Baghdad Rumor Mill: al-Wa’ili, a ‘Man of Action’

"According to the gossip-mongers of Baghdad’s political class, the CIA’s contingency plan—in case things get messy—is a man, and this man’s name is Sherwan al-Wa’ili. Which is weird, since most had assumed that he was Iran’s guy.

Now, let’s be clear that no one is talking about a coup…yet.

The idea is that should there be some reason why Maliki gets physically or politically incapacitated—a constitutional crisis, a military confrontation in which the Iraqi Army is forced to retreat at the hands of the peshmerga, an Iranian-orchestrated assassination attempt, a too aggressive move against the ‘Sons of Iraq’—then there’s no need to worry for Mr. al-Wa’ili can easily and effortlessly take over."
Talisman Gate