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4. Massive security deployment around Baghdad 'green zone': officials

Sun Aug 10, 2014, 06:28 PM

Aug 2014

Massive security deployment around Baghdad 'green zone': officials

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi police, army and counter-terrorism forces were deployed in unusually high numbers across strategic locations in Baghdad overnight, security sources said Monday.

"There is a huge security presence, police and army, especially around the Green Zone," the highly-protected district that houses Iraq's key institutions, a high-ranking police officer told AFP.

He said the deployment started at around 10:30 pm (1930 GMT), just 90 minutes before Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced on state television he would file a complaint against the president for violating the constitution.

"There is security everywhere in Baghdad, these are very unusual measures that look like those we impose for a state of emergency," the police official said.

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Appears this shit sandwich is getting bigger n/t Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #1

That's the problem with Klingons - you can't get rid of them. Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #6

curfew in place according to various tweets big_dog Aug 2014 #2

Nice cakewalk! villager Aug 2014 #3

Massive security deployment around Baghdad 'green zone': officials Bosonic Aug 2014 #4

The new President is Sunni-Kurd? flamingdem Aug 2014 #5

And the vacuum IS forces are taking advantage of grows n/t Strelnikov_ Aug 2014 #7

They might be the only ones who can get rid of him flamingdem Aug 2014 #9

Yeah, that occurred to me too. They have shown a flair for opportunism. bemildred Aug 2014 #35

This is a big cluster fuck that we have no business in bigdarryl Aug 2014 #8

Military Coup In Iraq: Maliki Refuses To Step Down; Security Forces On Alert, Encircle Presidential riversedge Aug 2014 #10

Maliki just won't fucking go. WTF is his problem? TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #11

Playing "Many Sides Against the Middle?" KoKo Aug 2014 #13

Honestly he's kinda fucked Schema Thing Aug 2014 #14

The CIA etc. are probably working on a soft landing flamingdem Aug 2014 #30

He'll be assasinated flamingdem Aug 2014 #16

I doubt that would have happened had he stepped down. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #19

But anyone who replaces him will probably be just as bad. (eom) StevieM Aug 2014 #20

Hah! More Noise and Ramp Up to "Troops on the Ground" which our MSM/MIC Military KoKo Aug 2014 #12

Looks like a coup. davepc Aug 2014 #15

torching Syria was a mistake ... nt quadrature Aug 2014 #17

The scary part is that there are thousands of US flamingdem Aug 2014 #18

Could be worse, we could have McCain's fantasy of thousands of troops TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #21

ha! Can you imagine flamingdem Aug 2014 #31

Is there a helicopter landing pad on a roof there?... n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #28

Tehran's toadie is going to stay in power. roamer65 Aug 2014 #22

This may be the big Shia/Sunni Showdown. TwilightGardener Aug 2014 #24

�It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last...." Javaman Aug 2014 #23

And we know how that turned out. n/t GP6971 Aug 2014 #25

I just checked online GP6971 Aug 2014 #26

Oh it's happening, I see lots on the web. bemildred Aug 2014 #33

I await the Hollywood version, The Green Bunker. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2014 #27

Ben Affleck pay attention! RoverSuswade Aug 2014 #29

With ISIS Hollywood has bad guys for a few decades flamingdem Aug 2014 #32

They're fighting over who gets to lose to ISIS? jberryhill Aug 2014 #34

yes, internal fighting while Iraq falls apart--and Obama gets blamed by riversedge Aug 2014 #39

Maliki's last gasp. DCBob Aug 2014 #36

I thought about grabbing Iraq, but then Iran. nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #37

He is incompetent potone Aug 2014 #38