What’s going on in Iraq

Sometimes reading Iraq related news from the schools of western journalism can be very frustrating, especially when they are not telling you anything new, news-worthy or even interesting. Yesterday, I was reading a news site that stated ‘The Kurds have moved into the Northern Iraqi cities to safe guard their interest in Iraq’. This is old story Mr/Ms journalist. Kurds secured their interest weeks ago. You are not reporting anything new here.

The Iraqi government bombed some of the ISIS targets and claimed some sort victory. I don’t know how successful the Iraqis will be fighting against the ISIS in the short term via air raid only. Does air power really works considering the apostates of ISIS (Islamic state) are hiding among the Sunnis who are not yet ready to rid them off until the central government of al-Maliki resigned? This is a delicate situation. While you really need to remove the terrorists who are hiding among the Sunnis, you still wanna make sure that not too many Sunnis become casualties of war or collateral damage because we don’t want everyone to be inflamed further. Iraq cannot continue to be in a war-like state indefinitely. Only terrorists win by making the whole country instable.

I hope the monkeys from the ISIS are reading the news especially what the leader of the Sunni Arab tribes said a few days ago. The ISIS/ISIL is useful to their agenda but once/if Maliki met their demand, they (the Iraqi Sunnis) are going to slaughter the ISIS fighters like dogs.

What’s going on with the Shiite? Some of the Shiite still felt betrayal from al-Maliki and are still mad and bitter at him for reigning in their new found freedom. Maliki has also fought with some of their leaders who were a little bit more extreme. Now, Maliki needs their help to fight the ex-Baathists and the Jihadist Sunnis. I think this new threat of terrorism from ISIS has brought the Shiite closer together. They have far more important things to worry about …the murderers that are coming after them and their family and the politicians who either don’t care enough or are not competent enough to stop the terrorists.

Going back to the Kurds, I think they are watching the ISIS closely and waiting for something to happen before doing anything? Most of the Kurds don’t think they belong in a unified Iraq under a strong central government but are they waiting until most of Baghdad razes to ground so they can have a stronger claim to their statehood? But what if Maliki gets all the support he needs and manages to demolish or pushes the ISIS terrorist out of Iraq? Wouldn’t Maliki and for that matter the Shias of Iraq become angry with this clear show of unfaithfulness coming from the Kurds and the Arab Sunnis?