US Informs Iraq About Maliki’s Attempts to Organize a Coup: Report
Former Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki,with the support of Iran, has been preparing for a coup attempt to take over the power in Iraq and the US has warned the central government of Baghdad.
According to a report by Turkiye Gazetesi, Nuri Maliki, who is currently the Iraqi VP, has established a parallel army within the official Iraqi army while he was in power in 2006-2014.
Relying on diplomatic sources, the source said that the United States has officially requested the Iraqi government via President Trump’s advisor Jared Kushner to remove of 785 military officials from the government.
The US delegation has informed the Iraqi government that these officials are receiving instructions from the commander of Iran’s Quds Brigade Qassen Soleimani and that they are acting on Maliki’s order.
“The United States has called on the Iraqi official administration through President Trump’s senior advisor Jared Kushner to suspend 785 senior officers in the army, security forces and directors of the key departments,” Secretary General of the European Department for Security and Information, Haissam Bou Said said on Tuesday.
He added that the US believes that those officials are implementing the Iranian agendas, specifically the agendas drawn up by Major General Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Quds Force commander, with support from the Iraqi VP Nuri al-Maliki.
Maliki served as the Iraqi PM from 2006 to 2014 and has been blamed for the security failure and corruption in the country. Moreover, during his reign, hundreds of Sunni figures and officials who opposed Iran’s interventions in the Iraqi internal affairs were assassinated.