Signs of an uprising against al-Maliki in the southern provinces

Signs of an uprising against al-Maliki in the southern provinces
 
   

 
Turning popular resentment against the tribal government of Nouri al-Maliki to the provinces of southern Iraq, the outbreak of demonstrations and clashes with security forces in Karbala, Diwaniya and Basra.
 
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This comes at a time when he presented the Prime Minister of the outgoing "conditional pardon" to the tribes, which took up arms in the face of his government, a move seen by observers maneuver him to break up a row opponents and gain time with the continued arrival of Iranian and Russian aircraft to him.
According to press reports that government security forces have attacked the headquarters of the Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Hassani Sarkhi in Karbala, in an attempt to break into, but that his supporters had gathered to protect him and clashed with the security force.
The security sources and witnesses said that about 45 people from the Iraqi forces and supporters of Sarkhi were killed and dozens injured in clashes between the two parties in the city of Karbala.
The sources pointed out that the Iraqi government reinforcements were sent elite forces to resolve the clashes, as well as the Iraqi army helicopters flew over the city in the middle of hearing the exchange of fire and huge clouds of smoke downtown.
The implications of the new cities in southern Iraq, an expression of discontent among Iraqis who reject the policies of sectarianism, at the time rejected the fatwa Sarkhi Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani, about the obligation to fight rebel tribes in other cities of Iraq.
The website said that the special information Babkhi raid headquarters in Karbala came "as a result of national positions," he said, adding that the army had launched a "provocation" in the present headquarters, also raided a mosque and a Shiite shrine belonging to him.
"These actions militia as a result of the positions of supreme authority in Karbala of Mr. Sarkhi Hassani outs of division and sectarianism that have killed Iraqi people .. and their position on this is evidence of their failure and lack of steadfastness in front of national positions that reveal their employment to other countries that do not want is evil and destruction of Iraq and the Iraqis."
On the other hand, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki yesterday amnesty tribes that fought his government with the exception of those who were killed and shed blood.
He said in a speech that presents a weekly television amnesty to all clans and asks all the people who have committed acts against the state to return to their senses, where they will be welcomed.
Al-Maliki said he hoped to overcome the challenges that hinder the formation of a new government, a day after the end of the first session of parliament without reaching an agreement on forming a government.
Observers considered the move as a maneuver aimed to split the tribes that pushed Bmslihyaa of the revolution on the policies of sectarianism, especially against Sunni areas.
 
London-based Arab newspaper *

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