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Wall Street Journal: Big rivalry between al-Abadi al-Maliki and the next election .. and one cuff will tip for this reason

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Baghdad-day follow-up

 "Wall Street Journal" US newspaper published reported on Tuesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over al-Daesh in Mosul yesterday, but Iran is preparing to be the biggest winners in the conflict with Washington over gaining influence in Baghdad and in other parts of the region in general .

The newspaper At a report posted on its Alaketrona- that Nuri al-Maliki, a former prime minister who enjoys the support of Iran, aspires to return to his old post during the elections scheduled to take place next year against al-Abadi, favored by Washington.

She added: "that" Maliki attributed much of the credit for the victory of Mosul to a comprehensive collection of the author of the Shiite majority and backed by Iran militia, which was formed in 2014 before he was ousted as prime minister. However, the elections will determine whether Iraq will tend towards Iran or the United States. "

She highlighted: "that Daesh losses in Mosul may make it easier for Iran arms transfers across northern Iraq and neighboring Syria to Hezbollah militias backed by Iran in Lebanon. The authorities were quick in Tehran to praise the fight against extremists in Mosul as a victory for Tehran and its allies in the region."

The paper quoted Ali Akbar Velayati, top advisor to Iranian advisor said last week, while welcoming the defeat Daesh in Mosul, "Today begins the highway resistance in Tehran passes through Mosul and Beirut to the Mediterranean Sea."

In the same context, the newspaper pointed out that al-Abadi, despite his declaration of victory on Daesh yesterday, but he stressed that Iraq is the restoration of stability and eliminating sleeper cells, also announced an international coalition that the US-led fight Daesh Gen. Stephen Townsend, there are still difficult battles commander before the elimination of Daesh.

The agency "Wall Street Journal" that "the decline of the emirate Daesh in the Arab region by about becoming limited only to intermittent control areas mutilated, allowing Iran to regain its influence slowly, which stretches from Tehran to Damascus and Beirut through Baghdad."

 

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Iraq’s U.S.-backed prime minister declared victory over ISIS in Mosul on Monday, but Iran is shaping up to be one of the biggest winners in the struggle with Washington for influence in Baghdad and across the region.

Nouri al-Maliki, a former Iraqi prime minister supported by Iran, is campaigning to win back his old job in next year’s Iraqi election against Haider al-Abadi, the incumbent favored by Washington.

Mr. Maliki has given much of the credit for the Mosul victory to an umbrella group of mostly Shiite militias, many supported by Iran, that he formed in 2014, just before his ouster as premier. The election could determine whether the country tilts toward Iran or the U.S.

ISIS losses in Mosul also are expected to make it easier for Shiite-majority Iran to ship weapons through northern Iraq and neighboring Syria to the Hezbollah militia Iran supports in Lebanon. Authorities in Tehran have been quick to hail the battle against the Sunni extremists in Mosul as a triumph for them and their regional allies.

“Today the resistance highway starts in Tehran and passes through Mosul and Beirut to the Mediterranean,” Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said last week as he welcomed ISIS defeat in Mosul.

On Monday, Mr. Abadi declared victory over ISIS in Mosul, formally ending a nearly nine-month battle to win back Iraq’s second-largest city, which the extremists captured three years ago.

But Mr. Abadi said Iraq still had to restore stability and eliminate sleeper cells, and the commander of the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, pointed to tough battles ahead to eliminate ISIS. 

For Iran and Hezbollah, ISIS rise to power in 2014 became one of the biggest challenges to the alliance’s regional influence, erecting a state along the Iraqi-Syrian border that broke the weapons pipeline from Tehran to Beirut and challenged Tehran’s allies in Damascus. Iran has also shipped weapons to Hezbollah by using Iraqi airspace to fly equipment into Damascus, a less efficient route, according to Western and U.S. officials.

Now ISIS empire has been reduced to patchy zones of control, allowing Iran to slowly regain its arc of influence stretching from Tehran through Baghdad to Damascus and Beirut.

Tehran has longstanding cultural and political ties with Iraq, the only Arab country with a Shiite majority.

Although U.S. forces and the Shiite militias maintain an uneasy truce in Iraq, the militias have sought to check U.S. forces across the border in Syria, advancing on an American special forces base in the south. Washington responded by launching airstrikes on the Iraqi militias, turning southern Syria into a flashpoint for American confrontation with Iran in the Mideast.

On Monday, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, welcomed the victory in Mosul and taunted the U.S. for its waxing and waning support for Baghdad over the years.

“The Islamic Republic [of Iran] wasn’t like other countries that closed weapon contracts with Iraq after receiving Iraq’s money but refused to give support to Iraq when it’s urgent,” Gen. Soleimani said.

Mr. Maliki—a favorite of Iran—was blamed just a few years ago by the U.S. for stoking sectarian tensions that led to the rise of ISIS in 2014. Washington supported Mr. Abadi to replace him, and Mr. Maliki was pushed out of office that September.

Now Mr. Maliki is emerging as Mr. Abadi’s biggest competitor in what is expected to be a tight race that could determine whether the U.S.-backed fight against ISIS translates into lasting American influence in the country.

Iran officially backs Mr. Abadi, but the relationship could fray once a figure who can unite Iraqi security forces against ISIS is less crucial. Mr. Abadi has been more resistant to Iranian influence than other Shiite leaders, wary of being cast as an Iranian puppet.

On Sunday, with Mosul’s last battles still raging, Mr. Abadi flew to the city to declare victory. But Mr. Maliki had already issued a congratulatory statement last week.

Instead of congratulating Mr. Abadi’s government, Mr. Maliki praised Iraqi security forces and the Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces, the umbrella group of mostly Shiite militias that Mr. Maliki formed in 2014. Iran trained many of those militias a decade ago to fight U.S. troops after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Earlier this year, Mr. Maliki boasted that it was he who unified the Shiite militias and deserved the credit for ISIS defeats.

“Had there been no Hashed al-Shaabi, Baghdad would have fallen to terrorists,” he said.

The heated jockeying for power between Iran and the U.S. in Iraq comes as the government in neighboring Syria, bolstered by Iran and Hezbollah, is on the verge of victory after more than six years of war. That would strengthen the Shiite alliance that runs from Iran to Syria and Lebanon, incorporating the powerful militias in Iraq.

In Iraq, Iran’s biggest military and social tool is the Shiite militias, which have outlasted various governments in Baghdad and had numerous past confrontations with the U.S. military.

But Mr. Abadi sidelined them in the battle for Mosul, which was instead spearheaded by the country’s military and police with help from U.S. special forces. This was done out of concern that a bigger role for the militias would only deepen sectarian strains, as Mosul is a predominantly Sunni city. But in many of the other battles across Iraq, the militias have been instrumental to defeating ISIS.

“Iran is being very clever with the way it deals with Iraq,” said Hisham al-Hashemi, an Iraqi researcher who often advises the Iraqi government.

“After ISIS, Iran doesn’t need to boost its influence here anymore, it’ll be back to full control. The presence of ISIS for three years in Iraq has limited the influence of Iran’s allies.”

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21 minutes ago, jg1 said:

Just wondering has anyone heard Al Maliky (Sky Press)

Activists respond to Maliki's statement of victory: "the blood of the martyrs Ahalki Barakpetk Chlon sleep the night?"

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On the impact of the statement, Iraqi militants launched a violent attack on the Iraqi Vice-President Nuri al-Maliki, commenting on the statement published in his account on the "Facebook".

Said Hussein Hazem, said that "Ahalki (Maliki) shame, darling Annie dont promise us for the year you are non-existent blood of the martyrs, all Brگpetk Chlon sleep the night ??!", While commented expected Hassani, saying: "I think you should apologize and then issued a statement of congratulations apologized to your people for failure in the administration ordered them. "

Safe Hamid wrote on "al-Maliki" account, saying that "this Mufthm above is wrong Abalh editor is handed over to the period and heroes led by al-Abadi liberated," according to its expression.

Ahmed commented on a cup Maliki statement saying: "If God save us from you okay Iraq means HCI Kotaito Iraq Ehna silent shaft Iraqis today Glad victory Jay want to play with our minds the growth of Iraq handed them the text of the Daesh growth Taih luck someone else."

He attacked Anmar Abdul Karim, al-Maliki in his comment on the statement: "I bear witness that you are corrupt and cowardly traitor and a man of your religion and your country and your offer Qomatk and your caste and no you have the courage and virility atom."

He said Abdul-Karim al-Maliki told: "Because of the physical Tmek and Mouncba Iraq went into the abyss and shed the blood of innocent people is not the cause of them will be held accountable for humanity as a criminal one day as tyrants tried before."

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The next parliamentary elections are divided into two parts .. America is represented by Abadi al-Maliki and Iran represented !!

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The newspaper 'Wall Street Journal' American outbound reported on Tuesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi declared victory over al - Daesh in Mosul yesterday, but Iran is preparing to be the biggest winners in the conflict with Washington over gaining influence in Baghdad and throughout the region generally. 

The newspaper said - in a report posted on its website - that Nuri al - Maliki, a former prime minister who enjoys the support of Iran, aspires to return to his old post during the elections scheduled to take place next year against al - Abadi, favored by Washington. 

She added, 'that' al - Maliki attributed much of the credit for the victory of Mosul to a comprehensive group of consisting of a Shiite majority and backed by Iran militia, which was formed in 2014 before he was ousted as prime minister, but the election would determine whether Iraq Semmel towards Iran or the United States. " 

She highlighted, 'that Daesh losses in Mosul may make it easier for Iran arms transfers across northern Iraq and neighboring Syria to Hezbollah , the Iranian - backed militias in Lebanon. The authorities in Tehran was quick to praise the fight against extremists in Mosul as a victory for Tehran and its allies in the region. " 

The paper quoted Ali Akbar Velayati, top advisor to Iranian advisor said last week , while welcoming the defeat Daesh in Mosul 'Today begins the highway resistance in Tehran passes through Mosul and Beirut to the Mediterranean.' 

In the same context, the newspaper pointed out that al - Abadi , despite his declaration of victory on Daesh yesterday, but he stressed that Iraq is the restoration of stability and eliminating sleeper cells, also announced an international coalition that the US - led fight Daesh Gen. Stephen Townsend , there are still difficult battles commander before the elimination of Daesh. 

The agency 'Wall Street Journal' The 'receding emirate Daesh in the Arab region by about becoming limited only to intermittent control areas mutilated, allowing Iran to regain its influence slowly , which stretches from Tehran to Damascus and Beirut through Baghdad'.

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On 2017-07-11 at 3:15 PM, ChuckFinley said:

If this RV before the elections I am staying out of Iraq as an investment until the dust settles. 

If this happens to rv it all I'm looking forward and not looking back at Iraq at all ...I've wasted far too many years reading about these bozos ...:pirateship:

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16 minutes ago, Palmtree1970 said:

If this happens to rv it all I'm looking forward and not looking back at Iraq at all ...I've wasted far too many years reading about these bozos ...:pirateship:

I know and feel your pain. I just do not have the confidence that the leadership would do the right thing. 

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Well apparently Iran is still in control as Maliki is still not in prison the fact he embezzled Iraq dry and could even be considered as a contestant is proof enough. Pretty sure the votes in Iraq are not monitored either.  Hope like h e double hockey sticks Abadi is setting up Iraq for an accountable election from here on out. Who would put him back in office after he was jerked out of office so abruptly in 2014? And then to find out just how dirty he really is???

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What a friggin mess that place is ...Maliki should  be dead by now for his crimes but something tells me this could just drag on for years ,I'm a realist I'm afraid I do t for see the hcl ever being done as they can't agree on anything ...I can see my dinars just rotting in my safety box 😩Rant over 

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