Iraqi PM Malaki warned Obama: "Baghdad Will Burn" If Photos Released

06-02-2009, 06:39 AM

Officials: Obama Reversal on Detainee Photos Came at Maliki’s Behest
Iraqi President Warned 'Baghdad Will Burn' if Photos Ever Came to Light
by Jason Ditz, June 01, 2009
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/01/o...alikis-behest/

It came as something of a surprise when President Obama reversed his position on the release of photos of detainee abuse, despite his continued insistence that the contents were “not particularly sensational” and the Pentagon’s declaration that the photos could be released. Officials are now giving some insight as to why this is.

McClatchy is quoting several officials, including members of the Defense and State Departments as saying that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “went ballistic” when he heard about the planned release, telling the US that it would delay the June 30 pullout from Iraqi cities and declaring “Baghdad will burn” if the photos went public...

[There's a lot of chatter that photos include rapes of prisoners, including under age boys.]

06-02-2009, 06:39 AM	#1
no caste Guest Posts: n/a	Iraqi PM Malaki warned Obama: "Baghdad Will Burn" If Photos Released Officials: Obama Reversal on Detainee Photos Came at Maliki’s Behest Iraqi President Warned 'Baghdad Will Burn' if Photos Ever Came to Light by Jason Ditz, June 01, 2009 http://news.antiwar.com/2009/06/01/o...alikis-behest/ It came as something of a surprise when President Obama reversed his position on the release of photos of detainee abuse, despite his continued insistence that the contents were “not particularly sensational” and the Pentagon’s declaration that the photos could be released. Officials are now giving some insight as to why this is. McClatchy is quoting several officials, including members of the Defense and State Departments as saying that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki “went ballistic” when he heard about the planned release, telling the US that it would delay the June 30 pullout from Iraqi cities and declaring “Baghdad will burn” if the photos went public... [There's a lot of chatter that photos include rapes of prisoners, including under age boys.]