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Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

PostAuthor: Anthea » Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:43 pm

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Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

Iraq has a new president. In the wake of the capture of the second-largest city, Mosul, by the Islamic State (IS); ever-growing demands by the president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Massoud Barzani; and rising dissent against a new mandate for incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq has seemed on the verge of collapse. There has been a quasi consensus among Iraq observers that Iraq has ceased to exist and was awaiting de jure confirmation of its de facto fragmentation.

Many have thought that this country, which had inured international opinion to its endless succession of crises since 2003, would not survive this latest crisis. But we could be mistaken. First, Salim al-Jabouri (affiliated with the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Iraqi Muslim Brotherhood) was elected speaker of the parliament. Then, a week after the return home of President Jalal Talabani — who had been under medical treatment in Berlin for the past 1½ years and who obviously couldn’t continue with his functions — a new president was elected, indicating that Iraq could actually be more resistant to division of the country.

This writer has known the man elected president, Fouad Massoum, for nearly a quarter of a century. I got to know Massoum through his predecessor, Talabani, my close friend for more than 40 years. During tumultuous years that included the Gulf War of 1991, he was one of Talabani’s most trusted envoys and comrades-in-arms.

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Re: Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

PostAuthor: Anthea » Sat Jul 26, 2014 10:53 pm

The new president has 14 days to nominate the prime ministerial candidate from the largest bloc in parliament.

We will have to wait and see if the much hated Maliki is given the post, If he is then I do not believe anyone will be able to prevent Iraq from fragmenting. I thought it had already been divided into 3 parts :-s

Again we have a Kurdish president in Baghdad - big mistake if as they say "Kurdish independence has had to be postponed and put on the back burner for a while."

Kurds were promised a referendum - well over 95% of Kurds wanted independence when the previous referendum took place - Kurds are now if a far better shape politically and economically - now is the time for Kurdistan to be free :ymparty:
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Re: Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

PostAuthor: Anthea » Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:06 am

Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on a Friday (25/7/2014) of "day" of the failure of the political process currently underway in his country, could push the political ingredients to look out for their interests and increases the chances of separation.

He was still a Minister in the Iraqi Government for the exemption or dismiss ministers in the Iraqi Constitution is at the heart of the work of the Parliament, but said he and the four Kurds "to suspend their participation in the meetings of the Council of Ministers objected to statements from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, accusing the Kurdistan region to host the Group Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and the takfiri groups and the formation of the operations rooms of coordination.

The Minister added that the decision to suspend their participation in Government meetings due to accumulations and deadly political errors, and triggered by events and the speed control of the group, the Islamic State and the entire provinces of clans with a disclaimer to the Government what is happening and try to blame the "other".

Zebari also revealed that the exodus of tens of thousands of people, and the rapid collapse of Iraqi military forces, and the lack of mutual trust between the Government and helped create a sense of frustration, and contributed to the complexity of circumstances working together, that recent remarks was flawed and made the continuation of the work of the Kurdish government ministers involved in mission impossible.

Secrets about the details of what happened recently, the Minister revealed that the coming days will reveal many secrets, noting that the army has no loyalty, not national, in addition to the emergence of many corruption cases, describing what happened to failure in the management of military conflict against the armed groups.

The Minister said the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the northern city of Mosul and freed when it fell earlier, but cautioned that poisoned relations between the two sides and now forces prevented the territory from interfering again, was also cancelled joint security coordination committees, and when an avalanche hit Mosul and Kirkuk territorial forces in areas known as "disputed" to provide protection for citizens and fill the security vacuum, adding that efforts to form a joint operations room between Baghdad and Arbil, but the Government rejected the This idea, blaming on others.

Zebari described the article 140 is constitutional article, and was supposed to implement three measures which by 2007 is normalization and Census and referendum over the year without performing any of these actions, the article still exists and must be implemented, adding that the current situation would be to see a new Government and cooperate with it.

Zebari blamed the Executive power and the forces that participated in the political process is responsible for the deterioration of the situation, stressing that the Government bears much of the blame when it comes time to accounting.

Zebari called the mother of all battles and the Prime Minister's "mother of all battles" for vast powers by the Iraqi Constitution, the existence of controversy in Iraq, the region and the world over who is best suited to be the new Prime Minister, noting that the most prominent role in the resolution of this file plays the Shiite National Alliance, the largest bloc and the nemesis, and that all political forces agree on the need for real change.

The Minister cautioned that the three conditions set by the religious reference in Najaf to form a new Government, which was the first to advocate not to repeat the mistakes of the past, and that the Government accepted by all factions and national components, and thirdly that the national unity Government, not a majority government, stressing that the Iranian and international orientation also will not collide with the demands of reference of Najaf.

He predicted that settles is the decision to select a candidate for Prime Minister within two weeks, adding that it is the prerogative of the Shiite National Alliance, and must be accepted by Sunnis and Kurds and Shiites themselves.

Zibari expressed hope that the results reflected the political process after the election of the President and, to the extent that this may be resolved in a month ago, stressing the seriousness of all to move forward in the face of terrorism and the control of the State, with the joints makes it warranted that the composition of the Government and benefits quickly. (Translated by Bing)

‎حذر وزير الخارجية العراقي هوشيار زيباري في حلقة الجمعة (25/7/2014) من برنامج "لقاء اليوم" من أن فشل العملية السياسية التي تجري حاليا في بلاده، يمكن أن يدفع بالمكونات السياسية إلى البحث عن مصالحها ويزيد من فرص الانفصال. وأوضح أنه ما زال وزيرا في الحكومة العراقية لأن إعفاء أو إقالة الوزراء في الدستور العراقي يعتبر من صميم أعمال البرلمان، ولكنه أكد قيامه هو و"أربعة وزراء أكراد" بتعليق مشاركتهم في اجتماعات مجلس الوزراء اعتراضا على التصريحات التي صدرت من رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي التي اتهم فيها إقليم كردستان باحتضان جماعة الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام والمجموعات التكفيرية وتشكيل غرف للعمليات للتنسيق معها. وأضاف الوزير أن قرارهم تعليق مشاركتهم في اجتماعات الحكومة يعود إلى التراكمات والأخطاء السياسية القاتلة، والتي فجرتها أحداث الموصل وسرعة سيطرة جماعة الدولة الإسلامية والعشائر على محافظات بأكملها مع وجود تنصل كامل للحكومة عما يحدث، ومحاولة إلقاء اللوم على "آخرين". وكشف زيباري أن النزوح الجماعي لعشرات الآلاف من المواطنين، والانهيار السريع للقوات العسكرية العراقية، وعدم الثقة المتبادلة بين الحكومة والإقليم ساعدت في خلق شعور بالإحباط، وساهمت في تعقيد ظروف العمل سويا، إلى أن جاءت التصريحات الأخيرة التي كانت معيبة وجعلت مواصلة عمل الوزراء الأكراد المشاركين في الحكومة مهمة مستحيلة. أسرار وحول تفاصيل ما حدث مؤخرا، كشف الوزير أن الأيام القادمة ستكشف الكثير من الأسرار، مشيرا إلى أن الجيش لم يكن له ولاء ولا وطنية، إضافة إلى ظهور حالات فساد كثيرة، واصفا ما حدث بالفشل في إدارة الصراع العسكري ضد هذه المجموعات المسلحة. وذكّر الوزير بتدخل القوات الكردية والبشمركة في مدينة الموصل وتحريرها حينما سقطت سابقا، ولكنه نبه إلى أن العلاقات المسمومة وغير الصحية بين الجانبين القائمة الآن منعت قوات الإقليم من التدخل مرة أخرى، كما تم إلغاء لجان التنسيق الأمنية المشتركة، وحينما حدث الانهيار وسقطت الموصل وكركوك قامت قوات الإقليم بالتمدد في المناطق التي يطلق عليها "المتنازع عليها" لتوفير الحماية للمواطنين وسد الفراغ الأمني الذي حدث، مؤكدا وجود جهود حثيثة ورغبة في تشكيل غرفة عمليات مشتركة بين بغداد وأربيل، ولكن الحكومة رفضت هذه الفكرة وألقت باللوم على الآخرين. ووصف زيباري المادة 140 بأنها مادة دستورية، وكان من المفترض تنفيذ ثلاثة إجراءات بموجبها بحلول العام 2007 وهي التطبيع والإحصاء والاستفتاء، ومر العام دون أن يتم تنفيذ أي من هذه الإجراءات، وأكد أن المادة ما زالت قائمة ويجب تنفيذها، مشيرا إلى أن الوضع الحالي سيخضع لرؤية الحكومة الجديدة والتعاون معها. وحمل زيباري السلطة التنفيذية والقوى التي شاركت في العملية السياسية مسؤولية ما آلت إليه الأوضاع من تدهور، مؤكدا أن الحكومة تتحمل الجزء الأكبر من اللوم حين يأتي وقت المحاسبة. أم المعارك وسمى زيباري رئاسة مجلس الوزراء "أم المعارك" لصلاحياتها الواسعة حسب الدستور العراقي، ووجود جدل كثيف في العراق والمنطقة والعالم حول من هو الأنسب ليكون رئيس الوزراء الجديد، مشيرا إلى أن الدور الأبرز في حسم هذا الملف يلعبه التحالف الوطني الشيعي باعتباره الكتلة الأكبر والأبرز، وموضحا أن جميع القوى السياسية متفقة حول ضرورة حصول تغيير حقيقي. ونبه الوزير إلى الشروط الثلاثة التي وضعتها المرجعية الدينية في النجف لتكوين الحكومة الجديدة، والتي تمثلت أولا في الدعوة إلى عدم تكرار أخطاء الماضي، وأن تكون الحكومة مقبولة من جميع الطوائف والمكونات الوطنية، وثالثا أن تكون حكومة وحدة وطنية جامعة وليست حكومة أغلبية، مؤكدا أن التوجه الدولي والإيراني أيضا لن يتصادم مع مطالب مرجعية النجف. وتوقع أن ينجلي أمر قرار اختيار مرشح رئاسة الوزراء خلال أسبوعين، موضحا أن ذلك يعتبر من اختصاص التحالف الوطني الشيعي، ولا بد أن يكون مقبولا من قبل السنة والأكراد والشيعة أنفسهم. وعبر زيباري عن أمله في أن تتضح نتائج العملية السياسية بعد انتخاب رئيس الجمهورية، وقدر أن ذلك قد يحسم في فترة شهر تقريبا، مؤكدا الجدية لدى الجميع للمضي قدما في مواجهة الإرهاب والسيطرة على مفاصل الدولة، بما يجعله يتفاءل بأن تتم عملية تكوين الحكومة وإنجاز الاستحقاقات بسرعة.‎
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Re: Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

PostAuthor: Londoner » Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:43 am

who cares!!! well, I don't care. It is in the interests of Kurds if fragmented, the sooner is the better. Iraq culturally fragmented seriously. No one can bring these three incompatible cultures together.
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Re: Can Iraq's new president save country from fragmenting?

PostAuthor: Piling » Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:12 am

Iraq is dead. Its current state is only a corpse, artificially kept alive.
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