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The big guy wants to make sure he and his family get their 10%.

So much hope that withers away each day. These sand rats talk a good game, but the end result is they are getting more creative with lining their own pockets. I hate to be so negative, but the proof is in the inaction.

Another government, another month, another year. My dinar is great wallpaper!

It’s another election, another year, another full full moon, another red moon. Heard it all. Nothing has changed.

No, not at all. Based on research it was straight RV.

Haven’t been on in awhile and well nothing has changed.

Jerusalem Post Middle East Sadr's followers set up for long sit-in at Iraqi parliament By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS Published: JULY 31, 2022 13:31 Updated: JULY 31, 2022 13:50 Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather during a sit-in, in a parliament building amid political crises, in Baghdad (photo credit: REUTERS) Thousands of the Shi'ite Muslim cleric's loyalists stormed into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday, taking over the empty parliament building for the second time in a week. Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended sit-in at Iraq's parliament on Sunday, in a move that could prolong political deadlock or plunge the country into fresh violence. Thousands of the Shi'ite Muslim cleric's loyalists stormed into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday, taking over the empty parliament building for the second time in a week as his Shi'ite rivals, most of them close to Iran, try to form a government. "We're staying until our demands are met. And we have many demands," a member of Sadr's political team told Reuters by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to give statements to the media. "We're staying until our demands are met. And we have many demands." Member of Sadr's political team Sadr's social-political Sadrist Movement is demanding that parliament be dissolved, new elections be held and federal judges be replaced, the Sadrist official said. The current protests broke out last week and have continued through the weekend. The government has set up concrete barriers in an attempt to control the protests; reports say the government has used water cannons. In addition, Nouri Al-Maliki, leader of the pro-Iran Islamic Dawa Party, was photographed waving around an M-16, illustrating that the whole affair could lead to bloodshed. Sadr movement Sadr continues to ride the wave of popular opposition to his Iran-backed rivals, saying they are corrupt and serve the interests of Tehran, not Baghdad. The mercurial cleric, however, maintains a firm grip over large parts of the state, and his Sadrist Movement has long run some of the most corrupt and dysfunctional government departments. While Sadr does enjoy a large amount of support in the country, he has been frustrated at attempts to form a government – and has seen pro-Iran parties take advantage of the chaos. The Sadrist Movement The Sadrist Movement came first in an October election as the largest party in parliament, making up around a quarter of its 329 members. Iran-aligned parties suffered heavy losses at the polls, with the exception of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an arch-rival of Sadr. Sadr failed to form a government free of those parties, however, beset by just enough opposition in parliament and federal court rulings that stopped him from getting his choice of president and prime minister. He withdrew his lawmakers from parliament in protests and has since used his masses of mostly impoverished Shi'ite followers to agitate through street protests. Iraq crises The deadlock marks Iraq's biggest crisis in years. In 2019, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned after massive protests, in which demonstrators were killed by pro-Iranians. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s current prime minister, has tried to bring stability to the beleaguered country. Iraqis suffering from a lack of jobs and services took to the streets demanding an end to corruption, new elections and the removal of all parties - especially the powerful Shi'ite groups - that have run the country since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. In 2017, Iraqi forces, together with a U.S.-led coalition and Iranian military support, defeated the Sunni Muslim extremist Islamic State group that had taken over a third of Iraq. Government forces and Shi'ite militiamen shot dead hundreds of protesters. Seth J. Frantzman contributed to this report. https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713543

Protesters attempt to breach Iraqi parliament for second time By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published: JULY 30, 2022 13:20 Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr protest against corruption inside the parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on July 27, 2022 (photo credit: REUTERS/THAIER AL-SUDANI) The protesters are ostensibly angry over the nomination of Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Iraq’s former minister of Labor and Social Affairs, who is seen to be a candidate for pro-Iran parties. Protesters supporting Muqtada al-Sadr have tried to enter Baghdad’s Green Zone, days after they entered it earlier this week. They are trying to get to the parliament building. This comes months after Sadr ordered his own parliamentarians to withdraw from the legislature. Iraq lacks a new government, and Sadr enjoys a large amount of support in the country but has been frustrated in attempts to help form a government – and has seen pro-Iran parties take advantage of the chaos. The protesters are ostensibly angry over the nomination of Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, Iraq’s former minister of Labor and Social Affairs. He is seen to be a candidate for the country’s pro-Iran parties. But there is more to this – they also accuse him of corruption. For several years, Iraq has been affected by massive protests. In 2019, an Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned after massive protests, in which demonstrators were killed by pro-Iran. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s current prime minister, has tried to bring stability to the beleaguered country. Iraq's issues Iraq suffers from many problems. It has economic problems and the environment has been damaged through mismanagement. Turkey has been cutting off water flow to Syria and Iraq, causing drought. There is also a dispute between Baghdad and the autonomous Kurdistan region over energy sales and revenues. Iran uses Iraq to traffic weapons to Syria. Turkey is often bombing northern Iraq, killing civilians in a war it claims to be fighting against “terrorists.” Kadhimi has tried to repair Baghdad’s ties with Damascus and host Saudi-Iran discussions, as well as reaching out to the Gulf and Egypt. But the role of Iran and Turkey has weakened Iraq’s government. The current protests broke out last week and have continued through the weekend. The government has set up concrete barriers in an attempt to control the protests; reports say the government has used water cannons. In addition, Nouri Al-Maliki, leader of the pro-Iran Islamic Dawa Party, was photographed waving around an M-16, illustrating that the whole affair could lead to bloodshed. https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713474

Politics Jun 26, 2022, 10:22 AM US logistics convoy comes under attack in S Iraq TEHRAN, Jun. 26 (MNA) – News sources on Sunday reported that a US logistics convoy was targeted in southern Iraq. An explosive device has been blown up on the way of passing logistics convoy belonging to US forces in Basra province, southern Iraq. No one was injured in the blast, the report added. Attacks on US convoys have increased over the past two years in Iraq and some groups have been able to target US military bases in Ain al-Assad in Al Anbar province, al-Harir in Erbil and Victoria base near Baghdad International Airport. Resistance groups in Iraq have repeatedly stated that they would confront American forces in case of their presence in their country. https://en.mehrnews.com/news/188408/US-logistics-convoy-comes-under-attack-in-S-Iraq

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/iraqi-parliament-speaker-outspoken-anyone-recognizes-israel-cut-off-manhood-video/ Iraqi Parliament Speaker Outspoken on Anyone Who Recognizes Israel – “I’ll Cut Off Their Manhood” (VIDEO) By Joe Hoft Published June 18, 2022 at 10:40am Iraqi Parliament Speaker Halbousi says he’ll never recognize Israel as a nation. He goes so far as to say that he will “cutoff the manhood” of any man who does support Israel. In the video below of excerpts from the Speaker’s talks, Halbousi says that Iraqis will never even extend their hands to Israelis. In another speech, Halbousi shared that Israel is a usurping Zionist entity. This is after he degrades any peace deals with Israel while using hate as the rationale. He then threatens the manhood of any man who backs Israel. The Speaker has also talked of Israel not as a nation and Palestine as the true owners of the land that Israel now rests. See these speeches from Halbousi below:

FBI Uncovers Iraqi Man’s Plot To Assassinate Former President George W. Bush FILE – U.S. President George W. Bush, reacts, after shoes were thrown at him, by a correspondent, during a joint press conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, not seen, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/ Thaier al-Sudani, Pool, File) OAN NEWSROOM UPDATED 1:50 PM PT – Tuesday, May 24, 2022 An Iraqi man living in Columbus, Ohio is in FBI custody in connection with a suspected ISIS plot to assassinate former President George W. Bush. According to a recently unsealed search warrant Shihab Ahmend Shihab detailed his plan to take revenge for the Iraq War to an informant. That same informant reportedly drove the suspect around Dallas, Texas in February, where he took video and photos of Bush’s home and offices. Federal agents said the suspect wanted to assassinate Bush because he felt the former president was responsible for “killing many Iraqis and breaking apart the country after the 2003 US military invasion.” The FBI claimed that Shihab belonged to a group named Arabic for Thunder, headed until recently by a former pilot for the executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. The FBI also surveilled the suspect’s WhatsApp account to collect evidence and said he had been living in the U.S. since 2020. Shihab allegedly told the informant “he wanted to be involved in the actual attack and assassination” and that he “did not care if he died as he would be proud to have been involved.” A federal agent mentioned that he inquired about how to obtain fake FBI and police badges. The suspect is also accused of trying to smuggle four other Iraqi nationals into the country across the southern border. He is being charged with aiding and abetting the attempted murder of former President Bush which carries a prison sentence up to 20 years, along with being charged with attempting to illegally bring an individual into the U.S., a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. https://www.oann.com/fbi-uncovers-iraqi-mans-plot-to-assassinate-former-president-george-w-bush/

Five members of Imtidad resign, the Movement was shocked Iraq NewsImtidad movement 2022-05-23 02:37 A-AA+ Shafaq News/ On Monday, the General Secretariat of the "Imtidad" Movement was "shocked" that five other deputies withdrew late at night. The General Secretariat affirmed that it "is committed to the Movement's charters to follow up on complaints, investigate accusations, and apply laws to all without exception." The statement added that Imtidad formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the complaints addressed to its members," but "we were surprised by the withdrawal of five deputies." The representatives are Muhammad Nouri, Daoud Al-Aidan, Nidaa Al-Kuraiti, Kazem Al-Zayer, and Nissan Al-Zayer. In February, 17 members of the Imtidad also withdrew from the Movement. The Imtidad Movement is one of the few activist-led parties headed by pharmacologist Alaa al-Rikabi who was dismissed and the head of the Movement's bloc in the parliament Mohammed Nouri Aziz from their offices. It won nine seats in the October 2021 parliamentary election. https://shafaq.com/en/Iraq-News/Five-members-of-Imtidad-resign-the-Movement-was-shocked

Sandstorm forces closure of Iraqi airports, public buildings AFP May 23, 2022 137 2 min The streets of Iraq’s capital Baghdad were once more largely bereft of traffic on Monday morning, as the latest in a series of sandstorms descended Baghdad – Iraq closed airports and public buildings on Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country, authorities said. The capital Baghdad was enveloped in a giant dust cloud that left usually traffic-choked streets largely deserted, an AFP correspondent said. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi ordered all work to cease temporarily in public institutions, with the exception of health facilities and security agencies. He cited “poor climatic conditions and the arrival of violent sandstorms” in a statement issued by his office. Iraq is ranked as one of the five most vulnerable nations to climate change and desertification. The environment ministry has warned that over the next two decades, Iraq could endure an average of 272 days of sandstorms per year, rising to above 300 by 2050. Air traffic was suspended Monday at international airports in Baghdad, Erbil and Najaf, according to statements issued by each airport. The previous two sandstorms killed one person and sent nearly 10,000 people to hospital with respiratory problems. The Middle East has always been battered by sandstorms, but they have become more frequent and intense in recent years. The trend has been associated with rising water scarcity, overuse of river water, more dams, overgrazing and deforestation. Oil-rich Iraq is known in Arabic as the land of the two rivers, in reference to the Tigris and Euphrates. Iraq’s environment ministry has said the weather phenomenon could be addressed by increasing vegetation cover and planting trees that act as windbreaks. https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/sandstorm-forces-closure-of-iraqi-airports-public-buildings/

Iraqi government interested in artificial intelligence Amr Salem May 23, 2022 239 3 min Artificial intelligence robot. Al Ain news image. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, during his meeting with Professor of artificial intelligence and the president of eSystems Engineering Society, Dhiya al-Jumeily, On Sunday, confirmed the government’s interest in developing artificial intelligence facilities and supporting related scientific researches, according to a press statement issued by the Iraqi cabinet. Kadhimi, during the meeting, commended the scientific accomplishments Jumeily achieved that also received great attention in the global scientific communities. According to the cabinet’s press statement, Kadhimi emphasized the government’s interest in supporting scientific researches specialized in artificial intelligence, encouraging Iraq’s possession of a scientific base for this modern field, and developing Iraqi human resources specialized in this field. On the other hand, Jumeily thanked the Prime minister for the reception, and praised the government’s programs that seek to care about innovators, support them and develop their role in the society. Jumeily is a professor in the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Liverpool John Moores University. He has extensive research interests covering a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and practice of Applied Artificial Intelligence in medicine, human biology, environment, intelligent community and health care. The professor published over 300 peer reviewed scientific international publications, 12 books and 14 book chapters, in multidisciplinary research areas. Artificial intelligence is the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. Artificial intelligence is a type of modern sciences that has spread widely in recent years, and entered many industrial and research fields, especially robotics and smart services for governments and companies. https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq/iraqi-government-interested-in-artificial-intelligence/

Iraq dust storms continue to bring cities to a standstill Sinan Mahmoud 1 hour ago © AHMED JALILCentral Baghdad is shrouded in heavy dust on Monday. EPA Millions of Iraqis endured another dust storm day on Monday, the latest in an unrelenting spate that has blanketed the country since April. The night before, the government declared Monday a public holiday except for the health, security and services departments. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority also decided to suspend all flights until further notice. Iraq's Meteorological Authority said the country had been hit by an anticyclone coming from the eastern Mediterranean with wind speeds of between 40 and 50 kilometres per hour, lifting dust and sand from the vast expanses of desert in western and north-western parts of the country. Almost all of Iraq will be hit by the latest storm which could last until Tuesday afternoon and is expected to cross to the Gulf States, it added. Authorities urged Iraqis to stay indoors as much as they can, to seek treatment for breathing difficulties and put on surgical masks if they need to go out. A hotline has been set up for emergencies. The storm has left the usually traffic-choked Iraqi streets largely deserted with a thick layer of orange dust settling across the buildings and vehicles. The storm has been more severe in the provinces of Najaf and Karbala, south of Baghdad, turning the skies orange. Iraq is the fifth most vulnerable country in the world to the effects of climate change, according to the UN. It faces a wide range of challenges made worse by water insecurity, mismanagement and man-made issues such as the illegal razing of agricultural areas to build houses. Among the devastating consequences of rising temperatures are droughts and desertification. About 39 per cent of the country is affected by desertification and 54 per cent of its agricultural lands have been degraded mainly by soil salinity caused by reduced water flows in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a declining precipitation rate and sea level increases, the UN says. Iraq is no stranger to sandstorms, but they have been much more frequent in recent years as the country reels under mounting environmental challenges. Earlier this month, one person died and more than 5,000 were admitted to hospital suffering from breathing difficulties, according to the Health Ministry. https://www.msn.com/en-ae/news/middleeast/iraq-dust-storms-continue-to-bring-cities-to-a-standstill/ar-AAXC5v6