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Security Plan To Frustrate Coup Attempts Following U.S. Withdrawal From Iraqi Cities
Despite security plans in place to frustrate coup attempts in Iraq, Kamal Al-Sa'idi, an Iraqi MP from the Al-Da'wa Party (Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki's party) did not rule out the possibility that some forces would attempt a coup.
Al-Sa'idi listed among the forces that might contemplate a coup the Ba'th Party, armed groups, officers in Saddam's army, and former security agencies, in addition to political figures who publicly espouse democracy but maintain disguised relationships with these forces.
Al-Sa'idi added that there was a desire among "regional forces" to change the Iraqi political system. If the coup attempts fail, these regional forces would seek to influence the outcome of the elections scheduled for January 2010 to pursue their agenda.
While these forces are prepared to spend billions of dollars to affect regime change, Al-Sa'idi speculated that they would not succeed without an American agreement.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, July 2, 2009
Posted at: 2009-07-02
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