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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Mon Jul 7, 2014, 04:32 AM Jul 2014

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Iraqi premier Maliki removes key army chiefs, appoints own son [View all]

http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/7/govt2320.htm

"BAGHDAD,— Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has pushed his military chiefs into early retirement and placed his own son in charge of the army.

The news was leaked to various Iraqi media outlets on Saturday.

"On the order of the prime minister, the supreme commander of the ground forces, Ali Ghedan, has retired from office," a source with the Iraqi defense ministry said.

The source added that the retirement was "a direct consequence of the fall of Mosul," into the hands of the jihadist militants. "

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Iraqi premier Maliki removes key army chiefs, appoints own son [View all] grahamhgreen Jul 2014 OP

What would Saddam do? Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #1

Saddam would probably order mass executions of Shia and then spend the afternoon raping someone Scootaloo Jul 2014 #2

Both men have appointed their sons to lead military units. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #3

Nepotism doesn't make them equals, though Scootaloo Jul 2014 #4

I grant that Maliki hasn't come close to committing the atrocities of Saddam but nepotism Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #5

it's a ridiculously tone-deaf move given the current situation, for sure. Scootaloo Jul 2014 #6

Oh good, that will fix it. bemildred Jul 2014 #7

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