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Iranian-backed militias may have killed 500 protesters in Iraq As many as 550 protesters have been killed in Iraq since protesters began in October. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN FEBRUARY 3, 2020 13:39 Iraqi demonstrators lift up a man who was killed during anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, January 21, 2020 As many as 550 protesters have been killed in Iraq since protests began in October, the Iraqi Commission for Human Rights revealed on Monday. Overall figures are likely higher, because the data only begins on October 30 and many protesters were killed in October. The report reveals that 22 people have been murdered in assassinations. Many of these killings were carried out by Iranian-backed militias, operating with impunity against the protesters.Since October Iraq has tried to blame a “third party” for killing protesters. But many protesters have clashed with elements of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) which are a group of mostly Shi’ite militias, many linked to Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The US has accused Qais Khazali of Asaib Ahl Al-Haq of being one of those behind suppressing protests. Other groups within the PMU such as Kataib Hezbollah, Saraya al-Khorasani and Hadi al-Amiri’s Badr have also been involved. Protesters have targeted the offices of these militias.The militias gained strength after 2014 when many young men joined to fight ISIS. But after the war on ISIS largely ended in 2017, the PMU used its forces to punish the Kurdistan region for an independence referendum, taking over Kirkuk. They also took over rural areas around Sunni cities, setting up checkpoints. They have been accused of numerous abuses, as well as operating secret prisons and trafficking weapons to Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon via their own storehouses.Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, then the leader of Kataib Hezbollah, established offices in Syria and bases, and Qais Khazali went to Lebanon to threaten Israel in 2017. The US killed Muhandis on January 3 alongside IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani.The PMU have played a key role suppressing protesters, often using snipers and plain-clothed men with guns. Protesters have shown videos of these attacks. In recent weeks, Iraqi political leader Muqtada al-Sadr has begun working with the PMU and Badr to arrange anti-US protests. None of the protesters linked to Sadr or Badr were killed on December 31 or January 23 in mass rallies, showing that it is only the other protesters, many of them critical of Iran, who are targeted. This means that Iranian-backed militias are likely behind hundreds of deaths in Iraq. Sadr has now called for an end to the protests, which could lead to a new crackdown. https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iranian-backed-militias-may-have-killed-500-protesters-in-Iraq-616327

Local news Monday, February 3, 2020 | 12:48 pm | Views: 55 The International Aviation Organization begins implementing the procedures of the Global Safety Oversigh Audit Program in Iraq Baghdad / ... The Civil Aviation Authority announced today, Monday, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the implementation of the procedures of the International Program for the safety oversight audit in Iraq. "In coordination with the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has initiated procedures for the first phase of the USOAP safety audit program in Iraq," said Director General of the Authority Ali Khalil Ibrahim in a statement received by "Eye of Iraq News". Ibrahim said, "The program includes seven basic elements in safety procedures, which are (Civil Aviation Law - Organizational Structure - Aviation Operations - Vacations and Licenses - Airports - Airworthiness - Air Navigation)." He added, "A specialized team from the International Civil Aviation Organization is currently studying the documents for the aforementioned elements and in coordination with the Authority's Safety Department," noting that "it is hoped that the audit procedures will end at the end of February and that will be followed by preparing an action plan according to the results of this audit." . According to the Civil Aviation Authority, this audit is the first step to develop the authority's procedures in terms of overseeing aviation safety, and in implementation of its plan developed with the International Civil Aviation Organization to apply all required international standards. Finished 2 http://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=129714

NASSIF ALLAWI: WHALES OF CORRUPTION ARE FEELING SAFE Monday, 3 February 2020 1:33 PM SHARE THE ARTICLE: Baghdad / NNC- Deputy Alia Nassif, on Monday, called on Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to “fulfill his promises” and open corruption files “seriously” and refer spoilers to the judiciary, saying that “whales of corruption are feeling safe”. Nassif said in a statement that NNC obtained a copy of it, “It is financial corruption that has brought the country into what it is today from many crises and problems that have been reflected in all areas of life. The mafias expanded and spread their arms to various sectors of the state, and they now have offices and companies abroad that manage corruption at home, coordinate and conclude suspicious deals and charge commissions. Nassif added, “Whoever intends to stand up to all this corruption must ask: What files do we start with? The answer is that the file of electricity and energy is the one that deserves to start investigating its corruption, because this important vital sector is the most corrupt, with terrifying numbers equivalent to the budgets of countries. Nassif stressed "the importance of (Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq) Allawi proceeding to open corruption files seriously in order to gain the confidence of the people in the transitional period and for these measures to be calculated as an achievement recorded for him if he had the courage and courage https://nnciraq.com/23987/

Iran not sharing evidence from airline crash with Ukraine after audio leak: official Above, the black box of the Ukrainian aircraft that crashed near Tehran on January 8, 2020 after a being hit by Iranian missiles. (AFP) February 03, 202008:50 711 Audio file was given to Ukrainian experts as part of a joint investigative team ‘This action by the Ukrainians led to us not sharing any more evidence with them’ DUBAI: Iran is no longer sharing evidence from the investigation into the Ukraine airliner crash with Ukraine after audio from the investigation was leaked by Ukrainian media, the director in charge of accident investigations at Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization was quoted as saying on Monday. The audio file was part of the evidence that was given to Ukrainian experts as part of the joint investigative team’s examination of the crash. “The technical investigation team of the Ukrainian airline crash, in a strange move, published the secret audio file of the communications of a pilot of a plane that was flying at the same time as the Ukrainian plane,” Hassan Rezaifar said, according to the semi-official Mehr news agency. “This action by the Ukrainians led to us not sharing any more evidence with them.” https://www.arabnews.com/node/1622186/middle-east

State of Law: We reserve our support for Allawi for these two reasons 12:40 - 02/02/2020 0 Information / Baghdad .. I attributed the State of Law Coalition, Monday, the reason for his reservation against Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi for two reasons, stressing that it will monitor Allawi's procedures in choosing his cabinet cabinet without direct interference. A coalition member, Alia Nassif, said in a statement to "Information", that "the State of Law coalition does not have any damages to an Allawi person and has not recorded any negativity on it, but it does not want to repeat the previous mistake when assigning Abdul-Mahdi who is in violation of the constitution." She added that "the state of law reservation to support Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi was in compliance with the rational religious authority that gave the characteristics of the new prime minister that he not be a polemical figure and a participant in previous governments, and the second reason, which is constitutional because the selection of Allawi was not constitutional and a candidate from the largest bloc." The deputy of the al-Hikma stream, Asaad al-Murshidi, affirmed in a previous statement to “The Information”, that Parliament is ready to hold an extraordinary session to vote on the booth of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, pointing out that Parliament will vote on the booth even if 50% of it is chosen. Ended in / 25 pm https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/02/03/453669/

Politician Al-Khalidi: Allawi rejected an offer to choose partisan ministers 14:29 - 02/02/2020 0 The information / Baghdad .. On Monday, the head of the Bayraq al-Khair bloc, Muhammad al-Khalidi, revealed that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi refused to accept any political offer to choose partisan ministers in his cabinet, indicating that most of the demonstrators were nominated and chose Allawi to head the government. Al-Khalidi said in a statement to "Information" that "the talk about giving Prime Minister Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi promises to the political blocs regarding the nomination of partisan ministers is inaccurate because he rejected all of these offers." Al-Khalidi added, "The assignment of Allawi came at the request of most of the demonstrators and his leaders, after it was chosen out of 50 candidates who were rejected in most of the demonstrations." He continued, "The small number of demonstrators must not be in a hurry in the decision and wait for Allawi until he announces his government program and naming the cabinet cabinet ." End / 25D https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/02/03/453678/

Deputy: Allawi will not continue to implement the Abdul Mahdi program and will bring parliament with a new vision 12:59 - 02/02/2020 0 Information / Baghdad .. The deputy of the Sadqoun Ahmad al-Kinani bloc confirmed that the Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi will not continue implementing his predecessor Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s program and will come with a program with a new vision. Chinese. Al-Kanani said in a statement to "Information", that "it is evident that the whole government has a vision that differs from its predecessors, and that the continuation of the government of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi until preparing for early elections does not mean at all to complete the government program for his predecessor, Adel Abdul-Mahdi ." He added that "Allawi will come to parliament with a government program that differs from the program of his predecessor, Adel Abdul Mahdi, and it may include him to continue implementing the Iraqi-Chinese agreement as it is an important economic framework agreement for Iraq." The deputy of the al-Hikma stream, Asaad al-Murshidi, affirmed in a previous statement to “The Information”, that Parliament is ready to hold an extraordinary session to vote on the booth of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, pointing out that Parliament will vote on the booth even if 50% of it is chosen. Ended in / 25 pm https://www.almaalomah.com/category/economic/

02/20/2020 11:54 Views 191 Section: Iraq Parliamentary security reveals personalities whose existence is related to the fate of the American forces in Iraq Baghdad / Obelisk: Member of the Parliamentary Defense Committee, Mahdi Taqi Amerli, confirmed on Monday, 3 February 2020, that there are movements of some political figures to maintain the American military presence in Iraq. Indicating that the House of Representatives rejects any political moves that would extend the American presence. Amerli said in a statement to local media, that there are a number of political figures who believe that their presence is linked to the presence of the occupying forces and that they will lose what they got after the occupation came out. He added, that his committee refuses to allow the extension of the occupation forces' presence in Iraq, and we also refuse that the new government extend the stay of these forces. Amerli warned that the presence of the American occupation would lead to political rivalry and instability, stressing the need to work to remove the occupier. Follow the obelisk http://almasalah.com/ar/news/187263/الأمن-النيابية-تكشف-عن-شخصيات-يتعلق-وجودها-بمصير-القوات-الامريكية-في-العراق

02/20/2020 10:36 Views 54 Section: Iraq The death toll from the demonstrations since its inception: 536 martyrs and 23 thousand wound Baghdad / Obelisk: The Commission for Human Rights revealed, on Monday 3 February 2020, new figures about the number of victims of protests in the country, noting that the figures issued by it about the number of victims in the ranks of the demonstrators are correct and not astronomical. A member of the commission, Ali Al-Bayati, said in a statement received by Al-Masalla that the commission's numbers were correct and not astronomical, as they were accused by some. Al-Bayati said that what was published yesterday was a comment by us on what was published on the Iraqi News Agency website, where I published statistics on the number of victims of the demonstrations and on official sources. He added that the UNHCR figures from October 1, 2019 to January 30, 2020 amounted to: The number of martyrs: 536, "including 17 security affiliates." Number of injured: 23545 "3519 security associates". Number of detainees: 2713 “only 328 are in detention”. Number of kidnapped: 72 "22 were released." Number of assassinations: 49 "22 deaths, 13 injuries and 14 failed." Total damage: 418 public and private. Obelisk http://almasalah.com/ar/news/187254/حصيلة-ضحايا-التظاهرات-منذ-انطلاقتها-536-شهيدا-و23-ألف-جريح

Advertising Amidst blackmail expected to pass, Allawi begins consultations with the formation of the government and the holding of elections Policy 2020-02-03 | 06:01 A political source revealed that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Allawi started directing the formation of the government and the mechanism for holding early elections, while he expected there to be blackmail by voting to pass the government The source said, "Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Allawi embarked today on consultations to form the government, with meetings with several political forces, aimed at launching his government program and the mechanism for going to early elections within a period not exceeding the middle of next year," noting that "Allawi met yesterday, Sunday, with analysts and researchers in a session Informal and friendly, during which they listened for several hours on the street. " He added, "Most of the political blocs informed Allawi of her asceticism with their quotas from the ministries," explaining that "this matter we have heard in past governments, and nothing has been achieved, and usually, blackmail is through a vote on passing the government, which will be for Allawi's government, the end of this month." Or early next month at the latest. " And he continued that "the government until now may not exceed the number of its fifteen ministers, and Allawi is still trapped in the sectarian equilibrium complex, because the general atmosphere of the political blocs is like this." https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/سياسة/333405/وسط-توقعات-بحصول-ابتزاز-لتمريرهاعلاوي-يبدأ-بمشاورا

Iraq .. Allawi makes an appeal to the demonstrators and reveals "his mandate" February 03, 2020 Designated Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi The newly appointed Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, made an appeal to the Iraqi demonstrators, calling on them to "withdraw the fuse of the conflict and disputes and not to allow the corrupt people to turn the clock back." He wrote in tweets on "Twitter", Monday: "The demonstrations have achieved impressive results by rejecting most of the political class that brought the country to this dire situation. These achievements were represented by a new election law and a new reality for the Electoral Commission as well as the dropping of party candidates to take over as prime minister." . محمد توفيق علاوي Mohammed Tawfik Allawi@MohammedAllawi (الخشية من تفرق كلمة المتظاهرين) لقد حققت التظاهرات نتائج باهرة بتغيير موازين النظام السياسي، على اثر ذلك استجاب مجموعة من النواب المستقلين إلى مطالب المتظاهرين فاختاروا خمسة اسماء من الذين طرحت اسمائهم وصورهم في ساحات التظاهر، وتم اختيار محمد توفيق علاوي (1/3) 1,764 5:29 PM - Feb 2, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,098 people are talking about this To show that he is "independent" from the political class rejected by the street, he revealed his candidacy method by saying: "After that, a group of independent representatives, numbering about 170 deputies, responded to the demands of the demonstrators, so they chose five names of those whose names and pictures were presented in the demonstration squares." And, these independent deputies held a referendum among themselves on the five names, and the majority chose the name of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, and Muhammad Allawi was truly a representative of the peaceful demonstrators, "he said. محمد توفيق علاوي Mohammed Tawfik Allawi@MohammedAllawi وتم اختيار محمد توفيق علاوي ممثلاً عن المتظاهرين السلميين؛ إن خشية الفاسدين من اطروحات محمد علاوي لانهاء فسادهم دفعهم للتحرك لإشاعة اجواء البلبلة والفوضى وتفريق كلمة المتظاهرين، واني من هذا المنبر اوجه نداءً إلى كافة المتظاهرين الاعزاء (3/2) 873 5:32 PM - Feb 2, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 568 people are talking about this He pointed out that "what the corrupt people fear is their theses in ending the political quota," adding in the same context that "these (corrupt) have lost their hopes of corruption and thefts, so they moved to spread the atmosphere of confusion and chaos and dispersed the word of the demonstrators, and from this platform I appeal to all Dear demonstrators to withdraw the fuse of the conflict and disputes and not to allow the corrupt to turn back the clock. " محمد توفيق علاوي Mohammed Tawfik Allawi@MohammedAllawi المتظاهرين الاعزاء لسحب فتيل النزاع والخلافات لاننا فقط بروح الاخوة والمحبة نستطيع ان ننقذ بلدنا وننهض به ونحقق ازدهاره ، وبخلافه سنفقد ما تحقق من انجازات عظيمة وسنجر بلدنا إلى الهاوية إن تخلينا عن روح الاخوة والتعاون واشعنا روح الخلاف والنزاع بيننا (3/3) 2,193 5:35 PM - Feb 2, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,663 people are talking about this He concluded his tweets, saying: "Only in the spirit of brotherhood, love and cooperation can we save our country and rise with it and achieve its prosperity and development, and otherwise we will lose the great achievements and we will drag our country into the abyss if we abandon the spirit of brotherhood and cooperation and radiate the spirit of discord, conflict and conflict." https://www.alhurra.com/a/العراق-علاوي-يوجه-نداء-للمتظاهرين-ويكشف-طريقة-ترشيحه-/532169.html

Allawi and Iran's arms in Iraq .. Where do interests meet? February 03, 2020 Commissioning Muhammad Allawi, headed by the Prime Minister of Iraq The newly-appointed Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, is still insisting on marketing the image of the "independent politician", despite the beginning of the escalation of the Iraqi demonstrators since the night his name was announced, in protest against his mandate and confirmation of his rejection. Allawi protested the protesters to implement pledges demanding part of it, but Iraqi analysts said that it is "the same promises that his predecessor, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, had not fulfilled." ON THE LINK "Khayan al-Watan" .. Muqtada al-Sadr says "I love the October Revolution" and the revolutionaries respond On the ground in protest arenas, demonstrators respond by affirming their "total rejection" to appoint him as prime minister of the country, and they went out in mass demonstrations in Baghdad, Diwaniyah, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Babel, Hilla, and other southern cities, in an expression of "his rejection." But between Allawi’s sympathetic speech to the demonstrators and the activists of the Harak movement who reject him, being "one of the objections of the rejected Iraqi political class", a discussion surfaces between observers about "common denominators" that bring together Allawi and the Iranian windows in Iraq. At a time when observers believe that Allawi's appointment came as a result of an Iranian deal, arranged in "Qom", a second party says that the man had no ambitions to obtain the new position, had it not been for "being pushed" by Muhammad al-Kawtharani, the official of the Iraq file in Hezbollah in Lebanon, and pressed To appoint him instead of Mustafa al-Kazimi, director of Iraqi intelligence. Iran's brother-in-law Hisham al-Hashemi, an Iraqi political analyst, told Al-Hurra, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, "He will be more in line with Iranian interests, and he will not be a man of balance in front of her in Iraq." He stated, in the context of his analysis, that the closeness between Allawi and Iranian influence appears in three points, often affecting his balances, which are - according to al-Hashemi - "the relationship of intermarriage that combines him with Muqtada al-Sadr (the marriage of his two daughters to the cousins of Muqtada al-Sadr), in addition to his faith. The Shiite religious belief in the doctrine of Najafi turbans known to be friendly to Iran, in addition to the links of advisers close to him with the Tehran regime. ON THE LINK Video from Iraq .. Protesters drive out blue hats from Al-Haboubi Square, Nasiriyah And on the reasons for refusing to name Mustafa al-Kazemi, the director of Iraqi intelligence, as prime minister of the country, al-Hashemi attributed this to two reasons, the first being "close and with ties to the Gulf states, and the second, being a non-religious man like Allawi." He stated that Allawi had no desire to run if there were no efforts led by "Muhammad Al-Kawtharani" from Lebanon, to propose his name as Prime Minister of Iraq, instead of Mustafa Al-Kazemi. By this, the analyst concluded that Allawi will be an Iraqi official more in line with Iran, than the other regional powers. "Impossible" balances On the other hand, the Iraqi political analyst, Hamza Mustafa, believes for Al-Hurra website that the balances that Allawi seeks to achieve with Iran will be very difficult, given that the Iranian influence in Iraq is multiple and has other mechanisms, other than the known military. He stated that Allawi put himself during his first day in a difficult test, which lies in the pledge he made to the demonstrators, that he would work to "confine weapons to the state, and in case he failed to fulfill this pledge, he would reveal to the people the pressures he was subjected to," which would embarrass him. In front of the "Popular Mobilization" force, hit by someone who touches Tehran's interests in Iraq. ON THE LINK Iraq .. Allawi makes an appeal to the demonstrators and reveals "his mandate" On the intersections between Allawi and Tehran, the analyst said, "It is difficult to say now early that he is a sponsor of Iran's interests in the country, but he will find it difficult to create balances with Iran." The ruling political class in Iraq, and with it the sectarian political blocs, had hoped for the end of street pressure and the lack of momentum of the protests after the nomination of Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi as prime minister of the country, but the activists of the movement tended to escalate, in a way that complicated the situation more than it was. Facebook comments https://www.alhurra.com/a/علاوي-وأذرع-إيران-في-العراق-أين-تلتقي-المصالح-/532173.html

British Isis prisoners may end up in Iraq, where death sentences are handed down without due process Serious concerns have been raised over the fairness of trials, writes Richard Hall 20 comments @_richardhall 4 hours ago Men allegedly affiliated with Isis sit on the floor in a prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Hassakeh ( AFP ) On a busy day, Judge Ahmed might send several men to their deaths before lunchtime. At the Baghdad court where he works, he has presided over more than a thousand trials of suspected Isis members. Prisoners accused of belonging to one of the world’s most brutal terror organisations shuffle through the hallways wearing bright orange jumpsuits. They wait silently outside his courtroom and listen to those who go before them. The judge, who declined to give his name for security reasons, has seen before him unrepentant radicals and hardened killers, liars and psychopaths. He has also heard from defendants who say they joined the group just to survive. He has seen young men from Europe, who travelled thousands of miles to join the jihadist group at the height of its power and survived long enough to see its fall. And for some time now, he has been readying himself to deal with the small number of British prisoners currently held in Syria, whose fate has been the subject of controversy. “There have been talks,” he said, between Iraq and the UK government, about what to do with them. “I am following their cases in the media, in case they are sent here. That way I know who they are,” he added during an interview with The Independent in June. Syria at war: Fleeing the caliphate Show all 14 The judge listed some of the names from among the roughly 10 British men and 30 women currently being detained in Syria by Kurdish forces. Most of them were captured there in the final days of the caliphate, which fell in March last year. The British government, fearing that the alleged Isis members pose a serious security threat, do not want their citizens to return to the UK. But the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a mostly Kurdish militia that fought alongside the US and UK in the battle against Isis, says it cannot hold them forever. One solution being pursued behind closed doors by the government and other European states is to allow for the prisoners to be sent to face trial in Iraq. In May last year, seven French citizens were sentenced to death in Baghdad after being transferred from Syria. This solution is being pursued despite legal and human rights concerns that arise from sending prisoners to a country where they are likely to face the death penalty, and/or be tortured. A new report released by the United Nations this week has found further evidence of major flaws in the trials of suspected Isis members in Iraq. Independent news email Only the best news in your inbox Continue Register with your social account or click here to log in I would like to receive morning headlinesMonday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email The Iraqi justice system has been overburdened by the sheer number of Isis-linked cases in the past few years. From January 2018 to October 2019 alone, the judiciary processed over 20,000 terrorism-related cases, with thousands more pending as of today. The UN investigation found evidence of an “over-reliance on confessions, with frequent allegations of torture that were inadequately addressed.” After monitoring nearly 800 trials between 1 May 2018 and 31 October last year, it said that violations of fair trial standards “placed defendants at a serious disadvantage compared to the prosecution — with ineffective legal representation and limited possibilities to present or challenge evidence.” Detainees made allegations of torture in nearly half of the terrorism cases it monitored. And in some 59 percent of cases, defendants withdrew confessions they had made during questioning. The report further alleged that prosecutions focused on “membership of a terrorist organisation,” without distinguishing between those who participated in violence, committed international crimes, and those who joined Isis for survival or through coercion. Read more There’s no way back for British Isis prisoners languishing in a Syrian The UK government has, according to some sources, sought to protect itself from the legal problems that might arise should its citizens be sent to these courts, likely in order to avoid a repeat of previous War on Terror-era cases in which it faced legal issues for alleged complicity in the torture of British citizens. In 2010, Britain paid millions of pounds in an out of court settlement to former detainees of Guantanamo Bay, the US military prison in Cuba, after being accused of complicity in their torture. In negotiations with Iraqi officials, the UK and European allies have sought assurances from Iraq’s president, Barham Salih, that he would not sign the death warrants of its citizens, according to an Iraq analyst with knowledge of the talks, and who asked not to be named. Such an agreement, it is hoped, would mean UK prisoners could be sent to Iraq without the risk of facing the death penalty. Those negotiations have stalled in the wake of mass protests that have paralysed Iraq, and amid a harsh crackdown by security forces, the analyst said. A government spokesman declined to comment on the meetings, but told The Independent: “Our priority is the safety and security of the UK and the people who live here. We continue to work closely with international partners to address issues associated with foreign terrorist fighters, including the pursuit of justice against participants in terrorism overseas. “Those who have fought for or supported Daesh should wherever possible face justice for their crimes in the most appropriate jurisdiction, which will often be in the region where their offences have been committed." The spokesperson added that UK "has been clear that any justice mechanism must respect human rights and the rule of law as well as ensure fair trials and due process.” But these talks were ongoing while serious concerns about how the Iraqi judicial system was handling the Isis trials were being raised. A number of trials of Isis members witnessed by The Independent in June lasted for no longer than 10 minutes. In one, a 24-year-old Iraqi named Mustafa Khalaf stood before the judge to proclaim his innocence. The court heard how he was arrested by the SDF in Baghouz, Syria, where Isis made its last stand. The prosecution produced a report from Iraq’s intelligence service that said he was from an extremist family, and had been an active member of Isis. His name, they said, was in a central database which noted the salaries of Isis members — he was listed as a fighter. The prosecution also presented a confession from the accused, which Khalaf denied giving. He claimed that he was trapped in Isis territory and that he had handed himself into authorities. He was sentenced to death by hanging. Men who fled the last Isis-held area of Syria line up to be questioned by American and Kurdish intelligence officials (Richard Hall) Belkis Wille, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch who authored several major reports on the Isis trials, found the same pattern of problems that the UN discovered. “These trials haven’t been about accountability, they have been about revenge,” she says. “They simply do not comply with any fair trial standards.” If they are sent to these courts, British prisoners could expect much of the same. The trials of the French citizens transferred from Syria offered some clues of how things might proceed. “Broadly speaking, the French raised the same concerns that Iraqis were raising. What these proceedings taught us is that just because you're a foreigner, you’re not going to get better treatment in Iraqi system.” For now, while discussions between the Iraqi and British government have been put on hold, European diplomats are said to be exploring the possibility of allowing the Isis prisoners to fall into the hands of the Syrian government. Another option is the formation of an international tribunal in Syria — a solution favoured by the SDF. This faces significant roadblocks, however, due to the Russian government’s unwillingness to allow the ceding of any authority from its ally in Damascus. The final option, advocated by rights groups and the UN, is for European countries to bring home their citizens to face justice. This is not something the British government is believed to be considering. Read more After the caliphate’s fall, will the Isis wives finally face justice? At a jail in northeast Syria in December, The Independent interviewed a number of British Isis prisoners who said they had not had any contact with the British authorities. Twenty-two-year-old Aseel Muthana and Ishak Mostefaoui, 27, are currently being held at a jail for Isis suspects in Hasakah. Neither were aware that they had been stripped of their citizenship, and were unaware of what would happen to them. Muthana, who was 17 when he joined Isis, said he believed he should be allowed to face justice in the UK. “Honestly, I understand. Looking from their perspective, them not seeing what was happening inside Syria I can understand why anybody wouldn’t want us to come back. Me, for example, being in Syria for six years, coming back, you don’t know what I’m gonna come back with, what he’s been taught, what he’s capable of,” he said. “But then, they should be understanding too. When it comes to rapists or murderers or people who commit major crimes that the UK is more than happy to help them rehabilitate or reconcile their lives, fix things, make things better again, give them a second chance.” It is more likely, still, that he will find himself before Judge Ahmed than in a British court. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-iraq-international-law-prisoner-deaths-trial-a9311556.html

American forces are carrying out new expansion operations at Ain al-Assad base in Anbar 16:34 - 02/02/2020 0 Information / Anbar .. A security source in Anbar province revealed, on Sunday, that the American forces have made new expansion operations at Ain Al-Asad air base west of Anbar. The source said, in a statement to the Information Agency, that "the American forces have started expansion operations for the area of Ain Al-Asad Air Base in Al-Baghdadi district, Hit District, west of Anbar, to include new areas near the base building." He added, "The American forces are carrying out expansion operations to cover the area of the base building in which these forces are stationed, and to place various barbed wire and security fortifications, while setting warning signs that prevent any security authority from approaching it." He continued, "The Iraqi security forces stationed inside the base do not have any information about the expansion operations and movements inside the base building, because the movement of the American forces is linked to the details of the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces." End / 12A https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/02/02/453508/

The US occupation of Iraq as a noir thriller The TV series Baghdad Central gives an interesting televised perspective on the lives of Iraqis after 2003. by Neve Gordon 17 minutes ago The TV series Baghdad Central premiers on February 3 on Britain's Channel 4 [Euston Films] Seventeen years after the American invasion of Iraq, Baghdad continues to make headlines. Just this past month massive popular protests against a corrupt regime and ongoing Iranian intervention were undermined by the extrajudicial killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Ironically, the ruthless leader of the infamous Quds Force had, at least until recently, collaborated with the United States in its struggle against the ISIL (ISIS), and therefore did not see the drone attack coming. As reports of the assassination proliferated, images of the dilapidated city where it took place appeared on screens across the West, revealing that Baghdad has yet to recover from the 2003 war and the protracted occupation that followed. But now, for what is likely the first time, Western audiences can also get a sense of what it meant - from an Iraqi perspective - to live in Baghdad under US occupation, and, in this way, gain insight into why after so many years the country is still in a shambles. On February 3, the UK's Channel 4 will be airing a six-part detective series called Baghdad Central. Following inspector Muhsin Khadr al-Khafaji (played majestically by Waleed Zuaiter), an ex-Baathist police officer with a dodgy background and a love for poetry, the series dramatises what it has meant to live under a foreign military power that had promised the inhabitants democracy and freedom, but failed to deliver. Baghdad as noir Typical of many noir thrillers, Baghdad Central's plot is messy and the protagonists are motley. There is a talkative taxi driver, called Karl, an arrogant American military captain and an ex-police officer from the UK. There is Zubeida Rashid (Clara Khoury), an enigmatic university professor who may be recruiting Iraqi women as translators for the Coalition Provisional Authority, or providing prostitutes to American mercenaries, or, alternatively, may actually be a leader of the newly established Iraqi resistance. There is also a mukhabarat thug, a bodyguard, a handful of opposition fighters, and al-Khafaji's two daughters, bedridden Mrouj (July Namir) and the allusive Sawsan (Leem Lubany). In the wake of his country's occupation, ex-police officer al-Khafaji, like so many of those who had been employed by the Baathist regime, struggles to keep himself and his sick daughter, Mrouj, safe. When he learns that his estranged elder daughter Sawsan is missing, he sets out on a desperate search to find her, only to discover that she has been leading a double life. Al-Khafaji is then mistakenly arrested by the Americans, interrogated and tortured Abu Ghraib style, and later recruited by Frank Temple (Bertie Carvel), who has arrived from the UK on a mission to rebuild the Iraqi police force from the ground up. "We need experienced local police officers like you," Temple tells al-Khafaji, offering him dollars and medical treatment for his sick daughter. Left with few options, al-Khafaji, whose wife had died of cancer due to the collapse of the Iraqi health system following years of American sanctions, decides to become a collaborator. Collaboration By watching the twisting and twisted trail of money, sex and violence, one begins to understand that neither the collaborator nor the culture of collaboration is something that can be readily controlled. While every occupier needs individual collaborators to govern the population, collaboration gains a life of its own. Deception necessarily infects everyone. Some use it for good, others for bad, but duplicity, corruption, and deceit, as the series suggests, are the foundations upon which the new Iraq was built. The more al-Khafaji works for the occupiers, the more he also understands that he can advance his own ends. In fact, his story is that of an individual struggling to protect his family and those he loves as his reality and the country around him collapses. Some of the scenes are as funny as they are tragic. For instance, upon returning to his flat after being tortured, al-Khafaji is asked about his moustache (which had been brutally torn off by his interrogators after he had been water-boarded). "It was," he responds, "confiscated. It will be sent to Washington as an example of Iraqi culture." Cherchez la femme, Baghdad style Much of the plot is taken directly from the novel Baghdad Central, written by American scholar Elliott Colla. But scriptwriter Stephen Butchard has also introduced several significant changes as he adapted the book to the screen. He introduced Frank Temple, the British handler, which may have been partially to cater to British audiences, but ends up forcibly underscoring the UK's never-ending complicity with American imperial adventurism. Perhaps most noticeable, however, is the pronounced role of Iraqi women characters in the script. Challenging the media representation of Middle Eastern women as oppressed victims of barbaric patriarchy and religious fundamentalism, the series presents three powerful protagonists (the two sisters and Professor Rashid) who grew up during Saddam Hussein's reign and whose lives have become much more precarious due to the increased violence, political instability, lack of security and religious resurgence following the military occupation. There is nothing radical or radically new about this. Feminists and postcolonial critics have, for years, demonstrated that women tend to suffer most during the war. Even though the US might present itself as fighting for women's rights, it frequently ends up endangering and undermining further the very women it set out to "save". Yet, Butchard does provide a vital corrective to popular representations of Middle Eastern women, which are often informed by stereotypes and thinly veiled racism. Unfortunately, though, he may have taken this one step too far, since by portraying only powerful Iraqi women, we are offered a somewhat skewed image of the gender dynamics in the country. By contrast, the men depicted are more diverse and multifaceted. Baghdad Central ultimately provides an intimate look at the inner workings of military occupation and the dire effects that all such occupations inevitably produce. The series importantly highlights that when corruption and violence are rife, there is no firewall to prevent them from spreading. Like a contagious virus corruption and violence end up seeping deep into the political body. Yet, unlike other kinds of exposes of these dynamics, Baghdad Central does so in an extremely captivating, and one might even say, entertaining way. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/occupation-iraq-noir-thriller-200202083224831.html

Zarif's offer to negotiate with Washington creates a rift with Rouhani Last update: Sunday 8 Jumada II 1441 AH - 02 February 2020 KSA 14:06 - GMT 11:06 Publication date: Sunday 8 Jumada II 1441 AH - 02 February 2020 KSA 13:16 - GMT 10:16 Source: London - Saleh Hameed Hassan Rouhani and Mohammed Jawad Zarif Over the past days, angry reactions by militants against the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, over Tehran's willingness to hold negotiations with the United States have continued even after the killing of the Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in a US raid on January 2, provided that the sanctions are lifted. In the latest of these responses, Mahdi Taib, commander of the headquarters of "Ammar", one of the hard-line pressure groups close to the Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei, said that Zarif's statements had caused a rift between Zarif and the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani. "No political or security analyst believed that the weak Iranian attack on American assets in Iraq, after the killing of the commander of the Quds Force ... An American researcher reveals the secrets of Iran's and Hezbollah's activities in western America According to the Iranian news agency, "IRNA", Tayeb said in a speech to a mosque in Qom, on Saturday, that "Zarif is tired of Rouhani because the latter forced him to cross the red lines of the regime." Taib claimed that "Zarif said in an interview with the guide that he was forced to cross the red lines," adding: "It was clear that he was forced by Rouhani." Violent attack Mahdi Taib, brother of Hussein Taib, head of the Revolutionary Guards Intelligence Service, considered that Rouhani made Zarif a shield against the fundamentalists, as he put it. He also held the government responsible for the high cost and deterioration of the living conditions of citizens, saying that the situation was exacerbated by mismanagement and failure to manage the economy. The statements of Mehdi Taib come as part of a violent attack against Zarif because of his recent statements preceded by criticism of the representative of the Iranian guide, Ali Khamenei, in the province of Khorasan in eastern Iran, Ahmed Alam Al-Hadi, who said in his Friday prayer sermon that "the result of the negotiations was the maximum pressure on our people." A request to dismiss Zarif To that, fundamentalist deputies demanded that the foreign minister, Muhammad Jawad Zarif, be questioned before the Shura Council (parliament) and withdraw confidence from him because of his statements. The MP, Mohammad Reza Pour Ibrahimi, said that 23 MPs have filed a lawsuit against Zarif, and that other MPs have asked him to apologize to the Iranian people. Meanwhile, Ali Shirazi, the delegate of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, in the Quds Force, said that he "does not negotiate with the enemies of Qassem Soleimani," in response to Zarif's statements, who recently renewed his call for negotiations with America on condition that the sanctions be lifted. Shirazi was speaking during his visit to the Qasem Soleimani tomb, in Kerman Province, in southern Iran, last Wednesday, where he stressed "neither the Iranian regime and people, nor even the resistance front, allows negotiations with General Soleimani's enemies to take place." Trump: No thanks The Iranian Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, had announced in an interview with the German magazine "Der Spiegel", last Sunday, that his country would not exclude negotiations with Washington, even after the killing of the Quds Force Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, if the United States changed course. The sanctions were lifted. But US President Donald Trump rejected Zarif's offer to negotiate with Iran on the condition that sanctions be lifted, and Trump said in a tweet in English and Persian on his Twitter account: "The Iranian foreign minister says that his country wants to negotiate with the United States, but it wants to lift the sanctions. No thanks . " There were loud voices condemning inside Iran, with a nice offer to negotiate despite the death of Soleimani, and there are calls by hard-line lawmakers to interrogate him before the Shura Council (Parliament). It is mentioned that with the February 21 parliamentary elections approaching, which the reformists consider "well-known results in advance," due to the prevention of nominations by 90% of their candidates, the fundamentalists and other extremist currents intensified their attack against Rouhani and Zarif with the aim of forming a hard-line parliament that rejects negotiations, in preparation for forming a hard-line government also after The presidential elections next year. https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/iran/2020/02/02/عرض-ظريف-للتفاوض-مع-واشنطن-يحدث-شرخا-مع-روحاني.html

01:52:14 PM Print1328 Abtan reveals that the Allawi government is not temporary and will control more than a quarter of a trillion dollars Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press: The former Minister of Youth and Sports, Abd Al-Hussein Abtan, confirmed today, Sunday, that the transitional government is not "temporary" and will continue for at least a year and a half, noting that it will deal with more than a quarter of a trillion dollars. Abtan wrote a post on his official page on Facebook, followed by "Al-Ghad Press", saying, "I completely disagree with those who say that the government is temporary and has a duration of one year or less", noting that "the necessary preparations for holding the parliamentary elections are not completed in less than One and a half years (18 months). " He added, "This means that the new government will deal with a budget for the years 2020 and 2021 that are no less than 260 billion dollars," stressing that "the people are waiting for serious steps to address many of the current problems, including fighting corruption, reducing unemployment and improving services." He stressed that "the new government team must be competent and professional in dealing with crises facing Iraq and the people." https://www.alghadpress.com//view.php?cat=233086

02-02-2020 09:01 AM Deputy: The current House of Representatives cannot make reforms. Early elections require the dissolution of Parliament Baghdad / news Representative Sercot Shams El-Din stressed that the current parliament cannot implement serious reforms, noting that holding early elections requires dissolving the parliament. Shams al-Din said in a tweet on "Twitter", that "as a deputy, I admit that under this parliament we cannot make serious reforms, it is not important." "I fear that the blocs will not easily agree to hold early elections, because they require the dissolution of the parliament, which is decided by the parliamentarians themselves." https://www.almaalomah.com/category/political/

Sunday، 02 February 2020 01:22 PM US arrests Iraqi terrorist leader The US announced on Friday that it had detained an Iraqi, living in Arizona, at the request of the Baghdad government to stand trial in Iraq on murder charges Kurdistan 24 reported. The US Attorney’s office in Phoenix issued a statement, explaining that it had arrested Ali Yousif Ahmed al-Nouri. The 42 year old Nouri is wanted for the pre-meditated murder of two policemen in Fallujah in 2006. The Iraqi government has asked the US to extradite Nouri on the grounds that he was “the leader of a group of al-Qaida terrorists in Fallujah, Iraq, which planned operations targeting Iraqi police.” Fallujah, a predominantly Sunni city, some 50 miles west of Baghdad, saw some of the heaviest fighting during the US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein and his regime. The Bush administration initially believed that, already in May 2003, it had won that conflict. However, that preliminary belief proved quite wrong. Many residents of Fallujah had worked for the regime’s military and intelligence services, and it was one of the first places where the insurgency emerged. In March 2004, insurgents ambushed a convoy in Fallujah that included four men from the private US military contractor, Blackwater, who were involved in delivering supplies to the US military there. The four Blackwater employees were pulled from their vehicles and savagely beaten, before their bodies were set on fire and hung from a bridge over the Euphrates. A Marine force had just replaced the 82nd Airborne in Fallujah. It responded by surrounding the city and attempting to find those responsible, but Iraq’s Governing Council (which the US had established) did not support the action, and a truce was negotiated instead. Insurgent violence resumed, and in November, this time with the support of the Governing Council, US, British, and Iraqi forces launched a second offensive against the rebels in Fallujah. A decade later, in January 2014, Fallujah became one of the first Iraqi cities to fall to the so-called Islamic State. Nouri was arrested on Thursday and appeared before a judge on Friday. No further details are available, as to when he entered the US, how he passed screening intended to prevent terrorists from coming into the country, or what he was doing in Arizona. https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/45850/US-arrests-Iraqi-terrorist-leader

02/20/2020 13:35 Views 41 Section: Iraq The Ministry of Interior prevents foreign immigrants from China from entering Iraq Baghdad / Obelisk: On February 2, 2020, the Ministry of the Interior announced that foreign immigrants from China would not be allowed to enter Iraq. The ministry spokesman, Brigadier Khaled Al-Muhanna, said in a statement received by "Al-Masala", that it is among the preventive measures taken by the countries of the world to confront the new Corona virus and its commitment to protect its citizens from its catastrophic effects and negative repercussions on public health and country security, the Ministry of Interior decided to prevent entry of foreign arrivals from The People's Republic of China to Iraq. Obelisk http://almasalah.com/ar/news/187210/الداخلية-تمنع-دخول-الوافدين-الاجانب-من-الصين-إلى-العراق

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A deputy in Fateh reveals two conditions that Allawi was obligated to, in exchange for the support of some blocs to assign him 12:41 - 02/02/2020 0 The information / Baghdad .. On Sunday, the deputy from the Al-Fateh Haneen Al-Qadu coalition revealed two conditions that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi was obligated to, in exchange for the approval of some blocs to appoint him as prime minister of the next government, stressing that assigning Allawi at the current stage is a positive step despite the existence of some observations on him. Qaddo said in a statement to "The Information", that "assigning Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to form the next government is a positive step, despite the presence of some comments on him from some political forces and the existence of a split between a supporter and a rejectionist in the arenas of the demonstration, but the stage requires us to support it." He added, “Many discussions and meetings held by the political blocs with Allawi during the previous period, where some political blocs committed Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to continue with the Iraqi-Chinese agreement and not to be subjected to the crowd and continue to support him as he represents a fundamental pillar of the national defense system.” Qaddo pointed out that "the Al-Fateh coalition, especially its bloc, Badr Bloc, will be supportive to Allawi if he is faithful to implementing the demonstrators' constitutional demands and fighting corruption." Ended in / 25 pm https://www.almaalomah.com/2020/02/02/453461/

AL-ISSAWI: ALLAWI IS REQUIRED TO FORM A GOVERNMENT AWAY FROM QUOTAS Sunday, 2 February 2020 11:11 AM SHARE THE ARTICLE: Baghdad / NNC- Member of Parliament, Abboud Al-Issawi, confirmed that Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is required to form a government far from the quota system. Al-Issawi said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), which was followed by "NNC", that "Allawi has experience managing the government in this difficult circumstance, saving the situation and forming a government that is far from the quota of parties and a professional one of the independent cadres of the country that depends on the country with them," pointing out that "The Prime Minister entrusted with great responsibilities for what requires him to be honest to maintain the prestige of the state and restore security and implement the demands of the demonstrators." Al-Issawi added, "It requires the Prime Minister-designate to form a government of competence and to have a vision of how to maintain the continuation of the demonstrations because it gives him strength." He pointed out that "Allawi is worthy of the position because he has experience in management previously and has great responsibilities." The President of the Republic, Dr. Barham Saleh, commissioned Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to form the new government, and the Prime Minister-designate pledged to work diligently to hold early elections and confine arms to the state. He also pledged commitment to providing job opportunities for citizens, fighting corruption, resolving economic committees, and forming an advisory team in the Prime Minister’s office. Allawi, in his speech, is committed to engaging the competent in forming the government, rejecting the candidates of the political forces and forming a government that represents all spectrums, and is keen to continue investigating the events of the demonstrations. https://nnciraq.com/23908/

To save the "nuclear agreement" .. the "European" foreign minister visits Iran February 02, 2020 Will Europe succeed in saving the nuclear deal? The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced an official visit to the European Union's Foreign Minister, Josep Borrell, to Tehran on Monday. A spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Abbas Mousavi, said that Borrell "will arrive tomorrow (Monday) in Iran for the first time since he took office (early December)." He stated that he was scheduled to meet the Foreign Minister, Muhammad Javad Zarif, and other prominent officials in the country for consultations, but he did not reveal its content. This visit comes at a time when Iran's nuclear file is causing tension between Tehran and the European Union countries. ON THE LINK To pressure the nuclear deal ... Iran is raising a "weak card" in the face of the Europeans Iran is seeking to back down from its obligations on the nuclear agreement signed in 2015, justifying this by claiming sanctions imposed on its regime. In 2015, Iran signed a nuclear agreement with three European countries (France, Britain and Germany) along with China, Russia and the United States, which later announced its withdrawal from the agreement. The agreement over Tehran's nuclear program has been in deep crisis since US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement on May 8, 2018. Trump imposed painful sanctions on the Iranian regime, targeting various sectors of its economy, including oil, as the United States accuses Iran of supporting terrorism, meddling in other countries ’affairs and seeking nuclear weapons. https://www.alhurra.com/a/لإنقاذ-الاتفاق-النووي-وزير-خارجية-الأوروبي-يزور-إيران/532053.html

A political deal sponsored by Iran" .. What do Iraqi activists say about assigning Allawi? February 02, 2020 Iraqi university students organize demonstrations calling for early elections After a long wait and a barrage of leaks, the Iraqi President, Barham Salih, cut doubt on the certainty, to announce Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, as the designated president to form the new government in the country. The official announcement of the name of the Prime Minister of Iraq came after several leaks of the names of candidates, which Iraqi experts said were intended to "test the pulse of the street" about. ON THE LINK Allawi pledges to confine arms to the state and hold the protesters' killers accountable Two weeks before the official announcement, there were many leaks in the political and media corridors around names, one of whom was said to be the next Iraqi prime minister. Most notable were Mustafa al-Kazemi, the director of Iraqi intelligence, and Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, the former communications minister. But the question that arose after announcing the name of the assigned president is about the opinion of the street, and will it give protesters an opportunity to form a government that meets their demands, or will the mandate complicate matters further? Rejected demonstrations The new Prime Minister, Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi, appeared in his televised speech at the moment of his appointment, truce and seeking to sympathize the demonstrators in the street, stressing that he "will return to the demonstrators in the event of some pressure." But the Iraqi street had another response on the ground, as hundreds of demonstrations rallied a few hours after his appointment, rejecting him and any name from the current or previous political class. ON THE LINK Protest against Allawi's mandate ... demonstrations and blocking roads in several Iraqi cities Today, Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators in several Iraqi cities went out to express their refusal to name a former minister to form the government at a time when the protesters were calling for someone from outside the current and past political names. A name associated with a corruption file Hassan Rajab, one of the protesting activists in Baghdad, told Al-Hurra that the movement had expressed more than once, the moment his name was leaked among the candidates, that it was "totally rejected", as it was linked to corruption files, headed by a bribe file from a telecommunications company. He pointed out that the movement was from the beginning confirming one idea, which is "rejecting any person who is assigned and who is from the current or previous political class or from sectarian and partisan quotas." ON THE LINK "Independent in the manner of Abdul-Mahdi" .. Who is the designated Prime Minister of Iraq? Regarding the alternatives presented by the demonstrators, he said that if the current authority "wants to solve the problem permanently, it only has to hand over power to the masses, 80 percent of which refused to participate in the 2018 legislative elections ." The activist added, "To date, the parties in power have not understood the psychology of the uprising Iraqi masses, despite their reliance on foreign experts specialized to get them out of the crisis, and the evidence for these words is the failure of these parties to break out of the impasse in which they put themselves, after the uprising of the masses in the beginning of October." Continued escalation On the scenarios open to the demonstrators after the nomination of "an unwanted name" on the street, Ahmed Al Marzouk, one of the most prominent activists of the movement, told Al-Hurra website that the scenario before the current situation is "to continue escalation and block the roads and pressure to nominate an efficient and non-controversial name, not From the previous or present political class. " Al-Marzouk pointed out that nominating a name rejected by the street as prime minister "will further complicate the situation and aggravate it more than it was," explaining that "the current equation has become more difficult and more complex than before." Accordingly, the activist stated, that the protesters "will move towards escalation further and will continue to block roads and civil disobedience," until what he calls "salvation from the current political class." "The nomination of Allawi as a substitute for Adel Abdul Mahdi is part of a political deal sponsored by Iran, and it has nothing to do with meeting the protesters' demands," the activist said. The problem is not in "Allawi" On the other hand, the Iraqi civil activist, Muhammad Awad, believes in an interview with the "Al-Hurra" website that the problem in Iraq is not in the person of the Prime Minister, but in the political approach followed in the country since 2003, stressing that Iraq currently needs to change a systematic administration Governance, and the development of practical plans to address the country's crises. On the nature of the reactions to the new Prime Minister's speech to the demonstrators, the activist said, that the circumstance necessitates waiting to know what will be achieved by the demonstrators, especially in the presence of a split in the political blocs regarding his appointment, and also in the street between the welcome, conservative and rejecting. ON THE LINK A former adviser to Barham Salih reveals details of assigning Allawi to head the Iraqi government He stated that he "made promises close to the demands of the demonstrators, but the problem remains with the extent of the man's commitment to implementing these promises." This, Allawi faces great challenges, most notably his pledge to form a government that is far from the faces of the well-known Iraqi political class, which raises questions about the seriousness of implementing this promise within a period of one month as required by the Iraqi constitution. The demonstrators consider that Allawi is one of the "objections of the rejected political class", as well as his name being linked to a corruption case, related to "taking bribes to pass a deal from the government to a telecommunications company", when he assumed the Ministry of Communications. Facebook comments https://www.alhurra.com/a/صفقة-سياسية-ترعاها-إيران-ماذا-يقول-نشطاء-العراق-عن-تكليف-علاوي-/532060.html