Shadowy Iraq office accused of sectarian agenda
POSTED: 1:55 p.m. EDT, May 1, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraq's prime minister has created an entity
within his government that U.S. and Iraqi military officials say is
being used as a smokescreen to hide an extreme Shiite agenda that is
worsening the country's sectarian divide.
The 'Office of the Commander in Chief' has the power to overrule other
government ministries, according to U.S. military and intelligence
sources.
Those sources say the 24-member office is abusing its power,
increasingly overriding decisions made by the Iraqi Ministries of
Defense and Interior and potentially undermining the entire U.S.
effort in Iraq.
The Office, as it is known in Baghdad, was set up about four months
ago with the knowledge of American forces in Iraq. Its goal is
ostensibly to advise Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki -- the nation's new
commander in chief -- on military matters . . ." -
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' . . . And the hits just keep on coming!'
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" . . . The right guy for Iraq." - George W. Bush on Iraq PM Nuri
al-Malik, Jordan Summit Meeting, November 30, 2006
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