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| Iraq's Allawi warns of civil war |
| 2010-05-17 |
| Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warns that a civil war could follow the new wave of violence that has hit the country in the aftermath of the general elections. Allawi, whose al-Iraqiya coalition won most of the seats in the parliament, said in an interview with The Guardian that "the pressure on the judiciary, not to take any action, is strong. All this and other issues do indicate that we have a long way to go and we are not getting there." The former premier further criticized the international community for not doing enough. "I feel that we are not done and that the international community has failed this country," he said. Since the announcement of the results of the tightly-contested March 7 elections, efforts by political groups to form a coalition government have failed to bear fruit. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose Rule of Law coalition won 89 seats in the Parliament, was accused by the former Saudi intelligence chief of attempting to steal the elections. "We are watching a deliberate effort on the part of the incumbent prime minister, Mr. al-Maliki, to hijack the results of the election," Turki al-Faisal was quoted by AFP as saying. The remarks came after Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission said it has found no evidence of fraud after manually recounting the votes cast at Baghdad's polling stations. The recount was requested by the Rule of Law coalition. This is while Maliki is inching closer to clinching a deal with other Shia parties to form the country's next government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Exactly what were Iraquis doing the last 5 years? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-05-17 01:20 |