"They fear that if a national emergency was declared Maliki would surely quickly declare martial law and take total control of the entire country of Iraq. Kurdistan then would be the only entity left to face his corruption. A civil war would almost definitely break out. This too is what he desires. Remember dictators can only operate in chaos and fear. "
Yup I agree.
"I am trying to tell you that Maliki had told the Iraq army to stand down in Mosul. This was a plot to try once again to get the state of emergency declared. This chaos was used as leverage and pressure to try to get the parliament to vote in these emergency powers to Maliki. "
Doubtful. Iran, Iraqs ally, is fighting against the guys who have taken Mosul and half a billion dollars and countless weapons. You arent going to let that happen as well as half the country being taken over to try and get extra powers he may or may not get, which may or may not stop a now more highly enriched equipped organization. Thats some godawful political calculation for a dude who is sitting pretty with the power he has now.
"I just told you why! Maliki wanted to orchestrate this episode to get this enormous power that he had wanted all along. He only has a couple more days till his mandate expires as prime minister of the government. It is a last desperate attempt.
By getting these powers he would have derailed the election process and surely found out all the candidates (he already ordered that these candidates could not leave the country). He would have surely executed these candidates. Then how long would we have to wait for a new government? "
This is a wrinkle no doubt. It opens up the possibility of an all-in move by Al-Maliki. With the Iranians backing his government itll be interesting to see if they r also there to help keep him in power. i know Iran is anti ISIS but not sure if they are against any Iraqi minority groups that could gain power from elections, hence their involvement. It just doesnt seem plausible that theyd be able to pull off that type of move, allies giving the enemy that many resources in order to stay in control.
Its a convoluted mess.
