NEWSMAX: Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cautions that a victory for rebels fighting to overthrow the government in neighboring Syria will spark a sectarian war in his own country and Lebanon that would create a new haven for al-Qaida that would destabilize the whole Middle East.
The comments by Maliki in an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday marked one of his strongest warnings yet about the turmoil that toppling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could create in the Middle East.
His comments reflect growing fears by many Shiites in Iraq and elsewhere that Sunnis would come to dominate Syria should Assad be pushed from power… (more)
