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| Iraq |
| The unholy alliance |
| 2015-05-06 |
| [ARABNEWS] The Iraqis are gearing up for another war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... (IS), the second to occur during the rule of Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi after he won the battle of Tikrit. Several army forces, security forces and Shiite popular mobilization militias, as well as some Sunni tribes, are gathering to head to Anbar province. There's more to the battle than Anbar and the battle is not limited to the IS, as Abadi's real rival in Baghdad is former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki who is launching a widely-inciting political and media campaign against him. Abadi seems confused and is sometimes adopting contradictory stances due to apparent pressures exerted on him The Iraqi prime minister stands between two fierce rivals and is in big trouble. If he loses the war in Anbar, his political rivals will pursue him in Baghdad and the IS will expand its influence. Victory will not be easy to achieve with the protests and threats made by his rivals in Baghdad as it requires depending on the Sunni tribes who are most capable of defending their areas. Abadi has retreated from arming the Sunni tribes and has only provided them with simple weapons due to pressures by Lion of Islam Shiite parties. To resolve the problem, the Americans volunteered to perform the task of arming the Anbar tribes who oppose the IS but after his rivals criticized him, Abadi had to object to that and the American government backed down. All this fighting will firstly be at the expense of the Iraqis and the Iraqi state and will be in the interest of the IS and Iran's proxies. Anbar's battle is part of a war that may prolong as the terrorist organization resides in several areas, such as the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... which is still occupied by the IS and which will be the most difficult to liberate as the Iraqi government may have to seek the help of countries like the US and perhaps ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Iran to restore it. Even after Mosul is liberated, there are several areas, which will take a long time to liberate. Therefore, the prime minister must think beyond Anbar and must realize that he will lose his battle with political rivals if he loses his war against the IS and that he will emerge victorious over them if triumphs over the terrorist organization. However it's impossible to emerge victorious if he bases his decisions on pleasing sectarian parties and his political rivals, like Al-Maliki. Rejecting to arm the Sunni tribes who are fighting the IS and objecting to America supplying them with arms will only help the murderous Moslems spread and will drive thousands of the Anbar's sons to join the organization as long as they have no other choice. Let's recall the tragedy of the 100,000 people who were displaced from Ramadi as they were forced to leave their city out of fear of the IS and the anticipated fighting, especially after events in Tikrit and the destruction that followed. The neighboring governorates refused to provide refuge for those displaced. They were then left out in the open as Abadi's rivals escalated the situation after Shiite forces of Evil claimed that there were holy warriors living among the displaced. The aim of all this partisan and sectarian escalation is to topple Abadi and push him to make wrong decisions. |
| Posted by:Fred |