The Seattle Times reports that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proposed the following strategy to curb the sectarian violence in Iraq :
"Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki — who, like most Iraqis, is Shiite — has devised a two-pronged plan in which U.S. for Iraqi forces would take over security of the center of the capital while al-Maliki works to contain Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia. Under such a plan, al-Maliki would accept an increase in U.S. troops in Baghdad."
The proposal put forward by the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hazardous. Sunnis will accuse the Americans of being partial. Sunnis are already angered by the high-handedness of American forces and policies. If Americans carry out operations only against the Sunni insurgents. It will make the situation more volatile. It will hinder the reconciliation efforts of the U.S. administration.
Since the fall of the Saddam Hussain Shiites used Americans to settle their scores with the Sunnis. Instead of pardoning the community which repressed them. If Shiites do not rethink their policies, then Iraq will slip into a civil.
Media has wrongly portrayed the situation of Iraq. Saddam was a secular person. We saw many Shiites in his Supreme Council. Iraq's army also consisted of large number of Shiites, who fought against the Iranians during the Gulf War.