NY Times: Al-Maliki's Resignation Only Solution to Iraq's Problems

Published in Al Iraq News
(Iraq) on 5 May 2013
by Editorial (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Zachary Huberty. Edited by Gillian Palmer.
The New York Times feels that the solution to Iraq’s problems lies in al-Maliki’s resignation of responsibility. The paper said in its analysis of Iraq's situation that the country is going through a dangerous crisis; the solution lies within the resignation of the prime minister and parliament installing someone in his place. There are other Shi'ite politicians qualified to lead the government of a national union. The paper added that if al-Maliki is persuaded to resign, it would grant the Sunni political moderates a symbolic victory and would help curb extremist infiltration within their society. In turn, this would demonstrate to all Iraqis that change is possible through politics and not war.

At the same time, parliamentary dissolution could be avoided. The paper noted that — a decade after the fall of Saddam Hussein — violence still threatens to crush Iraq. As a new political deal, regional cooperation with the U.S. will not be easy with al-Maliki out of the picture, but it is necessary to save Iraq.


صحيفة امريكية ترى ان رحيل المالكي هو وحدة القادر على حل مشاكل العراق

نيويورك: شبكة اخبار العراق- رأت صحيفة نيويورك تايمز ان حل مشاكل العراق يكمن في تنحي المالكي عن المسؤولية. وقالت الصحيفة في تحليل لها عن ما الت اليه الاوضاع في العراق ان العراق يمر في ازمة خطيرة وان الحل يكمن في أن يتنحى رئيس الوزراء ويحل محله شخصية أخرى منتخبة من قبل البرلمان، فهناك غيره من السياسيين الشيعة القادرين على قيادة حكومة وحدة وطنية واضافت اذا ماتم اقناع المالكي بالاستقالة ، فإن ذلك سيمنح المعتدلين من السنة نصرا رمزيا و يكبح نفوذ المتطرفين في مجتمعهم. وهذا بدوره يمكن أن يبين لكل العراقيين بأن التغيير ممكن من خلال السياسة وليس الحرب. كما يمكن اجتناب حل البرلمان،واشارت الى انه وبعد مرور عقد على سقوط صدام حسين، فإن العنف يهدد بسحق العراق. وإن تعاونا اقليميا مع الولايات المتحدة على عقد صفقة سياسية جديدة مع اختفاء المالكي عن الصورة، لن يكون أمرا سهلا لكنه ضروري لإنقاذ العراق .
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