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| Iraq |
| Maliki rises from the ashes |
| 2008-02-12 |
| By Sami Moubayed Six Arab countries recently held a secret meeting in Amman, Jordan, aimed at finding ways to topple the cabinet of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the meeting, according to reports, was chaired by Egyptian intelligence and was attended by representatives from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Libya, Oman, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. They countries claimed that the Maliki government in Baghdad was a "Shi'ite administration". Such a story sounds logical - given the dominating fear that Arab states have from the spread of Iranian influence in the Arab region. Officials from any of the six states would downplay such news, especially as they originated from Fars, a news agency set up in Tehran in 2002 to "promote the ideals of the Islamic revolution [of 1979]". |
| Posted by:Fred |