Maliki Expelled Ibrahim Al-jaafari From Dawa, Jaafari may join Sadr Movement Shortly

To make his highness Maliki's lord and sponsor Bush happy, on Saturday, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawa party said it had expelled his predecessor, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, for setting up his own National Reform Party. Al-Jaafari's move was seen as a bid to reassert himself as part of a realignment of political forces in Iraq.

A senior aide to Dr. Jaafari, Abdul Aziz, declined to say whether Dr. Jaafari’s departure was tied to the leadership struggle in Dawa or differing positions on the security agreement. He said Dr. Jaafari was in meetings on Saturday evening and would not be available to comment.

Still, in a sign he may be staking out a more nationalist position.

After he created a political movement that opened talks with rivals of current Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. After Jaafari fell out with Maliki, he formed the National Reform Movement. Kramer writes that the shakeup in Shi'ite politics comes at a delicate time, what with the rivalries between Moqtada al-Sadr's supporters and Maliki's. With Maliki negotiating an unpopular security arrangement, al-Sadr's people will likely try to recruit Jaafari and his followers to their side. Indeed, while a senior Jaafari aide declined to say whether his expelling was related to leadership issues or differences over the security agreement, supporters of al-Sadr said they had opened talks with the National Reform Movement.

Coalition Grouping Sadrists with Sunni and Shi'a Allies

what could a major political development, al-Hayat and al-Jazeera quoted Sadrist officials as announcing that a new political coalition will be born, grouping major Shi’a and Sunni factions. Al-Hayat cited â€کAqeel â€کAbd al-Husain, a Sadrist official, who revealed that a new coalition called “the Patriotic Parliamentary Assemblyâ€‌ will be announced soon. The coalition, which comes as Iraqi parties gear up for several upcoming electoral battles, will group the Sadrists, Fadhila, â€کAllawi’s Iraqi List, Khalaf al-â€کLayyan’s “National Dialogue Council,â€‌ The “Arab Blocâ€‌ and Ja’fari’s newly announced National Reform Current.

If it materializes, such a coalition could garner a popular majority among Shi’as and a large Sunni voting base. The coalition is made up of three factions belonging to the – practically defunct – Shi’a I’tilaf, two factions...

Followers of another former prime minister, Ayad Allawi, are in talks with Shiite and Sunni politicians to try to establish a new political movement to compete with the ruling coalition, dominated by Shiite religious parties.

Remember it was Maliki who joined US call to rule for puppet regime after Jaafari refused to follow US dictations. Fall of Maliki started and Baghadadis already chosed a nice mass grave reserved for Maliki the puppet.

I hope Maliki should be hanged in the same place where Saddam was hanged. He should be buried alongside ex-dictator SAD_DAMN.