URGENT: Maliki claims he has document on Kurds’ involvement in fall of Mosul
(IraqiNews.com) Former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki accused the Kurds of being responsible for the fall of the Mosul city under the control the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), referring he possesses a document stating that the Kurds requested the Iraqi Army to withdraw and not fight ISIS in Mosul.
Maliki, speaking of the fall of Mosul, said, “ISIS did not come with a great force, but orders were issued for the present army element not to engage with ISIS who came to fight al-Maliki and the Shiites, not to fight them. The 3rd Division’s commander withdrew and fled.”
He added, “Kurds made public statements that this is not their fight, and everyone pulled back from the battlefield. The withdraw of 35-40% is enough for the collapse of the army.”
Al-Maliki said, “There was an operations room and a plan was arranged to give orders to the Iraqi Army in case ISIS progressed, but they withdrew without a fight,” stressing that the collapse happened due to the withdrawal and not the fighting.
He added that what happened was “premeditated” and a scheme that they had worked on for more than two years, and one of its aspects was the conspiracy that took place in Mosul.
This came as the president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani repeatedly said that he warned al-Maliki about the fall of Mosul, but the latter took no notice of it.
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