Moqtada Tateral-Sadr
... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah...
, on Saturday warned senior Iraqi politicians and statesmen against forming coalition with the former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.
During a televised interview, along others Sadr asked Iraqi PM Haidar al-Abadi, Iraqi Vice President Ayad al-Allawi and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jobouri not to form alliance with Iraqi VP Maliki.
"The Shi’ite authorities who ran Iraq in the past, were defeated and ... if Iraqi Shi’ites regain power, they will be defeated," Sadr said in reference to attempts by some Shi’ite parties to form a majority block.
Sadr indicated he does not mean that he supports Sunnis to rule Iraq, but it’s just that "it’s very difficult to find a Shi’ite figure to govern Iraq successfully."
He accused Maliki of selling one third of Iraq’s soil to the 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) and advised Iraqi politicians "Let’s at least keep the remaining two parts."
The leader reiterated his opposition against Maliki to take over PM position for the third run and refused to make any compromise over his stance.
"I will not agree to that at all and we will not examine someone who has been examined before.... Maliki is the foremost responsible person for wasting the huge budget [of the country] and the occupation of Nineveh, Anabr and the rest of the area by IS."
However,
the man who has no enemies isn't anybody and has never done anything...
he thought Abadi can continue into the second term "if he continues with his reforms."
Regarding his plans, Sadr said currently he has dedicated himself to settling the issues of Iraq but plans to become Iraq’s senior Shi’ite clergy after stability prevails in the country.
| After it becomes an Iranian satrapy, he means, with himself as satrap. |