If Al-Maliki takes a lot of luggage and backpacks

[spindrifter]

with him to Amman, we'll be pretty close to knowing the next scenario in Iraq.

[Disturbed]

1. Moqtada al-Sadr threatens to provoke collaps of government

Moqtada al-Sadr threatens to provoke collaps of government

As the death toll from yesterday's series of attacks in Sadr City mounted to over 200 and hospitals are collapsing, a huge bomb attack was carried out today in Tal Afar, 420 km north of the capital, killing at least 22.

Meanwhile Moqtada al-Sadr announced the Mahdi Army followers would suspend their membership in parliament and the government if prime minister Nouri al-Maliki heeds the call of the US administration to hold a meeting with US President and Secretary of State in Amman next Wednesday and Thursday, to talk about how to regain control of the Iraqi security situation.

In the eventuality of a withdrawal of Moqtada al-Sadr 30 parliamentarians and six cabinet members, al-Maliki's government would lose its backbone and most likely collapse. Member of parliament Qusai Abdul-Wahab from Moqtada al-Sadr's bloc released a heated statement in which he claimed that US forces were responsible for yesterday's series of bomb assaults in Sadr City.

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