British writer and journalist famous Patrick Cockburn: Malik

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WASHINGTON - Ali Al-Shammari
paints a writer and journalist famous British Patrick Cockburn picture of the conditions of present day Iraq, from an event happened that he was close to him during his stay, the last in Baghdad, "and arrived at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad on 28 (November) last November, just before the explosion After a hundred yards from the parliament building. I did not realize at the time that this explosion will be a significant change in the direction of Iraqi politics, and it may just be an excuse, but the bombing gave the signal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to break with the senior members of his government. "


British writer and journalist famous Patrick Cockburn

And wondering Cockburn, who wrote a number of books on Iraq, "Does this matter disintegration deadline for Iraq? You turn al-Maliki to a copy of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein abandoned bargaining, and center the authorities in his hands, and relying on the power of exclusive? Do you have the tools to do this?"
The writer believes the British, "it will not be easy, even with oil revenues up to $ 100 billion a year, and the presence of security forces, with a population of 900 000 soldiers and police officers," explaining "I was in Saddam and means the most important of repression, however, failed to establish his power absolute. failed because the three main groups, consisting of Iraq is difficult to suppress permanently. has he and the rulers before him with the massacres and intimidation against the Kurds, for more than 40 years, but he could not crush them. and face a concentration of power in Iraq, many obstacles too, because each party has allies Foreigners called by under pressure. It would appear that the owners of an advantage for him, is in its armed forces, but it involves deception. Vqguath armed population of large, but decrepit, often with no efficiency. "
adds Patrick Cockburn "The most important thing is that the leadership of al-Maliki came as a result of bargaining, when he was selected as prime minister for the first time in 2006, and again in 2010, and has had many enemies always, but it turned out they were divided among themselves to choose a candidate acceptable alternative for all of them, has condemned the Kurdish politicians and followers of Shi'ite cleric National Moqtada al-Sadr Maliki during his first term, but they joined the new government in the end. and the fact that Maliki may be the only leader acceptable to an American no less an affair of importance, because they are not much attention to the status quo is working in the country, and Maliki was the first beneficiary of this situation During 2006 and 2010, when he was selected, said to him, an Iraqi official: he met with opponents again, and chose the Maliki their man "
mistake the United States
on the choice of al-Maliki as prime minister for the second time shows Patrick Cockburn, "is the policy had its opponents abroad. says a Western diplomat who was a resident of the former in Baghdad: I think it was a big mistake for America that does not say in 2010 that al-Maliki is not acceptable for her. He adds: It was supposed to Maliki rejected because it was religiously determined to build a totalitarian state, this state is corrupt and dysfunctional. has reached corruption to high levels with the transfer of funds Iraqi state to the outside to hide the owned companies in secret by officials in the home, while unemployment is between 25-40%, and there is a failure to secure supplies of electricity, at the time managed the Ministry of Electricity from agreeing to pay $ 1.3 billion to a German company bankrupt and to the Canadian company does not exist, and the government's budget is spent mainly on pensions and retirement funds, and the recipients so they will be mostly on the relationship with the ruling parties. and bribery is rampant in Iraqi Kurdistan as well, according to the business, but the roads, airports, bridges, power plants and homes are being built, at a time which are not in Baghdad. There are banks, a few, and these are stolen openly by officials in the state. In the long run, the poverty and deprivation the broad continuous may be the cause of the instability of Iraq, just as differences sectarianism, despite the high oil revenues. "

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