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

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On ‎3‎/‎17‎/‎2018 at 5:08 PM, Wiljor said:

...if Abadi can’t put some lead between his (Maliki's) eyes, he will destroy him in the elections and win a second term, then is when I believe that Abadi will make a serious bid to go after him

 

I'm in agreement, Wiljor. Now may not be the right time, but should Abadi win re-election and PM post (which the whole world is pushing for IMO) then it is time to reveal the skunk. After all, Abadi would be on his last term with not much to lose while he builds on his legacy to rebuild and bring folks together, revealing the thieves that destroyed Iraq. Maliki would love to be the next Saddam Hussein. Time will tell.

Edited March 21, 2018 by King Bean

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As accurate today as it was in 2014. A good read. And this was prior to ISIS takeover.  KB.

 

What Another Term for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Would Mean for Iraq

By Justin Marozzi

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When you hear the words “Iraqi prime minister” and “third term” in the same sentence, you start to wonder. While Iraqi politicians gather in smoke-filled rooms in Baghdad to haggle over April’s parliamentary elections and choose the next prime minister, 11 years after the removal of Saddam some are asking, is Iraq sliding into another dictatorship — or all-out civil war — under Nuri al-Maliki?

Maliki has served eight years as prime minister and doesn’t appear to be in any hurry to leave. A picture doing the rounds among Iraqi Facebookers shows a rackety, grey-bearded Maliki in 2055, celebrating his 15th term as prime minister. As the leading Iranian stooge in the Middle East, he may be here to stay.

Image of Nuri al-Maliki

“A dictatorship can take many forms,” says Samir Sumaidaie, a former Iraqi minister and ambassador in Washington. “It rarely appears suddenly from nowhere. In Iraq there are many of the warning signs that despite the trappings of democracy, the people will gradually be cowed, opposition smothered and a despotic regime based on a mafia-like, corrupt ruling class would emerge.”

Sumaidaie says regime survival is Maliki’s sole achievement. “As a politician who is bent on staying in power as long as possible and milking the state for all it’s worth for the benefit of his family, cronies and mercenary Dawa Party followers, he is a success. But as a head of government responsible for building and preserving the institutions of the state and serving the people, he’s a spectacular failure.”

The charge sheet against Maliki is comprehensive. Critics say while he has been relentlessly concentrating power in his own hands and taking personal control of the security forces and intelligence services (straight out of the Saddam handbook), virtually all key indicators have gone backwards.

Public services, such as healthcare and education, are barely functioning. Infrastructure is crumbling. Sitting on a lake of oil, Iraq should be one of the richest places on earth yet it remains strangled by a command economy with a massive and dysfunctional public sector, a legacy of the Baath Party under Saddam. “Iraq is one of the last centrally planned economies on earth and this must change if they are to have any hope of creating the jobs they need,” says Zaab Sethna of Northern Gulf Partners, which specializes in Iraqi investment.

As for security and the violence that continues to tear Iraq apart, Maliki, despite monopolizing the state’s coercive powers, has been an abject failure. Last year was the deadliest for five years, with almost 9,000 killed in raging violence, an average of 25 a day. Astonishingly he has managed to lose control of swathes of western Iraq, which have slipped into Al Qaeda’s hands. At least Saddam kept a lid on things — and held Iran, the great winner of the 2003 war, at bay.

Maliki is an unlikely dictator. A charisma-free zone, he is no rabble-rousing Castro or Chavez. Yet behind the balding, bespectacled exterior lie a ruthlessness and steel that have many worried about Iraq’s future direction. Those who cross him, such as Vice President Tariq al Hashimi, framed on terrorist charges and sentenced to death in absentia in 2012, are soon disposed of. Amnesty’s latest annual report could be describing Saddam’s Iraq: peaceful protesters shot dead, thousands of detentions, hundreds of death sentences after unfair trials, dozens of executions, torture and ill treatment “rife.”

Should we be surprised? Probably not. As a rule, Iraqi leaders don’t willingly step down from power — or pay attention to human rights. In the 40s and 50s, Nuri Pasha served eight terms as prime minister. When he was killed during the 1958 revolution that brought the monarchy to a bloody end, Iraq entered a turbulent period, punctuated by coups and assassinations that only ended with the rise of Saddam to the presidency in 1979. He wasn’t very keen to stand down, either.

Whatever Iraqis may tell you to the contrary, there’s nothing new about sectarian division here. Although some blame Americans for unleashing it after 2003, the fact is Iraq has been at the fulcrum of the Sunni-Shia divide since the seventh century. When the Sunni Abbasid caliph Al Mansur, founder of Baghdad, died in 775, he left a crypt full of corpses. Every one of them was a Shia. Sectarian strife has been a regular feature of life ever since.

I’ve heard Sunni aristocrats talk about Shia politicians as “upstarts,” “kebab-sellers” and “car-dealers” with a visceral loathing. With only a fleeting exception in the Middle Ages, Sunni minority rule over the Shia majority has been the norm. The loss of power to the Shia has been a cataclysm for Sunnis. Many refuse to accept it.

So sectarian tensions, ethnic rivalries, Iranian influence, Islamist extremism and terrorism all on the rise. National unity as elusive as ever. Corruption rampant. An unreformed command economy strangling development. Whoever becomes Iraq’s next prime minister, don’t expect things to get much better anytime soon. One of my old friends in Baghdad sounds bleaker than ever. “Iraqis have lost all hope in the future,” he says.

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/justin-marozzi/what-another-term-for-pri_b_5481212.html

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Sadr slams Maliki's 'absolute majority' policy

March 22 2018 02:25 PM

Sadr slams Maliki's 'absolute majority' policy

 

 

Sadritst Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr criticized the former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki's "absolute majority" policy on Thursday, asserting that his movement do not support this idea.

In a Q&A at al-Sadr's website, the leader answered a question about the probability of corrupt politicians exploiting this "absolute majority" policy, stressing that the movement will not adopt this plan.

Analysts say that after introducing the quota system after the fall of the former president Saddam Hussein's regime to guarantee that his Shia party gets more votes and influence in the Iraqi state, Maliki called for abolishing it and forming a new system based on the absolute majority.

They added that Maliki attempts to increase the influence of his Iranian sponsors in Iraq and promotes his Shia bloc to be either led by him or by the Iranian Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) top leader Hadi al-Ameri.

Maliki claims that his new "absolute majority" scheme that he adopted will be a patriotic project that all of the Iraqi factions be part of.

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Someone needs to take this guy out. How long are we going to have to deal with this A$$ Wipe.  

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A source close to him: Abadi not worried about the electoral list of "Maliki" while the danger comes from "Jubouri"

24-03-2018 03:00 PM

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Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi revealed that he is not worried about Maliki's electoral list between the danger coming from a coalition of competencies led by Haitham al-Jubouri. 

The media adviser to Abadi, that 'the latter is not worried about the alliances of al-Maliki, even if he managed to reach the prime minister again, therefore, they represent the same bloc, pointing out that raises fears coalition competencies of change led by Haitham Jubouri, which revealed new faces with expertise and certificates can compete Alliance of slaves'.

 
The political differences between Abadi and Jabouri led to tensions after the disclosure of some files and influential by Abadi under the name of quotas.

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Reveal the main reason behind the withdrawal of Maliki's coalition from the province, "Sunni"

25-03-2018 01:17 PM

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The coalition office of the rule of law, on Sunday, that the coalition led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki decided to withdraw from the electoral race in the province of Salah al-Din, in preparation for the vote of 12 May. 

He attributed the Office in a statement, the reasons for withdrawal to the large number of candidates and the desire to give sufficient opportunity to the rest of the political blocs in the province. 


The head of the Office of the rule of law in Salah al-Din Zulfiqar Baldawi, the news of the withdrawal after the agreement of the Office of the coalition of law with its candidates in the maintenance of withdrawal, which won the support and acceptance of the coalition leader Nuri al-Maliki. 

No political coalition has ever announced its withdrawal from electoral competition in any Iraqi province in order to give way to its political rivals.

Baldawi admits 'weak fortunes' electoral law coalition in Salahuddin, and says in an interview for the 'Middle East' that the withdrawal is an initiative to serve the large blocs, our bloc is small and we wanted to make room for others to win parliamentary seats, and there are a large number of candidates, both Sunnis or Shiites, which confuses the residents of the province, which suffered greatly after the control of (Da'sh) them in 2014; and this may lead them to refrain from participation and preferred to withdraw. 

Al-Baldawi points out another reason for the coalition to withdraw, namely, "the failure of the Shiite forces to enter into a unified alliance to ensure they win a seat or two seats. Instead, they entered into three or four coalitions; which distracts the votes of Shiite voters, . 

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Salah al-Din has a Sunni majority with a Shiite minority based in the Dujail and Balad courts.

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Maliki's office denies a statement to the state law on his withdrawal from the election Saladin

13:23 - 25/03/2018

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The Information Office of the President of the coalition of the State of Nuri al-Maliki, on Sunday, the statement circulated by some media to the Office of a coalition of state law in Salahuddin province, which talked about the withdrawal of the coalition from the electoral race in the province.

The Director of the Office Hisham Rikabi said in a statement to the information that "the coalition of state law did not come down with an electoral list in the province of Salah al-Din to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections."

He added that "there are candidates (counting on the rule of law) decided to participate in the electoral lists in the province," denying the existence of a statement on behalf of a coalition of state law talks about the withdrawal of the coalition.

Local media attributed a statement to a coalition of state law announced the withdrawal from the electoral race in the province of Salah al-Din. Ending / 25

 

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/03/25/294313/

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Hadi al-Amiri donates "5600" weapons to the people of Diyala and Salah al-Din from the Ministry of Interior and put Araji embarrassing position !!

25-03-2018 08:30 PM

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The source said Sunday that Hay al-Amiri had donated 5,600 five thousand and six hundred  pieces of weapons to the people of Diyala and Salahuddin in order to win their votes and gain an electoral campaign in an ominous way. The 

source added in a press statement that the weapon that Hadi al-Amiri distributed Continued to the Interior Ministry, indicating that the position  of Interior Minister Qassim Araji in an embarrassing and enviable.

 

He asked the source , who asked not to be named, how long Aahadi Bakon Tsrkon from under the cloak to finance your campaigns electoral suspicious  What Enough is played at the Ministry of Transport played (Frakh ducks),  what QAFAC you the player base in the sale of Khor Abdullah,  Macfak falsifications on the Iraqis by saying to the world without Iraqi poverty is a lie

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Amiri is on that corruption list right being Maliki's lackey and all.

 

Good morning Yota and DV 

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Abadi and Maliki .. Conflict of consensus and majority

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Political observers point out that the growing divisions are prevailing in the Iraqi electoral scene, especially within the basic components, while highlighting the component that has led the government since the US invasion of Iraq so far, and the rivalry between the two main tribes, Haider Abadi and Nuri al-Maliki, The same faction of the Dawa Party, without regard to the fact that this great breach may be implemented by forces that are currently being shadowed, despite their importance.

Through their sermons and speeches, aspiring politicians try to flex their muscles in talking about the political process, their positions on the project of political majority and consensus democracy, and other terms that Iraqis have been accustomed to hearing for 15 years, with no further deterioration at all levels. The prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, does not support the political majority, which wants to exclude the other, and the acquisition of class privileges, but seeks a compromise solution.

"The political majority project, which is adopted by the coalition of state law, will be a national project, in which all sectors of the people will participate," said al-Abadi. This partnership can not be coercive, but necessarily consensual.

"We need men of state, not men of authority, men who are looking for the success of the national project, not the success of their personal projects," said Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the National Alliance.

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In the context, the political analyst, Ahmed Said, that the dispute between Maliki and Abadi, is not about the nature of the project they carry, as much as it is a personal issue, after he was forced to leave Maliki's position four years ago.

He said that al-Maliki has proposed to a number of blocs several times, changing Abadi because of their disagreement with him about the election law and postponement, and offered them to be the alternative of the Dawa Party, and not necessarily be Maliki himself, speaking with them as leader of the party.

He said Maliki still has the desire to return to the post of prime minister, but it is up to the regional players, led by Iran, which will push Maliki again if you want to strain the scene.

Sharp split

In turn, the writer and political analyst, Yahya al-Kubaisi, that the National Coalition, live a sharp division, it is difficult to talk about the existence of a national alliance originally, pointing out that the division within the National Alliance, reflected on the distribution of positions, and disagreements about the monopoly of power and prime minister, Clear to judgment.

In turn, expect the leadership of the coalition of state law, high Nassif, to open internal differences in the Shiite coalition, the door to a new kind of alliances that may transcend the sectarian framework, through a kind of joint alliance, under the slogan of achieving the national interest of the country.

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A struggle for the Iraqi presidencies ... and an early battle to lead the next government

 

Baghdad - Aktham Saif al-Din

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The Iraqi political parties did not wait for  the parliamentary elections and their results to start bargaining on the positions of the three presidencies. The bargaining between these parties is intensifying these days in order to win positions, according to their interests, which makes the interest of the people worthless in front of the office and private gains, in a country aspiring to change and to get rid of corruption.

"The  Kurds seek to compensate for their expected loss in the election of voters in the disputed areas  "

"The Kurdish parties are conducting double dialogues at the same time, trying to get electoral gains in the next parliamentary session," he said, adding that these dialogues "are conducted by the alliance of victory, led by Prime Minister Haider Abadi , And on the other with the alliance of the rule of law, led by Nuri al-Maliki. " The official stressed that "the Kurds are trying to get this time the post of Speaker of the Parliament instead of the post of President of the Republic , which they consider an honorary position, not a role for him," noting that "they proceed from the premise that the position was their share with the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs, but today they lost the post Foreign, and remained on the presidency only. "

The official added that "the dialogues of the Kurds are focused today on the change of positions, in order to be the presidency of parliament of their share, while granting the post of President of the Republic for the year," noting that "both sides of the dialogue (Abadi and Maliki) are trying to achieve electoral gains, so they do not want a response Demand of the Kurds, and continue their negotiations in this direction. " "There is no direct dialogue between the Kurds and the Sunni side in this regard, but there is a dialogue between Abadi and these parties, as the president of the parliament, Ministers to bring all components closer to his alliance. "

The Kurds are seeking to compensate for their expected loss of voter turnout in the disputed areas, previously under their control, by obtaining the post of speaker of parliament.

In this context, the President of the Office of the Presidency of the Territory, Fouad Hussein, said that "the Kurds will lose 10 parliamentary seats in the disputed areas during the upcoming elections, because of the situation that has emerged there, after the events that followed the referendum," but "but we will win dozens of seats in other regions , Which keeps the Kurds an influential weight in the political process in the federal Iraq. "If you get 50 Kurdish seats, instead of 63, they can play an influential role in the Iraqi parliament," he said.

The conflict is not confined to positions and the pursuit of electoral gains in a political party only, as the conflict peaks today between the divided blocs of the National Alliance , on the post of prime minister. The same political official said that "the struggle for the post of prime minister reached the strongest among the four alliances divided from the National Alliance, as both the alliance of victory and the rule of law and Fatah, seeking to obtain the post, while did not specify the alliance, led by the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr, Way after. " He pointed out that "despite the adherence of the Dawa Party, Maliki's wing and Al-Abbadi wing, to the post, but the head of the Fatah alliance Hadi al-Amiri, seeking at the same time to get the post, which sparked the conflict between the three poles, and cut the road to an alliance between any of them, No one sees the position as his right. "

"The  struggle for the post of prime minister peaked among the four alliances divided from the National Alliance  "

In this context, the head of the "State of Law" parliamentary bloc, a close associate of Maliki, Ali al-Adib, in a press statement, "The post of prime minister is our share as a party invitation," stressing that "there is no justification to give up, The media that the party, does not require the waiver of the post, and there are no reasons to require it, "stressing that" the largest bloc that will win the elections is to nominate the Prime Minister, in accordance with the Constitution. " He pointed out that "the quota is the one that caused the political process stalled, which is rejected today, and must leave the subject to the selection of elites and personalities able to fill positions in the next government."

Pre-election debates and debates indicate opening up for  private bargaining and deals Between blocks, according to interests, at the expense of people's interest. This is confirmed by the political expert, Jaber Aboudi, in an interview with "the new Arab," he said that "the fierce struggle to achieve gains and access to positions, which started earlier this time, indicates the pursuit of those parties, to open the door to bargaining with the stronger blocs, With them to achieve interests, "pointing out that" all dialogues that are taking place today between these blocks, are bargaining and political deals from the point of common interests. " He explained that "these bargaining will lead to a change that may occur in the map of the next political process, not on the basis of the interest of the people, but according to the interests of factional." He pointed out that "any change in the positions of sovereign does not violate the Iraqi constitution," explaining that "

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On 3/24/2018 at 10:45 AM, yota691 said:

A source close to him: Abadi not worried about the electoral list of "Maliki" while the danger comes from "Jubouri"

24-03-2018 03:00 PM

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Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi revealed that he is not worried about Maliki's electoral list between the danger coming from a coalition of competencies led by Haitham al-Jubouri. 

The media adviser to Abadi, that 'the latter is not worried about the alliances of al-Maliki, even if he managed to reach the prime minister again, therefore, they represent the same bloc, pointing out that raises fears coalition competencies of change led by Haitham Jubouri, which revealed new faces with expertise and certificates can compete Alliance of slaves'.

 
The political differences between Abadi and Jabouri led to tensions after the disclosure of some files and influential by Abadi under the name of quotas.

 

 

Everyone needs to pay close attention to this election.  Haitham Jubouri, is related to Maliki.  I think he is his nephew.  What I do know about this man, is that he is the ONE in parliament that brought charges against Shabibi, and was disappointed when Shabibi was aquitted.  We all should know Shabibi was about monetary reform and unjustly charged with a crime he did not commit.  If you are in this investment, it would be good to go back and do research economic reform between 2009 and 2013.  Jubouri, quashed Shabibi and all monetary reform , IMHO for corruption.  He is nothing but a Maliki tool.

 

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Deputy: negotiations to form the next government will be the most difficult history of Iraq

12:20 - 03/04/2018

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The deputy MP for the Liberal Zeinab Sahlani, Tuesday, could not form the next government because of the dispersion of political blocs during the elections, pointing to negotiations to form a government will be the most difficult in Iraqi political history and critical.

 "The majority of the large political blocs and according to expectations and opinion polls will get 30 seats in the House of Representatives next at best."

 She added that "the political blocs are inconsistent and will disintegrate most of them because of the exposure of new deputies to the compromises and material or political concessions by granting ministerial seats in exchange for supporting the nomination of the next prime minister or deals."

Sahlani said that "these reasons in addition to regional conflicts to support the candidates to take over the government will increase the crisis and will lead to delay the formation of the next government to be the most difficult negotiations in Iraq's political history." Ending / 25 d

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Details of the coalition "Amiri" and "Abadi" and "Maliki" after the elections

03-04-2018 03:09 PM

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Revealed the head of the Fatah Alliance, and the Secretary General of the Badr Organization Hadi Amiri, the existence of a desire in his alliance to integrate with the list of victory and the rule of law after the next elections, while warned of the 'liquidation' candidates by politicized decisions. 

Al-Amiri said in an interview with Al-Mayadin station, which broadcasts from Beirut, that 'the coalition of state law, which was a member of the last elections will run next with 3 lists and there is a desire to open the integration after the elections with the victory coalition led by Haider Abadi, the current Prime Minister and the rule of law led by Prime Minister Former Nuri al-Maliki '. 

Amiri ruled out 'external influences in the Iraqi elections', adding that 'it will not be allowed.' 

He pointed out that 'there is consensus among all lists to hold free and fair elections away from any foreign intervention'.

"Iraq is based on multiple components and will not settle unless they are all in the government," he said, stressing that the need to hold elections on time because 'postponement means bringing the country into a dark tunnel'. 

The head of the Fatah list pointed out that the diversity in the multiple lists away from the sectarian ditch 'a positive step and evidence of health', expected to be 'there is convergence of results without reaping any party majority', pointing out that 'the priority of Iraq to eliminate the triangle of death of sectarianism Corruption and terrorism '. 

Amiri stressed that 'no veto on the post-election alliances', and that the dialogue will be open on the project, pointing out that 'must not use the Authority of Accountability and Justice as a tool for liquidation and politicization in the electoral process'.

He stressed that 'the need to take fair judicial proceedings against those who have committed an offense against the Iraqi people, and include accountability and justice for all or exclude all', adding that 'all heads of entities supported the document of honor of elections, but the agreement was to send delegates and representatives to sign'.

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"Abadi" and "Maliki" and "Allawi" will not get the post of prime minister and favorite Hadi al-Amiri

03-04-2018 04:14 PM

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Predicted the intellectual and political Hassan al-Alawi, not to get Abadi, Maliki and Allawi to the post of prime minister next, stressing that the next government is destined to remain weak. 

Al-Alawi said in a press statement that "the next government is no different from its predecessors and estimated according to international plans to remain weak for the next four years." 

He added that "the reading of the political map confirms that the head of a coalition of state law Nuri al-Maliki and current Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the head of the National Coalition Iyad Allawi will not have any of them the next prime minister and won one of the three personalities," expected that "the prime minister to the head of the coalition Al-Fath Hadi Al-Amri. " 

On the repeated warnings of rigging the elections, Alawi said: "Do not warn him of the fake." 

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned Sunday against buying and selling election cards, which are punishable by 15 years in jail.

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Maliki: determined to correct the political process

05/4/2018 12:00 am  Baghdad / Al-Sabah Vice President Nuri al-Maliki confirmed his intention to correct the course of the political process through the elections and achieve development and stability and provide the necessary quality of services. A statement issued by his office that the Vice President of the Republic Nuri al-Maliki received in his office official fans of the movement Al-Bashaer in Muthanna province, and explained during the meeting that Muthanna from the provinces that suffered a decline in the level of services and stop most of the projects because of the financial crisis experienced by the country ».  Maliki said according to the statement, «we are determined to correct the course of the political process through the elections and achieve development and stability and provide the necessary reduction of the quality of services», stressing at the same time, the importance of developing plans against the real needs of citizens in Iraq now and in the future and keep pace with what is happening in development Global economy through the optimal utilization of available resources and sustainable development ". The Vice President renewed the call for active participation in the elections to promote democracy, and to deliver the competencies that fulfill the aspirations of the people to the responsibility, and accountability for their programs, and the implementation of the Government's plans and programs transparently.

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Maliki: The reform process will succeed only through the political majority

The Vice-President of the Republic, Nuri al-Maliki, on Wednesday, that the reform process will succeed only through the establishment of a political majority project and the formation of a stable political system.

A statement to the Information Office of the Vice-President of the Republic, "Maliki said during a meeting with his official office, today, a group of young people in the province of Maysan in the presence of a member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Chihod, that the youth pillar of society, they strengthen and remain and without them weaken and disintegrate.

Al-Maliki added that "nations and peoples are in the hands of young people, and when the role of young people is absent from the arena of society or misused, accelerate the nation signs of stagnation and tampering with the hands of the abusers and stop the pace of progress.

He added that "the youth and the pillars of society, their strength and remains and without them weaken and decompose," adding that "Nations and peoples are the hands of young people, and when the role of young people are absent from the arena of society or misused exercise, accelerate to the nation signs of stagnation and tampering with the hands of the abusers, .

He noted that "the great sacrifices made by the youth of Iraq in the war against terrorism, and the pivotal role they have played in renouncing the violence and extremism pursued by armed terrorist groups against the innocent."

"Our country is looking forward today to achieving a real economic and developmental leap, in addition to promoting stability and ensuring a healthy environment for youth," he said.

Maliki stressed that "the next phase should be a real reform phase that addresses all the failures that have occurred in the past years, and contributes to solving the problem of lack of services and the elimination of unemployment and reactivate the initiatives of housing, education, agriculture and industry," pointing out that "this reform process will not be written Succeed only through the establishment of a political majority project and the formation of a stable political system in which a harmonious parliament gives birth to a government that supports it and does not stand in the way of achieving the aspirations of the people towards stability and progress.

https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/04/05/المالكي-لن-يكتب-النجاح-لعملية-الإصلاح/

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Most of the Failures where on his watch.  Why is this man allowed to even speak!!!!!

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The agreement between Abadi and Maliki is a permanent Iranian guarantee in Iraq

 

 

 

The leader of the Dawa Party MP Ali al-Alaq on 23 of this month a secret agreement between Abadi and Maliki to form a broad coalition after the elections, ensure the survival of the post of prime minister in the treasury "Dawa," which has been seized for 13 years. The relationship, the first to talk about this agreement Explicitly, when he stressed that the "Dawa Party" decided to enter all its leaders in one alliance after the elections, in order to form the parliamentary bloc the most numerous. He pointed out that the alliance "victory" and "coalition rule of law" will be locked in one large parliamentary bloc, indicating, during a televised interview, that this agreement was with the consent of the party, and signed Abadi and Maliki. He added that "the agreement was signed personally by Abadi and Maliki on a paper," explaining that the leaders of the "invitation" that was present also signed the agreement.The Dawa Party is making intensive efforts to prevent the exit of the presidency of the next government from his control. Despite the importance of the agreement, however, it was secretly and did not announce in the media, what is considered an escape from the embarrassment that may cause the agreement to Abadi and Maliki in front of their allies, according to a member of the "National Alliance", close to "advocacy," stressed that Abadi does not want to lose his allies who entered his list Nkaya Balalki, as well as the latter, which attracted leaders and Shiite parties vilifying the government of Abadi. He pointed out that the agreement included several points, most notably the approval of the parties to form the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament after the elections, to ensure the acquisition of the post of prime minister, explaining that the "Dawa Party" is exerting intensive efforts to prevent the exit of the presidency of the next government from his control. He pointed out that the agreement was made after the entry of several parties on the mediation line, including Iranian officials and clerics and leaders of the Dawa Party.
It is noteworthy that the disclosure of the agreement between Abadi and Maliki came days after a visit by the adviser to the Iranian leader for international affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, to Iraq, in a visit described as an attempt to unite the allies who were separated by electoral alliances. Velayati visited Baghdad on February 16, after differences between the National Alliance forces on electoral alliances reached a standstill. The leaders of the "Alliance" confirmed earlier that the adviser of the Iranian leader came to play the role of mediator and provide advice in order to maintain the Shiite forces on the gains of the past years of the post of prime minister.
In contrast, the leadership of the "coalition united," the former governor of Nineveh, Athil Nujaifi, visit to Iraq and my wish to Baghdad, considering that interference in Iraqi affairs. He criticized the statements of my state in which he talked about the control of Iran on the Iraqi situation, stressing, in a statement posted on his page on "Facebook," that these statements were not arbitrary and hasty as described by some, pointing out that it represents a clear message that Iran's allies in Iraq are pulling the country to The Iranian Party. He pointed out that alliances, close to Iran, was able for the first time to attract quite a few candidates in the Sunni areas. This is what was warned by member of the "Alliance of Forces", Mohammed Abdullah, who confirmed that the alliance, "victory", led by Abadi, managed to attract prominent Sunni leaders and parties have a heavy weight in the northern and western provinces, such as Anbar, Salahuddin and Nineveh, In the list of slaves came on the basis of abandoning the alliance with al-Maliki.
In the context, the adviser to al-Maliki, Abbas al-Musawi, that any new agreement must include the draft political majority, which was put forward by Maliki earlier, in a statement, that this project will open the prospects for forming alliances in the next phase, stressing the need to end the quota Which destroyed the country. The rejection of quotas, which some political forces call "consensus", and talk of a political majority government are clear introductions to the Shiite forces alone to form a large parliamentary bloc able to win the post of prime minister without the need for the Kurds and Sunnis, And that the entry of the "Dawa Party" elections on two lists, and then healing after the elections, represents a new tactic to reach the presidency of the next government.

[new york kevin]

On 3/19/2018 at 5:17 AM, Butifldrm said:

 

 

Maliki's office: We will hold new alliances after the elections and we will not show them to the public now

 

BAGHDAD / Al-Ghad Press: 
Media spokesman confirmed the office of Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, Hisham Rikabi, on Monday, a coalition of state law will hold new alliances after the elections, indicating that it can not be shown to depend on the credibility of each partner in moving towards completion of the project.

Al-Rikabi told Al-Ghad Press that "the state of law will have new alliances after the elections," noting that "after the results emerge, the alliances will be in line with the project adopted by the law with the political majority." 
He added that "the Iraqi situation in various parties were Sunni or Kurdish or Shiite and are pursuing a comprehensive national project that includes all the people of Iraq." 
"We have a vision of strong alliances and strong depends on the interest of Iraq and correct the course of the political process," noting that "the issue of alliances and closer to the rule of law will be after the elections can not be shown now because it is indicative of the election results and the credibility of each partner in moving towards completion of the project.

https://www.alghadpress.com/news/اخبار-العراق-السياسية/148636/مكتب-المالكي-سنعقد-تحالفات-جديدة-بعد-الانتخابات-ول

Yeah, thats what Hitler said when he hooked up with Mussolini. In this case Maliki will hook up with Iran.

[yota691]

08-04-2018 12:53 PM

The new Iraqi prime minister

 

 

 

Ibrahim al-Zubaidi 
, who expects the upcoming Iraqi elections to be fair, if only text, is naive and deceitful. In every location where a ballot box will be put, there will be a militia and a party. The weapons will come from the belts of the Mujahideen Election. When you are asked, they will tell you that they are here, just to guard the place, and to ensure the passengers' comfort. 
Most of the weapons are Tahrani, Asfahani and Tabrizi. The boxes filled with dollars, dinars, riyals and dirhams are American, British, French, Qatari, Kuwaiti, Saudi and Turkish, openly and without fear or shame. 
But it is true that Iran is not able to impose its will on all regions, but it is nevertheless the strongest and most capable of taking the most seats in the new parliament.
America is also strong, but it is unable to compete with Iran, let alone grab the stick from it, it has to agree with it, and to harvest it in guarding some areas. 
On the basis of this, the results are almost now known, to a large extent. 
The group of Iran will come first, led by Hadi al-Amiri and Nuri al-Maliki, followed by second-place candidate of the Iranian American group Haider Abadi, and then the Sadrists, a small group Ammar al-Hakim. 
In the provinces of the year inverted on her belly will remain at the head of the wolime who owns more money than other brothers rivals, whatever their source, halal or haraam, or employment. 
The situation in Kurdistan will be a very complicated embryo mixed with mud with flour. But the retired group who does not want to retire, Massoud Barzani, will win the largest piece of the parliament, followed by the change movement, then the remaining group of the late Jalal Talabani.
And finally comes those who rebelled and emerged from the old power parties, although we wish our friend Dr. Barham Saleh to be at the forefront of his enlightened reform program, and his integrity, culture and national Iraqi and a sincere determination to compensate the Kurdish citizen for his loss of power and freedom and dignity in the recent successive storms , But integrity, culture, patriotism, good intentions, tribal weapons, and much more money. 
Between this and that may be dreams of the Iranian-Iraqi camp by appointing Hadi al-Amiri as prime minister in Iraq.
And who knows that the innocent innocent Iraqi citizen will be surprised when he announces the results of this boring electoral game, that he used to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan when he sees him once a month on satellite channels of the Iraqi, Lebanese and Iranian Jihad will come as prime minister and he will get used to seeing him All Iraqi, Iranian, Arab and foreign satellite channels, all of them, every day, every hour, every hour, with its ungainly heroism and its dreary wooden face shaken by hatred, hatred, arrogance and vanity. 
In fact, there is no objection to the installation of Hadi al-Amiri or other prime minister if he was impressed, or believer in the mandate of the jurist, and preaches its principles, doctrine and ideas, only, preaching and guidance in Hussainiyat and rings of memory and satellite channels.
But when he is fascinated by her nationality, her passport, her weapon and her money, and when he still has the traces of the blood of Iraqi soldiers and officers who killed him with his personal weapon during the days of the wars of his homeland (Iran's mother) with his homeland (Iraq), then the issue needs to be reconsidered. 
Especially since he said, more than once, and the broad pencil, that if a new war between Iraq and Iran, Iraq will fight with Iran. 
We remind you of the testimony of Arin Evers, a researcher with Human Rights Watch. 
"The Badr organization is responsible for systematic violations ranging from the abduction and mass execution of people to the displacement of the Sunnis from their homes, then looting and burning, and in some cases the settlement of entire villages on the ground." 
Hai al-Amiri did not deny these violations, but he played down the risks. "Of course, there were mistakes, and I'm sure there are still mistakes," he said.
Kirk Suel, a political risk analyst, said the Transportation Department was not an important ministry unless its minister came across as a militia chief. 
"Promotions were limited to members of the Badr Organization, and it was only for the organization, not for the whole country," Foreign Minister Ali Hadi al-Ameri said on the day of the transport minister. 
"During his tenure the Ministry of Transport allowed the passage of Iranian aircraft loaded with weapons to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria across Iraqi airspace." 
"We have to build more green areas to improve security in the Iraqi capital," Hadi al-Amiri told the Foreign Policy magazine. "If we built a green area every year over the past years, Baghdad would have been protected," he said.
How can one of this material lead one of Iraq's Abdul Mohsen Al Saadoun, Faisal I, Jafar Abi Al-Taman, Mohammad Reza Al-Shabibi, Mohammad Al-Sadr, Fadel Al-Jamali, Kamel Al-Garji, Abdul Karim Qassem, Abdul Rahman Arif, Abdul Rahman Al-Bazzaz and many others. The only one ??. 
Do not you see? In a new democratic Iraq, he is no longer rejected, nor condemned, nor convicted of treason, who pretends to be a spy for a foreign country, a sister or a friend, on the condition that she is rich, strong and a source of money and arms. 
But the outcome, these days is the opposite. Whoever is charged with employment for a state of this kind becomes a top-ranking and long-term owner, a maker of ministers, deputies and ambassadors, and ultimately, as president and prime minister. Anyone who has an objection should hit his head against the wall.

[Butifldrm]

Alawi reveals the secrets of the 2010 elections and pressure on Allawi to give up to the owners

 

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The Iraqi politician Hassan al-Alawi, a member of the Iraqi parliament and the current candidate for the elections within the National Coalition, on Sunday, the pressure exerted against Vice President Iyad Allawi after winning the 2010 elections.

"The ambassadors of the United States and the United Kingdom went to Iyad Allawi after the results of the elections in 2010, where the Iraqi List, which he led, won the highest votes, and the government must have formed, and asked him, and I was present, to ease his congestion. And left him in the sense that to give up his constitutional right to form a government. "

He pointed out that "Allawi told the ambassadors that he is surprised that the people of democracy want him to waive a democratic right guaranteed by the Constitution."

Alawi said, "I tried then to get to the participants between Allawi and Nuri al-Maliki and met with the last 15 hours of work during which we reached understandings on power-sharing between the lists so that Maliki is prime minister while Allawi becomes president of the Republic powers.

Al-Alawi said that he had prevented two things. The first was a regional protest and the second was the rejection of the Islamic Party, which was headed by Tareq al-Hashemi. Allawi assumed the post of president of the republic. He told us: "The prime minister and the republic can not be Shiite. The President of the Republic Senya), and here I told him that we promise the Iraqi List secular and not Shiite or Sunni, and therefore when we nominated Allawi because it is secular and not for sectarian reasons.

"Then the National Alliance was formed as the largest parliamentary bloc and ended up where they became the majority of the process of wrapping the Constitution."

And on whether Allawi has a chance in forming the next government, Alawi said that "Allawi's chance looks better today than ever before because of many data may be in the forefront of fragmentation of all blocks, especially the Shiite blocs," explaining that "even if the formation of a block The greater Shiite will not win a large number of seats in addition to that Sadr, who may get 40 seats will be outside this alliance will be closest to the alliance with Allawi, who may get 35 to 40 seats, and based on other alliances guaranteed with the Kurds and Sunnis, Allawi will guarantee 120 seats in parliament is a parliamentary alliance and not you Abia. "

 

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Al-Alawi: The Islamic Party opposed Allawi's assumption of the presidency as a Shiite

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Iraqi political and intellectual Hassan al-Alawi on Sunday revealed the opposition of the Islamic Party to take over the head of the National Coalition, Iyad Allawi, the presidency of the republic after the 2010 elections, attributing opposition to the party that Allawi belongs to the Shiite component.

"I met with Nuri al-Maliki 15 hours of work during his disagreement with Allawi over the prime minister, during which we reached understandings on the power-sharing between the two lists so that Maliki is prime minister, while he becomes the prime minister," al-Alawi said in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. Allawi as president of the Republic powers. "

Al-Alawi added that "what prevented this is the first regional protest and the second was the rejection of the Islamic Party, which was headed by Tareq al-Hashimi at the time, Allawi assumed the post of President of the Republic, where he told us: (The prime minister and the republic can not be Shiites, The President of the Republic Senya), and here I told him that we promise the Iraqi List secular and not Shiite or Sunni, and therefore when we nominated Allawi because it is secular and not for sectarian reasons ».

 "After that the National Alliance was formed as the largest parliamentary bloc and ended up where they became the majority of the process of wrapping the Constitution." Ending / 25

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/04/08/298475/

[ChuckFinley]

Well, this is going to be interesting. I am hoping it ends well for everyone here. Would be interested in Adam's take.

[yota691]

Iraq elections, shocking facts and figures

09/4/2018 12:00 am  Ibrahim Abadi  A few weeks pass between the Iraqis and lead them to the polls, as there is a state of anticipation and betting, and some are pessimistic as many exaggerate the high hopes they hope will result from the elections. The reality of the case indicates that the importance of these elections and the size of internal and external bets on them have not seen a clear reflection, neither in the voter's consciousness nor in the nature of alliances and lists, nor at the level of programs and affiliations. As all lists and blocs participate in the call to fight corruption and activate the law and revitalize the economy and modernize the administration and maintain the unity and strength of the country and the pursuit of social justice and the containment of all components and local forces in the institutions of the state, what is the difference then between these? In fact, there is no serious differentiation or qualitative change in speech and objectives. The most common factor is the lack of fundamental differences and reliance on political and governmental symbols. Perhaps the only difference is the background of party and ideological people and the formation of masses encircled by people coming from a background different from the background of the original bloc. Religious and non-religious, and independent technocrats with parties with an ideological background, and perhaps this is a development and a partial change to take into account the benefits and needs of the social and political reality, but the real problem is in the voter. The Iraqi frustrated by the situation is expected, Candidates are flaunting their sleeves to provide services to them, therefore Many candidates ran into the demands of the public, who wanted them to guarantee him (appointments) to the state, and pledges to improve water, electricity, sewage, paving roads and job opportunities. Some candidates were able to enter the minds of some voters by claiming the ability to provide these services, Thus, if this indicates that the public wants (MPs) and not the deputies of political programs, it is not a priority of the voter who is the leader of the bloc and who will become the next president or prime minister, and if there is a tradeoff between this candidate or that, the public Different in that the most different, it is Ta He wants (the strong leader) who does not give up to a party or a group, and sometimes he wants (the flexible official) who can calmly spare the country dangerous slides and make important gains, and sometimes think of those who increase his salary and reduce deductions and taxes, In his great blackness confused amid cracks between (adults) who is the owner of the ratio The biggest mistakes, crises and problems, and at least a proportion of responsibility in contributing to the publication of the octopus devastation. The non-partisan public, which is not classified as a traditional vote for the FDP or the FDP, finds it difficult to resolve its choices. It is waiting for greater clarity in the coming days as the number of aspirants rises to reach the premiership platform and the diplomatic whispers and external influence circles become more concerned. The issue that has not been calculated well is the largest proportion of young voters whose emotions and awareness were not affected by the images of the days of struggle and jihad against the former regime, which did not know Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr or the Islamic Dawa Party and does not remember the days of oppression and violent tyranny, Ideas and leaders, these think between the two models and two images of the state, a state before the fall, which is talking about them and those who hate the state after the change, without entering the causes and stages and variables, and the number of these voters more than five million voters if we take the principle of calculation since 1995 , And if we add the numbers of employees and retirees who receive their salaries from the state and a number of close to five million, we will have to the shocking facts about the psychology of voter electrocution and volatility and the effects that will be printed choices, the elections may be the year 2018, the beginning of a political phase in Iraq impose itself on parties and lists and blocks if What he shared  And ideologies.