the WH on this one. Hope that works out for her as well as it did for funny man, John "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" McCain.

[JTFrog]

35. She's been carrying their

water for a while on a few things. Why is the democratic party shoving her down our throats?

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

39. It sure does seem like the fix is in -- who knows what kind of deals...

...have been made behind closed doors at our expense.

[tactics]

31. UNDENIABLE VIOLATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER

Bush directed the Treasury Department to block the U.S.-based financial assets of anyone deemed to have threatened "the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq" or who "undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq."
UNDERMINING THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQI PM CLEARLY THREATENS THE PEACE AND STABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ

[NI4NI]

37. BINGO!

Welcome to DU!

[Barrett808]

38. Welcome to DU, tactics!

[Supersedeas]

32. there's an eerie feel of Syriana in the air that surrounds Malaki - Texas firms.

[benld74]

33. HOW CAN THESE *ASTARDS SLEEP AT NIGHT

knowing what they are doing? Complete souless creature they are, who will have to meet their maker just like everyone else on Earth. I have absolutely NO sympathy for any of them!

[aquart]

36. May they never sleep.

There is a wonderful shaggy dog curse that, briefly, wishes you may have a mansion of a thousands room and every night may you from room to room to room never able to get a night's sleep. It's way longer but that's the jist. These guys already have the mansions.

[WileEcoyote]

41. This is enough to fry the White House for good. At least it should be.

With CNN finally showing some stones it's a good sign that some sanity will restored in the media.

Olbermann at MSNBC was the first to start the parade. If CNN starts acting responsibly then more will follow.

Oddly we can thank Michael Moore for starting the rejuvenation of CNN during his attack on Wolf Blitzer.

[Joey Liberal]

43. Is there no end to Bush's hypocrisy and incompetence? n/t