BAGHDAD, Iraq – Former Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki Tuesday dismisses as “worthless” a parliamentary report blaming him and others for the jihadist takeover of the city of Mosul last year.
“There is no value in the result that emerged from the parliamentary investigation committee on the fall of Mosul, which was dominated by political differences and was not objective,” Maliki says on his Facebook page.
“What happened in Mosul was a conspiracy planned in Ankara, then the conspiracy moved to Arbil,” Maliki says in a second post, referring to the capitals of Turkey and Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, both long-time foes of his.
The two-term premier is currently in Iran, where he is due to meet Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday, an official in his office says.
The Islamic State jihadist group seized Mosul in June 2014, then overran a third of the country in a devastating offensive that swept security forces aside.
— AFP
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