Uh Oh! Iraq's Unity Government Appears To Be Splitting!

[leftchick]

who could have predicted?....

IRAQ'S Speaker of Parliament is considering stepping down because of bitter enmity from Kurdish and Shiite political blocs, revealing the first major crack in Iraq's fragile unity Government since it was formed nearly three months ago.

The Speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, is the third-ranking official in Iraq and a conservative Sunni Arab. Shiite and Kurdish legislators have banded together to try to push him out, mainly because he is considered too radical.

Since taking office in late May, Mr Mashhadani has publicly praised the Sunni insurgency, called the Americans "butchers" and denounced the idea of carving up Iraq into autonomous regions, which the Kurds and some Shiites strongly support.

"Maybe now is the best time for me to withdraw," Mr Mashhadani said. "My hand won't be stained as they want it to be stained."

http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/first-cracks-appear-as-iraqs-speaker-threatens-to-quit/2006/08/15/1155407810027.html

[Kagemusha]

1. Uh they want him to resign to "preserve unity".

So whatever..

[NNN0LHI]

3. I posted in the wrong place n/t

[leveymg]

2. Iraq was effectively carved into 3 pieces on 03/20/03.

The Sunnis have had the short end of the stick shoved down their throats. Do you know anyone who really believed it could be otherwise?

[dkofos]

4. I guess it's there way of saying

IT'S A FUCKING CIVIL WAR STUPID

[NNN0LHI]

5. These clowns are the government of the Green Zone

Their authority extends no further that that.


Don

[Kagemusha]

6. Exactly, who the speaker is has no real world value at all.

It's just the ego of the Shiite and Kurdish politicians at stake.