There have been mass arrests throughout Iraqi government centered in the interior ministry. It was initially alleged that it was a coup attempt, but now it is alleged that they were all trying to reconstitute the now banned Baath party.

If those charges sound bogus, even more suspect is that the arrests were made by a unit that answers directly to the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki

It appears that the US general who was the chief liaison with the Interior Ministry has been completely out of the loop, and he has no idea as to whether it will effect the attempts to bring the, “Sons of Iraq”, Sunnis recruited to fight Jihadists in various regions of Iraq into the law enforcement system.

I tend to agree with Robert Farley, who says that this is a power grab by Maliki, and considering his vociferous opposition bringing in the “Sons of Iraq”, my guess is that they will be shooting at Americans again.