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533Le Premier ministre irakien Nouri el Maliki a donné son avis sur les projets généralement entretenus par la “communauté internationale” (dito, le bloc BAO dans toute sa vertu) concernant la nécessité de faire tomber le dernier tyran en date, le Syrien Bashar el Assad. Un seul mot : une catastrophe, – pour la Syrie elle-même, et pour le Moyen-Orient en général (et pour le reste par conséquent, ajouterait-on). Maliki prévoit que les actuels troubles civils en Syrie se transformeraient en guerre civile intra-confessionnelle, affrontement qui se répandrait dans le reste du Moyen-Orient.
Il s’agit d’une interview au Daily Telegraph, le 5 novembre 2011, dans laquelle Maliki affirme également ne pas vouloir prendre partie dans la querelle entre l’Iran et l’Arabie Saoudite.
«Nouri al-Maliki gave his most unequivocal support yet to the Assad regime, and even hinted that its downfall could force Iraq into an Iranian-led alliance against the Arab world's Sunni states. “The killing or removal of President Bashar in any way will explode into an internal struggle between two groups and this will have an impact on the region,” said Mr Maliki, refering to predictions of region wide conflict between Sunni Muslims and the Shia sect. “It will end with civil war and this civil war will lead to alliances in the region. Because we are a country that suffered from the civil war of a sectarian background, we fear for the future of Syria and the whole region.”
»Although relations with Mr Assad, once a strong supporter of Saddam despite being a member of the Alawite Shia sect, were initially strained, his regime has collaborated with Baghdad to curb militant groups linked to al-Qaeda operating along the Iraqi-Syrian border. Many in Mr Maliki's coalition fear that if Syria's Sunni majority were to come to power, it could revitalise Sunni militants in Iraq's Anbar province who fought a long and bloody insurgency in the aftermath of the US invasion and who may harbour secessionist intentions.
»Mr Maliki has refused to align Iraq with a growing Arab consensus to ostracise the Syrian regime for its repression of the uprising against Mr Assad. Iraq was also one of only three states in the 22-member League that declined to support Syria's suspension from the bloc… […]
»Aware that many of his people still view Iran with distrust, and have little desire to become a satellite of Tehran, Mr Maliki has insisted that he is trying to steer a neutral course between the growing rivalry for Middle East hegemony between the Saudi and Iranian governments. “Iraq is not a follower of any country,” he said. “Clearly, we are no enemy to Iran and we do not accept that some who have problems with Iran would use us as a battlefield. Some want to fight Iran with Iraqi resources as has happened in the past. We do not allow Iran to use us against others that Iran has problems with, and we do not allow others to use us against Iran.”»
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