Iran Warning of Meteor over Baghdad, More Military Coup Talk……..
“A report suggests that Baath, the outlawed party of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, is to launch a coup in the lead-up to the country's elections. The allegations emanate from a new classified document obtained by some Iraqi parties from the dissolved faction's leaders based at home or abroad. According to the document, the Baath party, in cooperation with some Arab states, most notably Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, and in coordination with some current Iraqi political heavyweights plans to stage a comeback through a military coup, codenamed Naizak (Meteor). Jordan recently hosted a major Baath meeting, in which the former party leader, Saddam was glorified through special a ceremony, it adds. The 38-page document, which is yet to be verified by the Iraqi security authorities, identifies some of the prerequisites for a successful coup as: Infiltration into the body and the leadership of the Iraqi security and military apparatuses………The document, drawn up last year, also refers to al-Hashemi's clandestine meeting in Jordan with the head of the Saudi security apparatus and Allawi's contact with some Baath leaders and Arab authorities….......” Press TV(Iran)
This can be a self-serving Iranian piece, part of the ongoing tit-for-tat between the Iranians and the Saudis about Iraq. Yet there have been other reports and hints this month of a possible coup. No less a figure than the British ambassador to Baghdad, Mr. Jenkins, warned a couple of weeks ago that military and security services have been infiltrated by former Baathist high officers and that a military coup was a possibility. All this can also be part of the fog of pre-election haggling.
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