No, I'm not suggesting assassination or a coup but I am thinking we have another good reason for withdrawal: Maliki doesn't like how we are now fighting Al Qaida in Iraq.
Aide: Iraq PM relations with Petraeus poor
By Steven R. Hurst and Qassim Abdul-Zahra -
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jul 27, 2007 12:11:36 EDT
Al-Maliki has spoken sharply — not of Petraeus or Crocker personally — but about their tactic of welcoming Sunni militants into the fight against al-Qaida forces in Anbar and Diyalah provinces. ... Al-Maliki, a Shiite who spent years in exile under Saddam Hussein, hotly objects to U.S. tactic of recruiting men with ties to the Sunni insurgency into the ongoing fight against al-Qaida. He has complained loudly but with little effect except a U.S. pledge to let al-Maliki’s security apparatus vet the recruits before they join the force.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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