Allawi’s statements on possible civil war ‘dangerous’ – al-Dabbagh

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Statements made by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on possible civil war in the country in case the Justice and Accountability Commission rejected some candidates are dangerous, spokesman for the Iraqi government said on Thursday. “Allawi’s statements are dangerous as he linked flaring up civil war to the candidature of a few persons and this link means that those persons will be responsible for the civil war,” Ali al-Dabbagh told IraqiNews.com news agency. “All Iraqis have the right to protect the legislative body from elements not loyal to the new regime and that what happened in Germany which still bans the Nazis party,” he explained. Allawi had told Reuters that a ban on election candidates accused of links with Saddam Hussein’s Baath party threatens to drag Iraq into civil war. Iyad Allawi, who leads the Iraqiya list into the March 7 vote, said the ban could trigger a resurgence in sectarian attacks, reversing a fall in violence in the last two years that has allowed U.S. forces to eye a 2011 withdrawal date and Iraq to sign major oil deals. SH (P) 2