Washington fears a civil war in Iraq if Maliki Wins

by **Ponee** Thu May 01, 2014 8:40 pm

Washington Fears a civil war in Iraq if he wins Maliki

05/01/2014

Washington fears a civil war in Iraq if Maliki Wins 8231802

Dozens of Iraqis were killed or wounded in the explosions targeting polling stations in different parts of Iraq with millions of voters went to the polls yesterday, in the first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of U.S. forces in late 2011.The vote yesterday was a referendum on the fate of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, the latter announced in a statement one of the polling stations in the Green Zone to cast his vote to win his coalition uncertain, «but now we are talking about the size of the win».Despite the security threats, voters lined up since the Polling stations opened at seven o'clock waiting for their turn to vote «in the hope of change», he said many of them.Maliki tried to play the role of tough guy and probably gave him the votes of this strategy Shiites, but doubts about his ability to win by can get a third term.

And defeat al-Maliki will receive a great welcome from American officials who supported him in previous elections, as found U.S. intelligence assessments that his re-election will exacerbate sectarian tensions and at the same time raise the risk of civil war. The U.S. intelligence reports indicate that Iran, possibly to support his re-election in millions of dollars. But Iran also paid money to some Shiite rivals to show that Iran's goal is to maintain the largest Shiite domination and not the rule of al-Maliki.

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