Iraq on the doors of a new phase .. «Victory» progresses and surprises expected

[Jaygo]

If the people’s vote really DOES matter he won’t get elected again. If he gets another term we know something fishy is going on. 

[yota691]

Q "Iranian refuses to publish the images of the electoral Abadi because of the necktie"

 

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 one hour ago

Shafqat News / The Qom provincial government rejected the status of Shiite religious stronghold in Iran, to approve the publication of election ads for the coalition, "victory" led by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, under the pretext of "wearing the necktie" in the pictures and banners of the election. 
"After a series of speeches by the Al-Nasr coalition in Iran to the municipality of Qom province, in order to allow him to publish the signs of the list and the candidates, our request was rejected because of wearing the tie in his campaign." 
Iraqi candidates attach great importance to the publication of election propaganda in the governorate According to Iraqi sources, 
some of the electoral lists in the province have been published in the province, including the Al-Fath coalition, which is backed by Iran, which includes the popular popular factions headed by Hadi al-Amiri.
Iranian authorities have banned wearing ties since the fall of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime in 1979 because of a fatwa by the founder of the regime, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that "these bindings symbolize the cross." 
Iraqi parliamentary elections are due to begin on May 12, while Iraqis will go abroad to the polls on 10 and 11 of the same month.

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[brob]

Nice opinion piece on Iraqi politics.

 

As Sectarian Politics Recedes, Competing Visions for Iraq Emerge

Iraqi ThoughtsApr 27, 2018

Among the most significant features of this year’s elections in Iraq has been the demise of sectarian rhetoric and the emergence of issue-based politics, with debate over the state of the economy taking center stage. But with two weeks to go before Iraqis head to the polls, many voters are in two minds over whether the country is heading in the right direction.

It is not surprising that identity politics has taken a back seat since the liberation of Mosul. Not only is there little appetite among an exhausted electorate for sectarian and ethnic incitement following four years of conflict that saw an unprecedented show of unity among Shias, Sunnis and Kurds on the battlefield, but the dynamics of political competition have taken a major turn.

Traditionally, sectarian and ethnic interests have largely framed the way leading Iraqi political parties compete against each other. But this has now changed for a number of reasons. Firstly, the Sunni leadership, comprising an old guard of political elite, is in disarray and confidence among Sunni communities is at an all-time low. Feelings of betrayal and abandonment are widespread among ordinary Sunnis who were led down a dangerous path in 2013, only to find that they had been swallowed up by the Caliphate. Meanwhile, the fallout from the failed Kurdish referendum has meant that for the first time, Kurdish parties will not be running under a united list and the emergence of new contenders in the Kurdistan Region could upend the traditional power centers held by the KDP and PUK. The dire state of Sunni and Kurdish politics means that for the first time, the leading Shia parties no longer view their Sunni counterparts – including the Baath Party – as a threat to their authority in Baghdad, nor the Kurds as kingmakers in the government formation process. For the Shia elite, their attention has now turned inwards.

The fragmentation of the National Alliance has meant that competing Shia-majority lists are seeking to carve out their own unique identities as a means to appeal to the electorate. And since sectarian identity is a non-issue, competing and often antagonistic visions for the country have emerged. Most notably, the fragmentation of State of Law Coalition, which overwhelmingly won the 2014 elections, has led to the emergence of Haider Al-Abadi’s Nasr Coalition and Hadi Al-Ameri’s Fateh Alliance. Given that all three lists are competing for seats from their original voter base, it stands to reason that issue-based debates will invariably emerge between them.

Abadi is campaigning on two key platforms: the successful conclusion of the war against Daesh that is predicated on his personal leadership as Commander-in-Chief; and his ability to keep the Iraqi economy afloat during the fiscal crisis.  Nasr contends that had it not been for Abadi’s prudent approach, the war against Daesh and the fall in oil prices would have inevitably bankrupted the country. So salary cuts, hiring freezes, and reliance on foreign financial assistance were all necessary measures that Abadi undertook to save the country and ultimately win the war.

To the informed outsider, that may sound like a reasonable argument, but many ordinary Iraqis see things differently. A commonly heard view among voters in Baghdad and the southern provinces is that despite Maliki’s catastrophic blunders on the security front, the economy under his tenure was in much better shape and life was generally more comfortable. While this argument projects a fundamentally flawed understanding of the nature of Iraq’s economy and the realities of war, this form of cognitive dissonance is a major feature of the current election cycle.

In fact one of the most common critiques made by Abadi’s rivals and their supporters pertains to his handling of the economy. There is widespread dissatisfaction by public sector employees about the wage cuts that were enforced early on under Abadi’s tenure due to the fall in oil prices – something that Iraqis had not experienced in the post-2003 era. The argument goes that under Maliki, oil prices were high, but oil exports were half what they are today. It stands to reason, as the claim goes, that even if oil prices are currently half of what they were before 2014, the amount of government revenue between the two periods is roughly the same. This argument is of course erroneous on many levels, but the fact that it has traction among Abadi’s detractors is indicative of the sorts of competing narratives that are being put forward by rival coalitions.

The extent to which these differences will lead to the emergence of substantive policy debates in the country is debatable. But the contrast in rhetoric with the 2014 election is stark. To put things into perspective, Abadi’s Nasr Coalition is fielding a total of 545 candidates in all 18 provinces. 30% of candidates are Sunni, 5% are Kurds and 10% are minorities. Similarly, both Fateh and Hikma are campaigning hard in the liberated provinces. With less traction for sectarian politics, it is only natural that competing issues, narratives and visions will come to dominate the election discourse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://1001iraqithoughts.com/2018/04/27/as-sectarian-politics-recedes-competing-visions-for-iraq-emerge/

[Butifldrm]

• Politician

Leading the opening: the formation of the next government may be longer than previous governments

14:06 - 29/04/2018

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 Information / Baghdad ..

Likely leadership in the coalition of conquest Haneen Qaddu, Sunday, delayed formation of the next government for a record period compared with the election of previous governments, noting that the interventions and international mediation will be present in the form of the next government.

"The lists of conquest, victory and the rule of law will have very close results in the coming elections, which makes the formation of the next government is very difficult and may take a record period compared to the formation of previous governments," Qaddo said in a statement.

He added that "these results will be reflected on the performance of the government and its program, which will force the next prime minister to adopt a consensus program between the rival blocs instead of the electoral program without achieving any progress in the files."

 Al-Qaddo explained that "the formation of the government will be a great Western and regional exchanges to bring together the views between the blocks, as well as the extent of the possibility of competitors to convince the other lists to support their candidacy for prime minister." Ending / 25 d

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/04/29/305063/

[Pitcher]

Thank you ButifIdrm.  I truly appreciate you, Thug, and  Yota for all your news posts.   

[10 YEARS LATER]

Elections . . . . contrived, manipulated for the greater good . . . money, oil, power, leverage, manipulation. Even the countries that don't get along and swear death to [ whom & what ever ], they're ALL in on it. Look around it's a Chess Game with NO Winners. The Game just goes on, doesn't it. - Zeitgeist - watch it. My Dad taught me about all of this long before it became public knowledge.

[yota691]

Video .. Maliki: If it becomes a choice for one of the others according to legal contexts I will support him for prime minister

In politics 

[10 YEARS LATER]

He's up to something . . . since when did " Legal " become associated with this fool ? Leverage and staying alive & in power is what M is about. He doesn't HAVE to be in POWER to STAY in POWER. 

[ChuckFinley]

9 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

He's up to something . . . since when did " Legal " become associated with this fool ? Leverage and staying alive & in power is what M is about. He doesn't HAVE to be in POWER to STAY in POWER. 

For sure, guy is a scum bag from the get go.  

[Butifldrm]

Q "Iranian refuses to publish pictures of Abadi election because of the tie"

 

 Twilight News    

 

 2 hours ago

 

 

Shafqat News / The Qom provincial government rejected the status of Shiite religious stronghold in Iran, to approve the publication of election ads for the coalition, "victory" led by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, under the pretext of "wearing the necktie" in the pictures and banners of the election. 
"After a series of speeches by the Al-Nasr coalition in Iran to the municipality of Qom province, in order to allow him to publish the signs of the list and the candidates, our request was rejected because of wearing the tie in his campaign." 
Iraqi candidates attach great importance to the publication of election propaganda in the governorate According to Iraqi sources, 
some of the electoral lists in the province have been published in the province, including the Al-Fath coalition, which is backed by Iran, which includes the popular popular factions headed by Hadi al-Amiri.
Iranian authorities have banned wearing ties since the fall of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime in 1979 because of a fatwa by the founder of the regime, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that "these bindings symbolize the cross." 
Iraqi parliamentary elections are due to begin on May 12, while Iraqis will go abroad to the polls on 10 and 11 of the same month.

 

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/6c316473-04da-4b3e-a63b-f9ae8b195eac

[Pitcher]

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A senior member of the Hashd al-Shaabi’s al-Fatih (Conquer) electoral coalition on Monday said he expects the next prime minister of Iraq to be elected from the Iran-backed electoral coalition.

Rahim al-Daraji, a senior member of the al-Fatih Coalition, told al-Ahd television that the electoral coalition consists of various Iranian-backed Shia militia factions and has close relations with Iran.

“If Hadi al-Amiri [Head of al-Fatih Coalition] wins the parliamentary elections, Iraq will be connected to Iran within a federal union,” Daraji said, adding that this was al-Fatih’s main project.

The next Iraqi government will include all “jihadists” who fought alongside Iran during the 1980s war against the former Iraqi regime led by Saddam Hussein, Daraji told al-Ahd, a media outlet affiliated to the Iranian-backed Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia group.

He added that all the personnel within Shia electoral lists in Iraq and all the nominees for the prime minister role “have good ties with Iran.”

The Shia official said they would not allow Saudi Arabia or the United States “to interfere” in electing the next prime minister of Iraq as “we do not even take their opinion.”

On April 8, Brig. Gen. Gholamhossein Gheybparvar, commander of the Basij force—one of the five forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)—and Iraj Masjedi, Iranian Ambassador to Iraq, who previously worked as an adviser to the commander of the IRGC, Qassem Soleimani, supervised a meeting with the al-Fatih electoral coalition in Baghdad.

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a US-designated terrorist, and the Deputy Commander of the Hashd al-Shaabi, previously said the group would not hesitate to highlight Iran’s role and support for the Shia militias in Iraq.

 

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/77ff536d-0f4e-4c53-a466-f43af15be741

[nannab]

Wow aren't they something?  

[yota691]

A newspaper close to Hezbollah exploded a surprise results of meeting Abadi - Maliki not declared

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Shafaq News / The Lebanese newspaper "Al-Akhbar" revealed a meeting that it said was undisclosed. 
The newspaper close to the Lebanese Hezbollah, "three weeks ago, the solution of the Vice President of the Republic, Nuri al-Maliki, a guest of Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, a visit was necessary for a variety of reasons, primarily the rift within the Dawa Party." 
"While the atmosphere is charged between the two parties as the parliamentary elections approach (12 May), but the atmosphere of the meeting was very positive after the birth of the leaders Abdel Halim Zuhairi and Tariq Najm.
"The news details the meeting," Initially, there was a connection between Maliki and Abadi on the initiative of the first, the latter hastened to emphasize the need to set the date of the meeting. Abadi expressed his readiness to visit his predecessor, but Maliki insisted that he be a guest of the Prime Minister. The meeting focused on the importance of uniting the two wings of the call, and the search for mechanisms to achieve this. " 
The" news "published last Saturday some of the meeting during the meeting, which was out of the limelight, but a statement issued by the Information Office of the owners denied the occurrence, A spokesman for the "coalition of victory" "(Abbadi) held without elaborating details 
The two parties agreed to form a bilateral committee responsible for the" unification of the wings. "
Maliki appointed his brother-in-law, the head of the "Youth Al-Bashaer" movement, Yasser al-Maliki, while Abadi chose one of his executive assistants, Sadiq al-Hassani. So far, the delegates have not made any contact between them, so that the "consolidation efforts" remain within their theoretical framework. 
Efforts did not meet al-Maliki Abbadi the first step on its way, as the leaders of "advocacy" tried to about two months ago to take a similar step. In February, Ali al-Alaq, a senior figure in al-Da'wa, announced that al-Maliki and al-Abadi had signed a document that would force them into the coalition after announcing the election results, without giving an explanation.
The paper said that the document aims to "preserve the unity of the call, and representation in the parliamentary parliament"; "Advocates who are running in one of the lists, will have to break away from them, and join the dome of the parliament bloc call. With this move, both Maliki and Abadi wanted to maintain their party unity, but regional messages reached them that "maintaining the prime minister requires unification of the wings before the elections." 
The presidency from the perspective of the call for 
nearly two weeks to hold elections, and the knowledge of political entities sizes, and then open debate about the person of the Prime Minister. Between Tehran and its allies on the one hand, and Washington and its allies on the other, there is a basis from which to launch the people concerned with the Iraqi file: "No veto on one," confirms "news" based on sources, explaining that what is settled by Washington and Tehran that "
The sources of the two capitals stressed that "the path of nomination of prime minister depends on the results of the elections first, and formed alliances second, which will put in turn the name of its candidate." 
Both al-Maliki and al-Abbadi are gaining power. The first seeks to "make a king" who is a believer in the "political majority" project, while the second seeks a second term. P ", which was able to eliminate the oppressor and restores the disputed territories of the Kurdistan Region, it is his natural right to invest his achievements," sources Abadi said. The name of the latter corresponds to a number of names promoted by al-Maliki's sources, most notably the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani and the Governor of Basrah behind Abdul Samad. However, everyone knows that only the last quarter will resolve the debate about the prime minister, Outside of contexts or expectations, «consensus consensus».
At the same time, there is a gamble on the movement of some of the party's "historic" leaders, such as Abdel Halim Zuhairi, Ali al-Adeeb and Tareq Najm, in dealing with the rift. A renewed movement over the past few days by "deliberate" steps that some hope will lead to a solution in the near future. Otherwise, the current fragmentation will transfer the party after the elections to a "clinical death". 
Sources of follow-up to the Iraqi file believes that "the call remains in power unless there is an alternative." The association with "election results first," and "form alliances second." 
The sources added that some influential regional actors seek to install the "call" in the fourth term, the conviction that the party is still the largest representatives of "Shiite political Islam in Iraq."

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[Butifldrm]

MIDDLE EAST

Iraq’s Shiite-Sunni Divide Eases

Grim outcome of Islamic State’s sectarian violence prompts Sunni politicians to ally with former Shiite foes

 

By 

Isabel Coles and

 

Ali Nabhan

May 1, 2018 5:30 a.m. ET

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FALLUJAH—The highway to this western Iraqi city, long synonymous with Sunni resistance against Iraq’s Shiite-led government, now showcases signs the sectarian tensions that have ravaged the country for 15 years are ebbing.

The road to Fallujah is lined with posters promoting Sunni candidates as part of Shiite-dominated coalitions for this month’s national election. Many of the same politicians who stirred up animosity now speak of unity, as they court voters fed up with years of sectarian politics that culminated in Islamic State’s takeover of a third of the country.

“We are really exhausted and don’t care who rules us, as long as we can lead a normal life,” said 23-year-old Fallujah shop owner Muhammad Saoud.

Candidates for Iraq’s parliament aren’t blind to that attitude. Sunni politician Mohammed Yaseen’s Iraqi Islamic Party was a driving force behind the Sunni protest movement in 2013 that was ultimately hijacked by Islamic State. Now he is running in Fallujah as an ally of Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who last week became the first Iraqi leader in 15 years to campaign in what has been essentially enemy territory for the government.

“Past experience has proved to our people that Iraqis should be united,” Mr. Yaseen said.

Iraqis passing by an campaign poster for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in central Baghdad late last month.

Iraqi politics has played along sectarian lines since the U.S. invaded the country and unseated dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. That effectively empowered the Shiite majority through the ballot box, a new order rejected by Sunnis, who felt they lost out. That political schism led to years of violence and governing dysfunction, eventually fueling Islamic State’s success.

Four years later, the utter devastation visited on Islamic State-occupied Sunni areas has ended any meaningful resistance to the political order that took shape after 2003. Sunni politicians who at first trumpeted Islamic State’s conquest as a revolution against the Shiite-led government have lost credibility among those who endured extreme violence and privation under militant rule.

The message ahead of next week’s election, from both Sunni and Shiite politicians, is one of solidarity. Electoral groupings headed by Shiite parties expect to win more seats in Sunni areas than ever before. And some Sunni politicians who were forced to flee the country when sectarian tensions were at their height have rejoined the political mainstream.

“The Sunnis have come to terms with the fact they are merely an accessory to power,” said prominent Sunni politician Mishaan al-Jubbouri. “They are completely crushed.”

Whether the trend can be sustained will depend not only on the next government, but also on the actions of regional players that have previously stoked sectarian tensions in Iraq to further their own agendas.

Gulf Arab states that previously sponsored Sunni efforts to change the status quo in Baghdad are now pursuing a different approach to Iraq. Saudi Arabia and its allies are engaging moderate Shiite politicians such as Mr. Abadi in a bid to pull Iraq out of Iran’s sphere of influence.

That has pushed most Sunni politicians in Iraq to realign themselves with Baghdad. “We face a big challenge: to integrate with the political process and forget about regaining power,” admitted Sunni politician Mahmoud al-Mashhadani.

Street rubble in Fallujah early last year, seven months after the city was recaptured from Islamic State. PHOTO: FALK NIELSEN/NURPHOTO/ZUMA PRESS

In turn, Shiite politicians can no longer convincingly use the Sunni threat to mobilize their own constituency. “At certain times during the past 15 years, Sunnis and Shia saw the bad apples among the others as an existential threat,” said Fanar Haddad, a research fellow at the National University of Singapore who wrote a book about sectarianism in Iraq. “That is no longer the case.”

In the city of Fallujah, civilians trying to rebuild their lives after three years of war and displacement blame their own politicians as much as the government for leading them to ruin.

“They abandoned us and left when Daesh came,” said Mr. Saoud, the Fallujah shop owner, using a common derogatory term for Islamic State.

Memories of Islamic State’s reign of terror are everywhere. A traffic roundabout in the city center, now the site of an election billboard, is where Islamic State publicly executed its opponents; a five-story building, now covered with campaign posters, is where the militants pushed men accused of homosexuality to their deaths.

Moderating the sectarian tension is the realization among Sunnis here that they largely have the Shiites who make up the bulk of Iraq’s security forces to thank for freeing them from Islamic State. When Iraq’s predominately Shiite forces entered Sunni areas occupied by Islamic State, Sunni politicians warned of a sectarian bloodbath, but it never materialized.

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Now Sunni politicians have been forced into pragmatism, with some even running on an electoral list representing Shiite militias who were accused of most of the abuses that did take place in the course of their battle against Islamic State.

“They [Sunni politicians] are kissing the hands of whoever has influence,” said Hameed Muhammad Mikhlif, 51, at a camp for displaced persons near Fallujah. “Now it’s about who’s strong and who’s weak.”

Good relations with the government are also essential for Sunnis seeking funds to rebuild. Iraq’s allies have pledged around $30 billion in loans and credit to Baghdad—a mere fraction of the more than $80 billion the government says it needs to fix the damage done by Islamic State.

Mr. Abadi has capitalized on the shift by striking a conciliatory note and promoting a national identity, broadening his appeal beyond his own Shiite Arab constituency. His so-called Victory electoral list is the only one to field candidates in all 18 of Iraq’s governorates, and polls project it will win a significant number of seats from Sunnis, giving him an edge over other lists with a narrower pool of voters.

“Iraq appeared divided and partitioned, and was pushed towards becoming ethnic and sectarian cantons… but we have turned that page,” Mr. Abadi said last week at his historic campaign stop in Fallujah. “In victory we achieved unity.”

Write to Isabel Coles at isabel.coles@wsj.com and Ali Nabhan at ali.nabhan@wsj.com

https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraqs-shiite-sunni-divide-eases-1525167000

[yota691]

Sadr backs Abadi's support for a second term

 

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 54 minutes ago

The leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr said on Tuesday that it is too early to talk about the nomination of Prime Minister Haider Abadi for a second term to head the next government cab, which will result in the legislative elections scheduled for the coming days.

Earlier in a television interview, al-Sadr announced Abadi's support for a second term as prime minister.

"We will announce this later," Sadr said in response to his position on Abadi's support for a second term.

"The time is still too early for this final opinion," he said.

 

 

 

 

[Butifldrm]

Political situation 

Abadi and Maliki .. alliance after the elections to form the next government

 May 1, 2018 yönetim  0 Comment

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Tuesday that it had not announced the gathering of the Dawa Party's Nuri al-Maliki and Haidar al-Abadi. 
The newspaper said that the meeting came to unite the ranks of the Dawa Party, resulting in the agreement between Abadi and Maliki on the coalition after the elections to form the next government. 
The sources said that the atmosphere of the meeting between al-Maliki and Abadi, which took place last month, was "very positive" despite the tense atmosphere between the two sides as the date approached. The elections, while they explained that the meeting paved the way for him leaders Abdel Halim Zuhairi and Tariq Najm, initially, and then al-Maliki contacted Abadi, stressed the latter, the need to determine the date of the meeting.
The newspaper said that "Abadi, expressed during the telephone call about his willingness to visit his predecessor, but Maliki insisted to be a guest of the Prime Minister," noting that the meeting focused on the importance of unifying the wings of the Dawa Party, and the search for mechanisms to achieve it. 
"The two sides agreed to form a bilateral committee to take responsibility for unifying the two wings of the party, where Maliki assigned his son-in-law, Yasser al-Maliki, while Abadi chose one of his executive assistants, Sadiq al-Hassani, so," she added, adding that delegates had not yet been in contact with each other, Efforts to unify "advocacy" within its theoretical framework.
The newspaper pointed out that leaders of the Dawa tried almost two months ago to take a similar step to collect al-Maliki and Abadi in February, where the leader of the party Ali al-Alaq, "Maliki and Abadi signed a document forcing them to the coalition after the announcement of the election results, without explanation, The sources pointed out that the document is intended to "preserve the unity of the invitation, and representation in the parliamentary parliament." 
According to the sources, "What is settled with Washington and Tehran, is that it is not possible, from now, put a veto on any name for the premiership before the knowledge of the trends of the street and temperament," while sources in Washington and Tehran that "the path of the nomination of prime minister depends on the results of the elections first and form Alliances, which will put in turn the name of its candidate, and both Maliki and Abadi, the power to him, the former looks to the draft political majority, while the second seeks a second term.
The newspaper pointed out that everyone knows that the "quarter of the last" alone will resolve the debate on the person of the Prime Minister, which is usually outside the contexts or expectations, "consensus unanimous", but in parallel, there is a bet on the mobility of some leaders of the party " "Abd al-Halim al-Zuhairi, Ali al-Adeeb and Tariq Najm, in dealing with the rift, are well aware that there is a danger that the Dawa Party is in danger of dislodging the government. 
For its part, see sources of follow-up to the Iraqi file that "the call remains in power unless there is an alternative to it, linking it to the results of the elections first and the form of alliances secondly." She added that some influential regional actors seek to install the call in the fourth term, the conviction that the party is still The largest representative of "the Shiite political Islam" in Iraq.
It is worth mentioning that the Lebanese newspaper "Al Akhbar" published last week some of the meeting during the meeting between Abadi and Maliki, which was far from the spotlight, but a statement issued by the Information Office of the owners denied the occurrence, while another statement issued by a spokesman for the " Led by Abadi, without giving details.

http://www.iraqyoon.net/العبادي-والمالكي-تحالف-بعد-الانتخابا/

[tjokie]

On 4/30/2018 at 6:01 AM, Butifldrm said:

Q "Iranian refuses to publish pictures of Abadi election because of the tie"

 

 Twilight News    

 

 2 hours ago

 

 

Shafqat News / The Qom provincial government rejected the status of Shiite religious stronghold in Iran, to approve the publication of election ads for the coalition, "victory" led by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, under the pretext of "wearing the necktie" in the pictures and banners of the election. 
"After a series of speeches by the Al-Nasr coalition in Iran to the municipality of Qom province, in order to allow him to publish the signs of the list and the candidates, our request was rejected because of wearing the tie in his campaign." 
Iraqi candidates attach great importance to the publication of election propaganda in the governorate According to Iraqi sources, 
some of the electoral lists in the province have been published in the province, including the Al-Fath coalition, which is backed by Iran, which includes the popular popular factions headed by Hadi al-Amiri.
Iranian authorities have banned wearing ties since the fall of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi regime in 1979 because of a fatwa by the founder of the regime, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, that "these bindings symbolize the cross." 
Iraqi parliamentary elections are due to begin on May 12, while Iraqis will go abroad to the polls on 10 and 11 of the same month.

 

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/6c316473-04da-4b3e-a63b-f9ae8b195eac

LOL!  Didn't stop them when Maliki was their puppet PM!

[caz1104]

How in the frick is Maliki still alive...let alone still in a form of power?....unbelievable

[ChuckFinley]

37 minutes ago, caz1104 said:

How in the frick is Maliki still alive...let alone still in a form of power?....unbelievable

I can never figure that out either. Every time I come here I am waiting that his time has come to an end. 

[Butifldrm]

Man who threw shoe at George W. Bush seeks parliament seat in Iraq

BY LUIS SANCHEZ - 05/01/18 02:55 PM EDT 20

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Muntazar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush in 2008, is running for parliament in Baghdad, BuzzFeed News reported on Tuesday.

 

"This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog," Zaidi yelled in Arabic while throwing both his shoes at Bush during a visit by the 43rd president. “This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq.” 

 

He was tackled by then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's bodyguards shortly after he threw the second shoe. Bush was uninjured in the incident.

 

Zaidi was arrested and sent to prison. He was released early for good behavior after nine months and left Iraq in 2009.

In 2011, he returned to Iraq but kept a low profile and focused on his foundation that worked to help children who had lost their parents during the American occupation of Iraq, BuzzFeed News reported.

Zaidi’s platform or the coalition he is hoping to work with in parliament are not yet clear.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/385691-man-who-threw-shoe-at-george-w-bush-seeks-parliament-seat-in-iraq

[yota691]

President of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council: questioning the election is not in the interest of anyone

BAGHDAD: The head of the Iraqi Islamic Supreme Council, First Deputy Speaker Sheikh Hamam Hamoudi, warned of the use of some money to influence voters in the upcoming Iraqi elections. He also warned that the presence of foreign forces in Iraq may explain that Iraq is part of the axes And conflicts that can occur. 
I consider that what distinguishes the upcoming elections, that «there is no conflict or antagonism, but competition for what will show itself as who will Iraq and serve ... This is a development and maturity in the political process. And the lists are no longer regional lists, but became comprehensive for all provinces, and this also emphasizes the evolution of the political process and the integrity of the political and social situation ».
But warned that «the new thing in these elections is to resort to some of the role of money in the purchase of votes or influence them». "Previously, the political or sectarian dimension was influential in the elections, but now there is no big difference between the entities, and the competition needs something else," he said. 
Hamoudi is running for the next election, a candidate for the "Fatah Alliance" founded by Hadi al-Amiri, one of the leaders of the "popular rally", earlier this year to run for the elections. 
In response to voices skeptical about the integrity of the elections, he stressed that "questioning the upcoming elections is not in the interest of anyone" and that "ensuring the integrity of the elections is very important." 
And how to ensure the vote of all Iraqis, especially the displaced, said: "We follow up with the Electoral Commission, and the United Nations exists with the Commission, and there is keen participation of all."
On his vision of the new government, he said: "Previous governments were focused on the satisfaction of the parties involved, and when we come to announce the government do not find a government program. But we have announced that the next government should be a government program detailed in the service of citizens such as housing and employment, health, education and others. We are currently working on the preparation of a government program that will not go into political issues, but focuses on the problems that concern the citizen. So the new program is the new government, it is a detailed program, the new is the formation of a parliamentary group adopts this program and the follow-up government in its implementation ». 
On the assessment of the mandate of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi, he said that «Abadi succeeded in calming the problems, and received a lot of positions and statements convulsive absorption, has identified the enemy, an advocate, and the rest of the problems without, and this is an important point in the management of the war. As he was keen to maintain balances in a way that does not make Iraq subject to one or the other ».
But he believes that Abbadi "is adamant about wasting real and substantial opportunities for the people and the people to take real and courageous measures. That is why many now do not react to a new cycle of worship: some believe that Abbadi will not form a strong government and that his next government will be weak and Be the initiator. He also made great statements in the face of the corrupt people without finding the impact on the ground ». 
He added: "There is no doubt that Abbadi still has chances, he is at the head of the victory bloc, which is a large bloc that has a presence in the street, but as you know, the formation of the government in Iraq during the previous four sessions was not linked to the results of the elections, .
On the possibility of forming a coalition between the alliance «victory» and «conquest» and conditions in order to achieve this, he said: «Yes, this is on the first day, we were one and then separated in the hope that we have alliances. And our conditions are: the government program, and not to turn back in the issues of the presence of foreign forces and political and sectarian traps ... quotas are the cause of the situation that we have reached the disintegration of the state and corruption ... and believes in what we believe and is ready to implement it, this is a total thing between us ». 
As to whether the protests of the recent "popular crowd" were related to the elections, he stressed that "the problem is administrative rather than political."
"Any complaint about the use of a government address in the elections can be presented to the Commission, and the Horde is now a government address ... If a man fights on the front and has made great achievements and is now political and speaks of his history, this is not an exploitation of the crowd," he said. But from the presentation of the curriculum vitae and what the advantage of this candidate from other candidates ». 
He attributed the shift of leaders from the "crowd" to politics that "the situation has become better, and many of the security challenges have been overcome. This stage is the stage of reconstruction, and those who were willing to sacrifice their blood are supposed to have a role ... in their previous success they can succeed in the reconstruction issue. "
As for the future of the "crowd", he said: "The region is unstable and Israel is opening up a battle for us every day. The American policy is unclear and volatile, and there are problems that continue, so the presence of the crowd is a message for everyone who wants to interfere in Iraqi affairs. Ideologues are ready to defend this country ».

May 02, 2018

 

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Newspaper surprise burst results of meeting Abadi and Maliki undeclared

 

 

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01-05-2018 09:14 PM 

 

The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported a meeting that it said was undeclared gathering the poles of the Dawa party Nuri al-Maliki and Haidar al-Abadi. 

"Three weeks ago, Vice President Nuri al-Maliki was replaced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi," said the newspaper close to Hezbollah. A visit was a must for a variety of reasons in the forefront of the rift within the Dawa Party '. 

"The atmosphere was charged between the two sides as the parliamentary elections approach (12 May), but the atmosphere of the meeting was very positive after the birth of the leaders Abdel Halim Zuhairi and Tariq Najm. 

"The news details of the meeting," Initially, was a connection between Maliki and Abadi on the initiative of the first, the latter hastened to emphasize the need to set the date of the meeting. Abadi expressed his readiness to visit his predecessor, but Maliki insisted that he be a guest of the Prime Minister. The meeting focused on the importance of unifying the two wings of advocacy, and the search for mechanisms to achieve this. 

The newspaper had '  published last Saturday some of the session during the meeting, which was away from the spotlight, but a statement issued by the Information Office of the owners denied the occurrence, while another statement issued by a spokesman for the' victory coalition '(led by Abadi) Details. 

The two parties agreed to form a bilateral committee responsible for the 'unification of wings'.

Maliki assigned his son-in-law, the head of the Youth Al-Bashaer movement, Yasser al-Maliki, while Abadi chose one of his executive assistants, Sadik al-Hassani. So far, the delegates have not made any contact between them, so that the 'unification efforts' remain within their theoretical framework.

It was not the meeting of al-Maliki and Abbadi the first step on its way, as the leaders of the 'invitation' tried almost two months ago to take a similar step. In February, Ali al-Alaq, a senior figure in al-Da'wa, announced that al-Maliki and al-Abadi had signed a document that would force them into the coalition after announcing the election results, without giving an explanation.

The Lebanese newspaper said that the document aims to 'maintain the unity of the invitation, and representation in the Parliament of Representatives';' Aldadoyon who are running in one of the lists, it will be necessary for them to break away from them, and join the dome of the parliament bloc call. With this move, both Maliki and Abadi wanted to preserve the unity of their party, but regional messages reached them that 'maintaining the prime minister requires unification of the wings before the elections.'

Presidency from the perspective of advocacy

Nearly two weeks after the elections, the political entities are informed of their size, and then the debate over the prime minister's person opens. Between Tehran and its allies, on the one hand, and Washington and its allies on the other, there is a base from which to start with those concerned with the Iraqi file: 'no veto on one', confirming 'news' based on sources, explaining that what is settled by Washington and Tehran that' can not from now Put a veto on any name before knowing the direction of the street and temperament '.

The sources of the two capitals stressed that 'the path of nominating the prime minister depends on the results of the elections first, and form alliances second, which will put in turn the name of the candidate'.

Both al-Maliki and al-Abbadi are gaining power. The first seeks to 'make a king' believer in the project 'political majority', while the second seeks a second term. "He who managed to eliminate the oppressor, and restore the disputed territories of the Kurdistan Region, the natural right to invest his achievements," sources Abadi said. The name of the latter corresponds to a number of names promoted by al-Maliki's sources, most notably the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani and the Governor of Basrah behind Abdul Samad. However, everyone knows that only the last quarter will resolve the debate about the prime minister, Outside of contexts or expectations, «consensus consensus».

At the same time, there is a gamble on the movement of some of the party's 'historic' leaders, such as Abdel Halim Zuhairi, Ali al-Adeeb and Tarek Najm, in dealing with the rift. The movement has been renewed in the past few days by steps 'deliberate' Some hope to lead to a solution in the near future, otherwise, the current fragmentation will transfer the party after the election to a 'clinical death'.

Sources of follow-up to the Iraqi file sees that 'the call remains in power unless there is an alternative to it'. Association with 'election results first' and 'alliances form II'.

The sources added that some influential regional actors seek to install the 'call' in the fourth term, the conviction that the party is still the largest representatives of 'Shiite political Islam in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

 

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 2018-05-03 BY SOTALIRAQ

 

State law: check our electoral project will give al-Maliki prime minister undisputed

 

 

MP on the coalition of state law Awatif blessing, on Wednesday, that the acquisition of a coalition of the political majority in the upcoming parliamentary elections will make the leader of the coalition Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister.

Nima said in a statement that "a coalition of state law on the political majority will make Maliki prime minister without dispute."

"Our project in the elections scheduled for May 12 is to achieve the political majority for an Iraq free of party and factional quotas," she said.

The parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on May 12, amid fears expressed by political parties and popular circles of the "rigging and manipulation" of the results of the elections, especially in the western provinces and disputed areas, while denied the Iraqi Council of the existence of a defect in the "servers" With electronic counting and sorting devices in the Independent High Electoral Commission.

Iraq's 2018 parliamentary elections are the first to take place in the country, following the defeat of an organization calling for the end of last year and the second since the US withdrawal from Iraq in 2011.

It is also the fourth election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003 and will take place on May 12 to elect members of the House of Representatives, which will elect the new prime ministers and the republic.

The elections are contested by 320 political parties, coalitions and electoral lists, as follows: 88 electoral lists, 205 political entities and 27 electoral coalitions, through 7,367 candidates, fewer than the number of 9,000 candidates in the 2014 elections.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/05/03/دولة-القانون-تحقق-مشروعنا-الانتخابي-س/

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Political affairs

Corruption in bulk .. Jubouri uses the staff protection to serve his propaganda and 90% of the campaigns of Maliki and Allawi funded by the presidency

May 03 2018 12:35 PM

Jubouri costs 50 security elements to serve his election propaganda

Baghdad Post

Informed sources revealed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Salim Jubouri, unloading 50 elements of his protection to serve his campaign.

 

The sources pointed out that 90% of the campaign of Vice President Nuri al-Maliki and Iyad Allawi, funded by the Office of the Presidency of the Republic.

 

The sources said: "Salim Jubouri used the processions of the official state for senior officials, as well as the unloading of troops, not less than 50 security elements, in favor of his propaganda movement between different Iraqi cities."

 

The sources quoted a member of the Board of Trustees of the Electoral Commission as saying: "One conviction was reached, which turned a blind eye to the use of candidates for state funds and property in the promotion of themselves," noting that "90% example of Maliki's campaign, funded by the Office of the Presidency, Applies to Iyad Allawi. "

 

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