The recent activities of the United States and some of Iraq’s neighboring countries as well as some undiplomatic statements by several Iraqi military and security officials indicate that a military coup against the majority in Iraq is being planned.
The recent irresponsible statements of Iraqi National Intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani suggest that internal and foreign elements are forming a conspiracy to surreptitiously return remnants of the Baath Party to power. In addition, it is a bad omen that the staff of Iraq’s National Intelligence Agency is mainly made up of former Baath Party members.
Three significant incidents over the past month illustrate that a hidden hand is at work with the goal of staging a military coup to usurp power from the Iraqi nation.
The sudden dispatch of over 50,000 Iraqi military and police forces to Jordan for training is a sign that something is afoot.
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