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| Iraq |
| 'Iraq's political gridlock spawns terror' |
| 2010-08-27 |
| [Iran Press] Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has warned that the political gridlock in the country is conducive to the growth of militancy in Iraq. Violence has raged on across the country as the March 7 parliamentary polls did not produce a clear winner to form a new government. "Here you have a government paralysis, you have a political vacuum," AP quoted Zebari as saying on Thursday. "So in such environment, these terrorist networks flourish actually and would love to deepen division among Iraqi politicians to apportion blame on each other in order to create as much chaos as possible," he added. The comments came a day after multiple explosive attacks across the country killed dozens of people. Some politicians say the blasts, apparently against local government buildings and police headquarters, were aimed at delaying the formation of a new government. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 This may not end well. A concern of mine too Besoeker. I have wondered whether iraq is strong enough and cohesive enough to make it on their own. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-27 08:24 |
| #1 "Here you have a government paralysis, you have a political vacuum," Being very quickly filled and exploited by Iran. This may not end well. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-08-27 04:31 |