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September 13, 2018 / 12:44 AM / Updated 16 hours ago

Protests dash Iraqi PM's chances of new term, hit U.S. hopes of shaping government

SULAIMANIYA/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Violent protests in the Iraqi city of Basra have all but ended U.S.-backed Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s chances of winning a second term and shattered Washington’s hopes of shaping the next government.

 

Fifteen people have been killed protesting against power cuts, polluted water, poor services and perceived corruption in Iraq’s second city, many of them in clashes with security forces.

Political allies and leaders of the religious establishment blame Abadi for the turmoil, putting an alliance he has formed with populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr under threat.

The alliance with Sadr, whose Saeroon bloc finished first in an election in May but has been unable to form a government, offered Abadi his best chance of remaining prime minister.

 

But Sadr has condemned Abadi’s management of the Basra crisis and is in advanced talks with the Fatih coalition, led by popular Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia commander Hadi al-Amiri, to form a new alliance, sources close to the talks told Reuters.

A deal between Fatih and Saeroon could give Iran, a U.S. enemy, a chance of gaining more leverage in Iraq, its most important Arab neighbor.

“Talks between Fatih and Saeroon are serious and could lead to a breakthrough in the political crisis soon,” said lawmaker Razzaq al-Haidari, a member of Amiri’s Badr Organisation.

The two sides are still negotiating details, the sources said. But one senior source in Fatih said a compromise had been agreed under which both would withdraw their leading candidates for the premiership.

“That’s what we (Saeroun and Fatih) agreed on, so Amiri has withdrawn his candidacy. And we agreed that Abadi isn’t eligible for a second term,” the source said.

 

Sadr and Amiri agreed on Wednesday to accelerate the formation of a government. Full details of their talks were not available but a coalition looks imminent.

“Abadi’s failure in managing the Basra crisis totally convinced Sadr that supporting Abadi will put his status and popularity among millions of followers on the line,” said Baghdad-based analyst Ahmed Younis.

The United States backed Abadi because it saw him as a moderate who could stabilize a country beset by sectarian, turbulent politics. But Washington may have miscalculated, cultivating no alternatives.

The collapse of Abadi’s candidacy would reduce the U.S. sway over politics in Iraq, where it competes with Iran. Tehran has steadily increased its influence in the country since a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.

 

ABADI TOLD TO LEAVE BASRA

The protests in Iraq’s south, the country’s main oil hub, mark a rejection of the political establishment that has held on to power with the support of the United States and Iran despite failing to improve people’s lives.

During a visit on Monday to Basra, which is in the heartland of Iraq’s Shi’ite Muslim majority, Abadi was met by protesters who demanded he leave the city. Abadi’s office was not available for comment.

Political gains from Abadi’s victory over the militant Islamic State group in Iraq last year, with U.S. support, proved short-lived and the problems in Basra have put years of government failures in sharp focus.

“The message from Basra is loud and clear for all political elites,” said Ali al-Mawlawi, the head of Research at Baghdad-based Al Bayan Center. “They’ve realized, if you like, that there’s a ticking time bomb.”

Sadr portrays himself as a fierce nationalist opposed to both U.S. and Iranian interference in Iraq, but would have to give regional power Iran some room for maneuver in any partnership with Amiri’s bloc.

 
Iran is trying to preserve its interests in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of an international nuclear deal with Tehran and decided to re-impose stringent sanctions on its foe.

There are no guarantees that Tehran can mould Iraq’s the political landscape without a struggle. Many voters who supported Sadr in the election are disillusioned with the Iranian-backed political elite they accuse of corruption.

Sadr and Abadi’s union was fragile from the start and had already been showing signs of strain before Saeroon’s leadership, and then Fatih’s, called on Saturday for Abadi to resign after an emergency parliamentary session on Basra.

“That was our declaration that this was the end for Abadi and his second term,” said the senior source in Fatih.

OLD GUARD UNDER FIRE

In a clear reference to Abadi and others, Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, whose interventions can bring down politicians, condemned the neglect of Basra and called for an end to the old guard.

Brett McGurk, a senior U.S. envoy, was in Iraq last week trying to rally support for Abadi among various factions.

But Iran has also been trying to shape the next government in Iraq. Senior Iranian delegations have been in the capital Baghdad for several months, trying to convince divided Shi’ite factions to unite behind one candidate for prime minister.

Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has also visited Baghdad for talks with Amiri and Maliki, three political sources said.

Success is not certain for Iran. Protesters in Basra set fire to the Iranian consulate and chanted “Iran out, out”, a warning of the risks of being too close to outside influences.

Iran and the United States will also both face the delicate task of trying to promote a candidate for prime minister who does not look dependent on them and is outside the political establishment which many Iraqis blame for the problems in Basra.

“The way the Americans and the Iranians have viewed Iraq until now is if they back their horse, they can control the country,” said Renad Mansour, an Iraq expert at the Chatham House think-tank in London.

“What this new potential coalition is saying – or at least what the Sadrists are saying – is we don’t have a problem with international affairs. But you can no longer treat us as your proxies. We’re not your proxies, we’re your allies.”

Editing by Michael Georgy and Timothy Heritage

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Abadi calls for speeding up the naming of the three presidencies

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Prime Minister, Haider Abadi, on Thursday, to speed up the decision to nominate the three presidencies and the selection of cabinet cabins and agree on the government program, while stressing that the list of victory in a stronger position and will continue its national project cross-sectarianism. 
"We call for speeding up the naming of the three presidencies and the selection of the ministerial cabin and agreeing on the government program that guarantees the benefit of the achievements of the current government and the security and economic gains, unity and sovereignty of Iraq," Abadi said at his weekly conference attended by Mawazin News. 
He stressed that "the continuation of political differences may give an opportunity for terrorism by targeting civilians and harm the situation of security stability," stressing "the need to continue to provide services." 
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He concluded: "We are with the peaceful transfer of power, and the list of victory in a stronger position and will continue its national project cross-sectarianism." 
On the crisis in the province of Basra, Abadi said: "We are following directly the stability of the situation and the conduct of business in Basra dear and during our recent visit with a ministerial delegation and a large technician followed the implementation of the decisions of the Council of Ministers for Basra and visited the work sites and desalination plants on the ground and briefed us on the obstacles to work and issued the immediate orders necessary Solve them ". 
He added that "there is a delay in the organs and government ministries and we opened an investigation on the shortcomings," referring to "the issuance of executive decisions during the numerous meetings held in Basra with local officials."
He expressed his hope that these intensive efforts to solve the water problem and ease the suffering of our people in Basra will be fruitful. "We also listened to the elders and dignitaries of Basra's esteemed tribes and appreciate their positions and their will. 
"We regret the media campaign and the amount of lies and deception that accompanied our visit to Basra and the alleged assault on our convoy, and we hope the media of the political parties not to fall to this level." 
Regarding the lifting of the Central Bank of Iraq from the list of EU sanctions, Abbadi said: "Thanks to the approach we have taken and gain the confidence of the world, the European Union lifted the Central Bank of Iraq from the list of sanctions imposed since the era of the former regime," stressing that "this decision is the fruits of the government's approach and policy and openness International "level.
On Tuesday, the cabinet convenes a regular session chaired by its chairman, Haider al-Abadi, to discuss and vote on a number of laws on its agenda. Abadi will hold a press conference to discuss the latest political, security, social and economic developments.

 
 
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A source close to the wisdom, on Thursday, that the leader of the stream of wisdom Ammar al-Hakim, and the leader of the Fatah alliance, Hadi al-Amiri, agreed to nominate Adel Abdul Mahdi as prime minister.

The source told "al-Gharab Press" that "it was agreed between Ammar al-Hakim, Hadi al-Amiri, to pass a draft to steal the position of the presidency of the Council of Ministers to pass, Adel Abdul Mahdi Almtghvlin, Moqtada al-Sadr and Mujjajin reference." 

The source added that "Amiri strongly supports Adel Abdul Mahdi, and believes that this school should lead Iraq," pointing out that "persuading the building block of this matter will be calculated for him." 

"Moqtada al-Sadr welcomed this project," he said. 

The source pointed out that "Abdul-Mahdi will restore balance, which is the mosque between Badr and wisdom and the Supreme Council," noting that "the Amiri should play a role intelligently to invest the building block in this direction."
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Release Date: 2018/9/13 20:25 • 1225 times read
Abadi: I wish I did not run for a second term (extended)
The outgoing Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, announced his resignation from the nomination for a second term in the next government a few days after the Supreme Reference Commission did not support the former candidates in the premiership.
"I did not want to run for a second term and I did not aspire to it, but some advised me because we have achieved security and economic victories, but I would not have gone along with this opinion because of the political conflict over the post," Abadi said at his weekly press conference on Tuesday. 
"There is no clinging to power from us and we call for a quick formation of the government and I promised surprise and this is a decision today," pointing out that "a quarter of his coalition victory is not against my candidacy but hesitant and I did not insist on it." 
Abadi added that "the coalition of victory is strong and continuous in its national project to reform the situation of Iraq and cross sectarianism," stressing his commitment to "the directives of the Supreme Reference." 
On the problem of water in Basra and his last visit to the province, said Abadi, "Water is now in Basra enough to maintain, but must remove the excesses on pipelines and obstacles here and there."
"We appreciate the attitudes and concern of the families and elders of the Basra tribes and regret the media attack false attack on our convoy in the province is not true and some political parties to move away from this draw and the declining approach is a political escalation of the parties do not want good for the Iraqis. 
He renewed the Prime Minister, "the call to accelerate the nomination of the Presidency of the Parliament and the Presidency of the Republic and the formation of the largest bloc and the task of nominating her candidate to form a government away from sectarian quotas abhorrent and work in a national spirit." 
He warned that "the continuation of political differences will give an opportunity for terrorism to return and targeting cities and so far control the security situation and our intelligence agencies violated terrorist groups." 
He stressed that "this government will continue to provide services and assume responsibility to the last day of its life and until the formation of the new government."
"I am surprised by the negligence of the local governments in Basra in solving the problem of water accumulated years ago in the province and now on our heads and could be solved before the start of the summer season." 
"We have a ministerial cell working continuously in the province to remove obstacles in solving the water problem and we need the government of Basra to expedite the provision of required to complete the appointments." 
"The stock of Lake Tharthar is enormous, but it is below the required level. We need giant pumps to use. We hope rain will fall in the winter season to compensate and fill the gap, or we will resort to using what is available," he said.
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1 minute ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Hope they don’t get some puppet yes monkey in there to take the PM slot. They need a strong Captain at the helm

 

10years, all my days watching iraq struggle there has really only been one leader imo that wasn't a yes'er boy and he was run out of the country .... #shaking head 

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Sadr: agreement on the nomination of independent figures technocrats for prime minister

Date of release: 2018/9/13 20:18  320 times read
Sadr: agreement on the nomination of independent figures technocrats for prime minister
The leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada al-Sadr, revealed a political agreement on the nomination of independent technocrats for prime minister, while the opposition party in the next government will be waved if politicians continue to reject these figures.
"We have agreed with senior Iraqi officials to nominate several independent technocrats for prime minister and a purely Iraqi decision. The candidate should choose his ministers away from partisan, sectarian and ethnic divisions, but according to correct and acceptable criteria according to specialization, experience and integrity," Sadr said in a tweet on Twitter. 
He pointed out that "some politicians were quick to reject it and rejected the idea of independence and even rejected the technocrats to return Iraq to the first square to return the corrupt new dress and dominated by their parties and economic bodies on the capabilities of the people and rights," pointing out that "if they continue to do so I will announce my involvement and the opposition Style "
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Meet the four candidates for prime minister at the table of talks between Sadr and al-Amiri

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Najaf - A source close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, on Thursday, identified the names of four interrogators who were on the dialogue table between Muqtada al-Sadr and Hadi al-Amiri at a meeting of infidelity in Najaf province on Wednesday.

According to the sources, "the most prominent candidates Haidar Abadi, leader of the coalition of victory Prime Minister, as the meeting of Sadr and Amiri Asma Mohammed al-Ghuban member of the Fatah Alliance and the former Minister of the Interior and Raed Fahmi member of the alliance Sason, and Abdul Hussein Abtan member of the stream wisdom and Minister of Youth and Sports.

He has already announced the other axes to meet the parties have stressed the need to speed up the formation of the government and the announcement of the largest bloc in the new parliament. Finished (1)................???

 

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1 hour ago, 3n1 said:

 

10years, all my days watching iraq struggle there has really only been one leader imo that wasn't a yes'er boy and he was run out of the country .... #shaking head 

 

Feeling a bit uneasy at the moment-more twists of the plot than a Soap Opera.

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4 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

 

1 hour ago, dinareffic said:

This is what happens when you don't take care of Maliki when you had a chance.  UGh

 

 

4 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

Should have taken care of business years ago. This is why we look like an A$$.

Roger that...should have “double tapped” his sorry a$$...years ago!🇺🇸👍

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Meet the four candidates for prime minister at the table of talks between Sadr and al-Amiri

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Najaf - A source close to the leader of the Sadrist movement, on Thursday, identified the names of four interrogators who were on the dialogue table between Muqtada al-Sadr and Hadi al-Amiri at a meeting of infidelity in Najaf province on Wednesday.

According to the sources, "the most prominent candidates Haidar Abadi, leader of the coalition of victory Prime Minister, as the meeting of Sadr and Amiri Asma Mohammed al-Ghuban member of the Fatah Alliance and the former Minister of the Interior and Raed Fahmi member of the alliance Sason, and Abdul Hussein Abtan member of the stream wisdom and Minister of Youth and Sports.

He has already announced the other axes to meet the parties have stressed the need to speed up the formation of the government and the announcement of the largest bloc in the new parliament. Finished (1)................???

 

If Maliki or any other members that have strong ties to Iran end up leading Iraq it will fall on the shoulders of Sadr and Sadr alone for failing to get corruption out of the GOI. 

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Just now, dinareffic said:

If this happened it would be difficult to not just sell and be done with Iraq.  Only thing keeping me in is that the CBI seems to be pressing forward despite all this madness 

I hear what you are saying. If it were not for the CBI moving forward and seemingly being Independent one would have to really think hard. Place it in a draw and just get on with life and hope that some where down the line it worth something. 

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8 candidates for prime minister who pass the test of Sistani, Kurds and Sunnis reveal their papers

8 candidates for prime minister who pass the test of Sistani, Kurds and Sunnis reveal their papers



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The Iraqi political parties raced to resolve the names of the candidates nominated to fill the three presidencies (the republic, parliament and government) before holding the parliamentary session scheduled tomorrow. 
There were assurances that the Shiite forces would soon decide to choose a consensus candidate from outside the political parties to take over the post of prime minister.
Al-Hayat newspaper reported that the day will be decisive in the agreement of the main Shiite forces in Iraq on a compromise candidate for the post of prime minister from outside the parties, The Supreme Islamic Council Adel Abdul Mahdi, the head of the intelligence service Mustafa al-Kazemi, Abdul Wahab al-Saadi (one of the leaders of the anti-terrorism apparatus), the governor of Basra Asaad al-Eidani, national security adviser article Faleh al-Fayadh, the leader of the "conquest" Ali Shukri, Afri Laith Kubba, and former minister Ali Allawi.
According to sources, most of the names were excluded because they did not match Sistani's terms of independence of the candidate from the parties, and he has the competence, courage and firmness in managing the files of the state and fighting corruption. The sources pointed out that the decision today will be between the two main names without detection. 
The sources confirmed that the close of the agreement on the candidate of the post of prime minister put the Kurdish and Shiite forces in an awkward position, as the name of the former leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Barham Saleh is strongly proposed to the presidency in the Kurdish circles supported by the acceptance of the Arab public, in exchange for other names, including: Former Hoshyar Zebari, and the President of the Office of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Fuad Hussein and leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Fadel Mirani, while nominated eight Sunni Sunnis themselves for the post of Speaker of Parliament, most notably Khalid al-Obeidi and Osama Najafi, Mohammed Halbusi and Talal Zobaie.
The sources revealed that if the prime minister is dissolved with the approval of al-Sistani today, the Shiite forces informed the Kurds and Sunnis that they will leave the vote free of its members to the posts of the heads of parliament and the Republic, in the absence of a Sunni consensus and Kurdi them.

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Moqtada al-Sadr announced the agreement to choose a technocrat and independent to head the new Iraqi government

Al-Sadr: It was agreed to nominate several independent technocrats for prime minister, with the candidate choosing his ministers away from partisan, sectarian and ethnic affiliations according to experience, merit and integrity.

14.09.2018 ~ 14.09.2018

Moqtada al-Sadr announced the agreement to choose a technocrat and independent to head the new Iraqi government

Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr, who won first place in the May 12 election, announced an agreement to select a technocrat and independent person to head the new government.

"It was agreed to nominate several independent technocrats for prime minister and a purely Iraqi decision, and the candidate should choose his ministers away from partisan, sectarian and ethnic affiliations, according to experience, merit and integrity," Sadr said.

Sadr said that some politicians rejected the view that the head of government by an independent person and technocrats to return Iraq to the first square and to the swamp of corruption and to return the corrupt new dress and the parties dominated the capabilities of the people and his rights and said, "If they continue on this approach will announce the Taking the opposition approach and method. "

Muqtada al-Sadr met at his home in the city of Najaf with Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Fatah alliance, which includes factions of the popular crowd and discussed with him about the formation of the government. Sources close to Sadr said the two leaders agreed to form a government quickly.

For his part, the Shiite cleric Najaf Ali al-Sistani has announced that he will not support the presidency of the new government by persons who previously headed the government in previous periods, which explained that Najaf refuses to take Haider Abadi prime minister for another term.

In his turn, Abadi said during his press conference yesterday that he has no demand to assume the presidency of the government for a new term and said, "We respect the directives of the religious authority Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and we will abide by It I did not and will not ask for the presidency of the government for a second term, To withdraw from running for prime minister.

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