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Iraq's PM orders military to strike with an iron fist
over attempts to interfere in Iraq's affairs
6.6.2007
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June
6, 2007
Baghdad, -- The days of coups state have gone
with the downfall of the former regime said Iraqi
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday, calling
on Iraqi military apparatus to strike with an iron
fist those who interference in Iraq's internal
affairs.
"The days of ignorance, marginalization and
despotism have gone. There is no place for
conspiracy and we will not accept solutions other
than those offered by democracy," said the prime
minister, who is also Iraq's armed forces’
commander-in-chief, addressing the first conference
of the commanders of the military divisions.
In a statement released by the prime minister's
media office, al-Maliki ordered Iraqi armed forces
to deal firmly with those who interfere in Iraq's
internal affairs and undermine its stability.
"We tell the countries supporting them that the
presence of a united Iraq and a federal government
where representatives from all segments of the Iraqi
people participate is in our interests and theirs,"
al-Maliki added with reference to a number of
countries whom he accused of supporting efforts to
undermine stability in Iraq. |
Iraqi Prime minister Jawad Nuri al-Maliki |
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Al-Maliki indicated that
signs of victory "are on the horizon," noting "our
will cannot be broken or sapped despite difficult
challenges and foreign interference."
Warning of creeping sectarianism, al-Maliki urged
Iraqi armed forces' commanders to reject division
and work under the slogan of a united Iraq.
The conference was attended by Gen. David Petraeus,
the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Iraqi Defense
Minister Mohammed Abdul Qader al-Obeidi, Chief of
Staff Lt. Gen. Babekr Zibari, and top Iraqi military
officials.
VOI
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