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CNN. Broadcasting While The Iranian Mullah’s Are Shaking In Their Turbans - Which They Only Wear To Try And Make Those Little Shiites Look Taller And To Cover The Bald Spots ! Statements and dismissals in the pro-Iran camp in Iraq .. "The secret of the Al-Kazemi meeting" Free / Exclusive - Washington September 24, 2020 Hadi al-Ameri and Qais Khazali are among the most prominent leaders of the militias loyal to Tehran in Iraq | Source: Courtesy Photo Sudden changes in the positions of the pro-Tehran forces in Iraq began to surface on Wednesday night, while informed sources confirm to Al-Hurra that this move came against the background of an American warning of a strict response to the parties that target their interests in the country. The first of the positions was issued by the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, through a tweet in which he criticized some of the "factions" under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Authority, and accused them of being behind the assassinations and bombings that take place in Iraq. The other Iranian-backed forces did not wait long to respond with positions similar to Sadr’s move, as the Al-Fateh coalition led by Hadi Al-Amiri declared his rejection and condemnation of "any action targeting diplomatic missions," calling on "the judiciary and the security services to stand firmly and forcefully and end the series of kidnappings, assassinations, and stirring terror among people." . At the same time, the Popular Mobilization Authority issued a statement, in which it also disavowed "any suspicious operations and illegal military activity targeting foreign or civilian interests." It is noteworthy that this is the first time that the PMF and the Al-Fatah Alliance issued statements condemning the targeting of foreign missions in Iraq, about a year after the escalation of missile attacks against the United States Embassy in Baghdad and some Iraqi camps that include American soldiers. In fact, some of the factions under these two groups, such as Kataeb Hezbollah (the Hashd) and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (Al-Fateh and the Hashd), were promoters and glorified the missile attacks that targeted US interests in Iraq. An informed source from within the Popular Mobilization Authority revealed to Al-Hurra that the change in the positions of these parties "came after a recent meeting between Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and the Shiite forces during which he informed them that the United States threatened to consider everyone silent about the attacks targeting diplomatic missions as a partner. It and it will be held severely. " The source added to the Al-Hurra website that "parties in the Al-Fateh Alliance and the head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Faleh Al-Fayyad, expressed fears that they would be subject to harsh US sanctions, which would threaten their interests and undermine their political future." He added that the President of the Republic, Barham Salih, delivered the same message to these parties in a meeting that also took place in Baghdad recently. On Thursday, local Iraqi media circulated a document signed by the head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Faleh al-Fayyad, according to which the leader of the Saraya al-Khorasani militia removed Hamid al-Jazaery from the organization and appointed Ahmed al-Yasiri to lead the 18th Brigade in the crowd. The document also included an order to dismiss Waad al-Qaddo, who is classified on the list of terrorism in the United States, from the leadership of the 30th Brigade in the Popular Mobilization Forces and to appoint Zain al-Abidin Jamil Khidr to replace him. It is noteworthy that all the elements of the 18th Brigade in the Popular Mobilization Forces belong to the Saraya al-Khorasani militia, while the brigade includes 30 members of the Shabak minority. Activists accuse "Saraya al-Khorasani" of participating in the killing of dozens of Iraqi demonstrators, since the protests began in the country in October of last year. In this context, the source confirms that "the head of the Popular Mobilization Authority, Faleh al-Fayyad, took this step in an attempt to absorb the anger of the Americans and draw closer to them." He added, "The dismissal of Al-Jazaery and Al-Qadu was carried out in coordination with the militia leaders within the Hashd Authority and at the behest of Tehran, in order to change the provocative faces in the body and appoint replacements for them, but of the same affiliation." The source, who asked not to be identified, revealed that "the person who succeeded the Algerian, named Ahmed al-Yasiri, is the cousin of the Secretary-General of Saraya al-Khorasani, Ali al-Yasiri." Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi's office did not respond to Alhurra's frequent calls for comment. Observers believe that this move by pro-Tehran militia leaders did not take place far from Iran, which last Saturday condemned the attacks against diplomatic missions in Iraq and called on the government to tighten its security measures to prevent their recurrence. The official Iranian news agency "IRNA" also quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatib Zada. . The Iraqi political analyst Raad Hashem confirms the information obtained by Al-Hurra and points out that "Al-Kazemi and Saleh conveyed a message from the US administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in particular, and included threats of a firm response and perhaps closing its embassies in Baghdad in protest of the continuing attacks." "This threat frightened the pro-Tehran political forces a lot, because it could be accompanied by US sanctions against prominent figures," he adds to Al-Hurra. Nevertheless, Hashem pointed out that "such positions would not have been issued far from Tehran, which controls all the movements and positions of its forces and militias in Iraq, and their movements or freezes them whenever it wants." Hashem attributes this step by Iran to its desire to calm down with the United States and the West in general, for several reasons, the most prominent of which is its desire to "obtain concessions on the issue of sanctions imposed on it." Most of the armed factions are subordinate to the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella that includes paramilitary forces. Despite its formal integration into the Iraqi Security Forces, it operates practically independently and resists all attempts to curb its influence. In addition, the vast majority of these factions owe ideological allegiance to the Iranian leader, Ali Khamenei, and raise their own flags alongside pictures of Khamenei and his predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini, in their headquarters. Al-Kazemi took office last May, becoming the third prime minister during a ten-week period of chaos that followed months of bloody protests in Iraq, which has been plagued by decades of sanctions, war, corruption and economic challenges. link