An Iraqi member of parliament is warning of a possible military coup against the government of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, the London-based daily A-Sharq Al-Awsat reports.
The warning came from Hadi Al-‘Amiri, who heads the Badr Organization, the military wing of the High Council of the Islamic Revolution.
"There are some who talk about toppling Al-Maliki’s government and replacing it with a national rescue government, which we call a military coup government," said Al-‘Amiri during a speech in the city of Najaf.
Such an act, added Al-‘Amiri, would mean "the invalidation of the constitution and the results of the elections, as well as returning to the starting point."
So far Al-Maliki’s plan to fight terror has not succeeded in bringing down the daily number of casualties in Iraq. Rough estimates indicate that during May and June 2006, more than 6,000 Iraqi were killed in insurgent and sectarian violence.
As a result of the increasing violence in Iraq, the U.S. command decided on Saturday to send another 3,700 troops to Baghdad.