By Shwan Zulal
Published on Niqash
The Iraqi VP, accused of terrorism, has said he would be happy to face trial in Iraqi Kurdistan. This puts the Kurds in a difficult position. Can they act as mediators between opposing Iraqi parties? Or will they choose sides? As most Iraqi observers now know, the last US troops were barely out of Iraqi airspace when the delicate coalition government in Baghdad was hurtled into a serious political crisis. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked parliament to dismiss one of his three deputy prime ministers, Saleh al-Mutlaq, with a vote of no confidence and also issued an arrest warrant for one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi, on charges of terrorism... Read More
The Iraqi VP, accused of terrorism, has said he would be happy to face trial in Iraqi Kurdistan. This puts the Kurds in a difficult position. Can they act as mediators between opposing Iraqi parties? Or will they choose sides? As most Iraqi observers now know, the last US troops were barely out of Iraqi airspace when the delicate coalition government in Baghdad was hurtled into a serious political crisis. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked parliament to dismiss one of his three deputy prime ministers, Saleh al-Mutlaq, with a vote of no confidence and also issued an arrest warrant for one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi, on charges of terrorism... Read More
