Embattled Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki to step aside

The Guardian ^ | August 14, 2014

[maggief]

Nouri al-Malki, the embattled prime minister of Iraq, announced on Thursday that he was stepping down after support from his party and associates in parliament slipped away.

[headstamp 2]

And off to Switzerland he goes

[maggief]

Agence France-Presse @AFP · 20m
#BREAKING Maliki to concede defeat, back Iraq PM-designate, says spokesman

[DannyTN]

Your mutiny has failed

[Common Sense 101]

Yeah, that ought to do it...

[bert]

you can’t stepaside when you are on your ass outside the door from which you have been kicked

[maggief]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqi-state-tv-nouri-al-maliki-has-given-up-the-post-of-prime-minister-to-haider-al-abadi/2014/08/14/e3eb206a-23ec-11e4-8b10-7db129976abb_story.html

Iraqi state TV: Nouri al-Maliki has given up the post of prime minister to Haider al-abaci

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/world/middleeast/iraq-prime-minister-.html

Iraq’s Prime Minister Agrees to Relinquish Power

[Truth29]

"And off to Switzerland he goes"

And he better be quick. In countries like this, losing power is often a short step to being killed.

[BigEdLB]

Switzerland? I hear they have tough immigration laws.... And they enforce them.

[elhombrelibre]

Thank God. I thought he’d pull an uncompromising approach, like what’s popular with the “I’m not voting for McConnell” types and who say “I’ll be better off with the Dems winning than an imperfect conservative.”

[headstamp 2]

It’s where his bank account is.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

LOL. Now you’ve done it.

[RIghtwardHo]

Exactly. With a passel of money I am sure.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It depends on how much cash is brought in...

[Uncle Miltie]

Okay, 0bambi, you got what you wanted.

Now will you confront the Islamic State, or acquiesce in genocide?

[stephenjohnbanker]

” And off to Switzerland he goes”

With 100 million, or so.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” It’s where his bank account is.”

Yep, and a big one.

[MinuteGal]

He named his price, payable in advance to various banks in Europe, Monaco, Aruba.

Now he can hit the fleshpots of the jet set at his whim......the Riviera, San Moritz, Capri, the Greek Islands, Saint-Tropez.......

Maybe we can fix him up with Paris Hilton.

Leni

[silverleaf]

He was elected according to the constitution we helped them establish

I guess like us they don’t need no steenkin’ constitution

I bet his appproval rating is still higher than Obama’s

now let’s get ISIS into an “inclusive” Iraqi government and unicorns will start crapping skittles

[Uncle Chip]

I’ll believe it when Maliki on a beach in Qatar.