Aljazeera: Iraqi south threatens secession
Informed sources told Aljazeera that al-Maliki said the breakaway province would include Basra, Misan and Dhi Qar governorates.
He also wants to shut Basra's port and in effect stop oil exports.
Al-Maliki said the decision was taken because the Iraqi interim government was "responsible for the Najaf clashes".
He has not outlined the steps for the implementation of his proposal.
Supply cut
Ali Hamud al-Musawi, head of the Misan governorate council, told Aljazeera al-Malki's decision was a normal and a logical reaction.
"The feelings of Iraqi southerners in particular and Iraqis in general had been contempt," al-Musawi said.
"This reaction comes in response to the crimes committed against Iraqis by an illegal and unelected government, and occupation forces who claimed they came to liberate Iraq, but it turned out that they have come to kill Iraqis," he added.
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