Iraq Lawmaker Accuses Government Of “Administrative Liquidation” Of Sadrists
Sounds good to me. These guys are nervous, or they wouldn’t be making so much noise. The momentum is not with Al Sadr. Come out and fight, boys, as bad or worse than getting your asses kicked, all the mayhem will just turn the population further against you. No matter a minority of Iraq troops may find it hard to fight you…
Baghdad, Apr 8, (VOI) – A Basra legislator from the Sadrist bloc, or Iraqis loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, accused the Iraqi government on Tuesday of banishing the Sadrists from important posts in Basra and other provinces.
“There is political liquidation of the Sadrists, particularly those who occupy important administrative positions,” Aqeel Abdul-Hussein told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
“A number of officials who belong to the Sadrist bloc were sacked from their posts like the assistant manager of the Basra ports, the advisor for the transport minister and the director of the southern zone electricity department,” said Abdul-Hussein.
“We believe that the prime minister and his government are responsible for this course of action applied in a number of Iraqi provinces, including Karbala and Diwaniya,” he said, adding “the prime minister is applying the occupation (forces’) agenda”.
A couple of weeks ago armed clashes broke out in Baghdad and other southern provinces between government forces and groups of Shiite cleric Sadr’s Mahdi Army militias hours after Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced the commencement of Operation Saulat al-Forsan (Knights’ Assault), which he said aimed at eliminating armed groups in the oil-rich port city of Basra, 590 km south of Baghdad.
The clashes ended when Sadr ordered his followers off the streets in Basra and other Iraqi provinces.
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