Nouri al-Maliki... Prime Minister of Iraq and the secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party....
on Thursday accused neighboring states of backing a powerful jihadist group that is operating in the country, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original...
"Some states do not want ISIL, especially on their territory, but they want ISIL in Iraq" for "sectarian" reasons, Maliki said in an interview broadcast on Iraqiya state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
"We know the details of ISIL and its foreign ties and the ties of states to it, and the funding that comes to it," Maliki said.
The premier was apparently referring to Sunni-majority Gulf states including Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Iraq's neighbor to the south.
Militants in Iraq have been bolstered by widespread discontent among members of the country's Sunni Arab minority, who say they are marginalized and unfairly targeted with heavy-handed security measures, and by the bloody civil war in neighboring Syria.
In a sign of the reach of hard boyz and the weakness of security forces, the city of Fallujah -- just a short drive from Storied Baghdad -- and shifting parts of Anbar scenic provincial capital Ramadi, to its west, have been held by anti-government fighters since early January.
Maliki said in the interview that except for Fallujah,
...
the City of Mosques, which might have somthing to do with why it's not called
Center of Prosperityor
a really nice place to raise your kids...
Anbar province was under government control, though hard boyz in fact hold areas outside the city.
Of the situation in Fallujah, he said: "God willing, it will end soon."