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Iraq cuts internet services, sends forces to quell protests

July 15, 2018

Written by VOA

 

Some of the protestors 

 

Iraq's National Security Council deployed security forces and cut internet services Saturday as protests that began in Basra spread to several other cities.

The council held an emergency meeting Saturday in Baghdad after protests over high unemployment, poor government services and corruption spread from Basra to Baghdad, Najaf, Amaraand Nasiriyah.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued a statement saying "infiltrators" had used "peaceful protests to attack public and private property." He promised that government forces "will take all the necessary measures to counter those people."

At least two people have died in the protests in the city of Amara as protesters blocked roads, lit tires on fire and, according to a spokesman for area health authorities, fired guns "indiscriminately."

One person died earlier this week in Maysan when Iraqi forces shot at protesters reportedly trying to set fire to government buildings.

In Najaf, security forces were deployed in the streets Saturday. Cuts to internet service reportedly took place in Baghdad, Najafand Basra.

The protests began in Basra early this week, after residents of Iraq's most oil-rich city grew fed up with its own poverty, water and power shortages, and the summer heat, which can approach 50 degrees Celsius at the height of the season.

Police confronted protesters in Basra when they gathered near an oil field operated by Russian oil firm Lukoil.

On Friday, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani spoke out in a televised sermon to offer support for the demonstrators. He said it was not fair that residents of Iraq's most profitable city live in such poor conditions.

In response, Abaditraveled from a summit in Brussels to Basra, where he asked the Basra Oil Company to hire more locals.

Abadi is a caretaker prime minister. Iraq is undergoing a vote recount after May's national elections, stalling efforts to form a new government.

https://observer.ug/news/headlines/58182-iraq-cuts-internet-services-sends-forces-to-quell-protests.html

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Protests calling for better public services have entered its second week in several provinces across southern Iraq as the government forces’ crackdown on demonstrators has left many people killed and wounded.

Kurdistan 24 correspondent Shwan Jabari, who is covering the demonstrations live from Basra, said two protesters were killed and a dozen others injured, including four from gunshot wounds, as Iraqi government forces extend a curfew imposed across the province.

He added that protesters in the al-Zubair district tried to storm a building belonging to one of the oil companies in the area. However, security forces responded to their attempts by protecting the facility. Jabari stated that several people were wounded as the guards fired live ammo to disperse the protests.

The Director of Health Department’s Communications in Missan said the governorate’s hospitals received 23 people who sustained different types of injuries, six of them from direct gunfire, as security forces tried to disperse them, al-Sumeriya reported.

In Muthana Province, confrontations between security forces and protesters who attempted to storm the governorate building killed three and wounded 50 others, a security source told Baghdad-based Shafaaq News outlet.

Footage circulating across social media show security forces using live bullets against demonstrators as violent protests in Iraq's Basra continue for the seventh consecutive day.

Protesters later stormed offices belonging to the Dawa, al-Fadhila, and al-Hikma political parties and set fire to the buildings, the source said.

Elsewhere, in Babil Province’s al-Qasim district, clashes with guards of Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Coalition’s office injured five protesters.

Meanwhile, in Dhi Qar Province, 19 protesters were wounded from different injuries with five of them in critical condition as security forces dispersed the demonstrations using live ammo, rubber bullets, and tear gas, a security source told Shafaaq.

The source added that protesters threw stones at security forces, wounding 27 members.

 

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/925b5533-bc17-42f0-919b-27725d40ef05

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The Iraqi government spokesperson has accused corrupt groups of taking advantage of protests staged in the southern provinces to ignite confrontations between protesters and security troops.

 

Speaking to the Russian Sputnik news agency, Saad al-Hadithi, spokesperson for the government, said, “we had information from the intelligence as well as reports from security services that showed individuals working in small groups to take advantage from the protests in order to ignite confrontations between protesters and security services.”

Those people, according to Hadithi, “have links to organized crimes and corruption groups, which were highly harmed due to the measures taken by the government against them.” The government is working on containing the situation while respecting the right of peaceful protesting.

Mass protests were staged on Friday, while hundreds of Iraqis stormed the airport, suspending the fights due to poor services offered by the government and corruption.

 

Several civilians as well as security personnel were wounded in clashes with armed people, who attacked the protesters in Maysan province.

On Saturday, two protesters were reportedly killed in Najaf on Saturday as members of the Shiite militia of Asaeb Ahl al-Haq were shot at the demonstrations.

Issues with internet services were reported across the protests-hit regions.

 

https://www.iraqinews.com/features/iraqi-govt-spokesperson-corruption-groups-ignite-clashes-between-protesters-security/

 

 

 

 

 

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A large deployment of riot police in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Anti-riot forces have been widely deployed in central Baghdad, a police source said on Sunday. 

"A large number of riot police have been deployed widely in central Baghdad as a precaution," the source said. 

The source, who asked not to be named, said that "the forces are searching and checking all the wheels within the areas where they spread." 

Most of the provinces in the center and the south are witnessing angry demonstrations calling for improving the reality of services in their areas, especially with regard to electricity, water and other services, as well as providing jobs.

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2018/07/16 01:10

 

Salahuddin Council: awareness of the people of the province greater than plots

 

 

Baghdad / Al-Masala: The Council of Salahaddin province, the central government on Sunday, July 15, 2018 to provide services to all Iraqis in addition to the implementation of the demands of demonstrators in the center and south of the country

In a statement to al-Masalla, Ahmed al-Karim said that Iraq is coming to a new stage in which everyone should support the convening of the first session of parliament to form a government that will achieve all that the Iraqis aspire to, demanding the demonstrators to preserve public property. Conflicts after being exploited by those who describe who wants the country evil. He said that the awareness of the people of the province is greater than conspiracies.

Al-Kareem pointed out the state of Salahuddin province that it is necessary to maintain the victory achieved through the support of the people of government institutions and not being dragged behind the rumors that try to penetrate the awareness of the conservative citizen in the province, stressing that the sons of Salah al-Din is greater than pass them the tricks of the enemies of the homeland and humanity.

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/144100/مجلس-صلاح-الدين-وعي-أبناء-المحافظة-أكبر-من-المؤامرات

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Observers ruled out an improvement in the situation in Basra soon with the extension of demonstrations to other provinces

 

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Observers have ruled out a dramatic improvement soon in Basra, where unrest in the southern provinces has reinforced the belief that Iraqi leaders rarely keep their promise of a better future .

Sources familiar with the statements said on Sunday, July 15, 2018, that the poles of the political parties and leaders of the ruling parties, began attempts to show sympathy with the protesters in an attempt to absorb their anger, where the head of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr delegation to Basra to calm the situation, "He said.

The sources pointed out that with the declaration of the Supreme Religious Leader Ali Sistani solidarity with the protesters, on Friday, it became clear that the religious authority lost much of its influence on the segments of protesters who may move at any moment to denounce the role played by the protection of corrupt people over the past years.

Other sources expected that the wave of protests will expand as a result of the expected use of violence by the government and parties to protect their property, which could lead to more deaths and their fall will embarrass the religious authority that supports protesters in their demonstrations demanding services on the one hand, On the right of the Government to use violence on the pretext of maintaining security .

She pointed out that "the government, which did not fulfill its promises, especially in the field of electricity on the day had the surplus funds can not be prepared and is close to bankruptcy, and the segments of the people that went out to the street and stormed the airport Najaf and besieged the oil companies in Basra and stormed buildings that constitute a symbol of the state Maysan, Dhi Qar, Najaf and Muthanna, where two of the protesters were killed today, the prostration solutions no longer satisfy them . "

 Political observers point out that Abadi's time-wasting government is too weak to contemplate practical solutions, so the hawks of the political process, originally targeted by popular protests, will push the option of direct confrontation under the pretext of preserving public property that militia parties may resort to greater And to accuse the protesters of doing so, which the pro-government media have repeatedly chanted, blaming the delegates.

While an Iraqi politician ruled out that Iran would respond to the Iraqi government's demands to back down on its decision to cut off electricity, pointing out that Tehran is rearranging its papers in Iraq, waiting for what might result from its attempts to evade US sanctions, which will be implemented next month . 
"Saving the Iraqi government is no longer a priority on the Iranian agenda," he said .

Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi earlier made some promises to the demonstrators, without forgetting the use of force, and decided to allocate $ 3 billion to the province of Basra to improve public services in an effort to calm the massive protests began in the province and spread to other provinces with a Shiite majority in the south of the country .

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Continued Internet service cuts in Iraq are preventing students from abroad from taking the baccalaureate exam

By Rudao 9 hours ago

Continued Internet service cuts in Iraq are preventing students from abroad from taking the baccalaureate exam

Roudao - Erbil 

after the escalation Alaanajat in central and southern Iraq, got a complete interruption in Internet service, which led to a halt a large number of news agencies and social networking sites , government sites, and also led to the lack of questions about sending Iraqi students abroad who perform bac exam . 

"We waited for hours and did not receive the questions about the performance of the sixth preparatory exam," said one student in a video seen by the Rudawo Media Network, who attended the examination hall abroad. 

"When we asked why, it turned out that the Iraqi Ministry of Education did not send questions because there was no Internet service in Iraq." 

It is noteworthy that the Iraqi authorities did not provide any official warning or clarification because of the sudden cutting of Internet service. 

This comes at a time when the Iraqi provinces including Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Babil, Diwaniya, Wasit, Karbala and Baghdad, mass demonstrations in protest

against corruption and widespread unemployment and the lack of services such as water and electricity.

http://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/1507201823

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Baghdad – Iraqis demanding better public services and jobs took to the streets for the sixth day on Sunday in the southern oil-rich province of Basra, as authorities put security forces on high alert and blocked the internet in the country’s Shiite heartland.

The protests come at a sensitive time as Iraq awaits the final results of a partial recount of the ballots from May’s national elections before a new government can be formed. The elections, the fourth since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled ruler Saddam Hussein, saw the lowest turnout in 15 years and were marred with allegations of fraud and irregularities.

Thousands of protesters gathered outside the local government building and closed the roads leading to major oil fields north and west of Basra city of, activist Laith Hussein told The Associated Press by phone.

Security forces guarding the local government building opened fire, causing some protesters to disperse, he added.

 

Elsewhere in Basra, protesters forced authorities to close the vital Um Qasr port on the Persian Gulf, planning to march to the border crossings with Kuwait and Iran, he added.

The two main border crossings — Safwan with Kuwait and Shalamcheh with Iran — have been closed to both passengers and goods, a senior official with the Border Crossings Directorate told the AP. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with government regulations.

He could not confirm if there were fatalities from either incident. Health and police officials were not immediately available to comment.

Around noon on Sunday, Basra anti-riot police fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters, said Sadiq Saleh, one of the demonstrators.

 

“I will not leave my place here until I get all my rights,” said the 35-year-old who has been out of work for the past three years. “The government lies to us, they always give us such promises and we get nothing.”

There were also similar protests on Saturday in Baghdad. Hundreds poured into Baghdad’s Tahrir Square and the eastern Shiite district of Sadr City. Some protesters set tires on fire and tried to break into the Badr Organization’s office in Sadr City, prompting guards to open fire. No casualties were reported.

Citing security concerns, Kuwait Airways, the Royal Jordanian and Iran’s Aviation Authority suspended their flights to Iraq’s second busiest airport in Najaf. Flights to other Iraqi airports have not been affected. The United Arab Emirates’ FlyDubai cancelled Saturday’s flights to Najaf, saying it will suspend them until July 22.

In a bid to contain the protests, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi convened a six-minister committee headed by the oil minister, Jabar Ali al-Luaibi. The committee promised jobs for those living in the areas around the oil fields and announced allocations for urgent projects, mainly for water provision.

On Friday, al-Abadi flew to Basra from the NATO summit in Brussels to try to defuse the unrest. He also asked the state-run Basra Oil Company to provide more jobs to locals and announced urgent allocations.

But that didn’t appear to assuage the protesters.

“These announcements are just anesthetization to the residents of Basra,” Hussein, the activist, said. “Every year, they make the same promises, and nothing happens on the ground.”

The only solution is “to replace the current faces that represent the parties that failed to develop Basra by new faces from new political parties from Basra itself,” he added.

Like other locals, Hussein demanded that Baghdad empower the new, local Basra government.

The demonstrations were given a boost after a representative of the Shiite community’s spiritual leader, the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, offered his solidarity with the protesters during Friday’s prayer sermon, but called for peaceful demonstrations.

Basra is Iraq’s second-largest province and home to about 70 percent of the country’s proven oil reserves of 153.1 billion barrels. It is located on the Persian Gulf bordering Kuwait and Iran, and is Iraq’s only hub these days for all oil exports to the international market.

 

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2018/07/15/iraq-protests-services-election/36896309/

 

 

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Iraq is pumping oil at normal levels even as protests spread across the southern region from where OPEC’s second-biggest producer exports most of its crude, according to a government spokesman.

 

 

“Production and exports from southern Iraq are stable as per normal levels,” Oil Ministry spokesman Asim Jihad said by phone. Authorities have deployed security forces to protect energy fields and facilities in the region, he said.

 

 

Protests broke out last week in the southern province of Basra by residents asking for jobs at some of the country’s giant oil fields operated by international companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Lukoil PJSC. Iraqis have protested about unemployment and inadequate public services including power and water shortages ever since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003.

 

 

 

Iraq has been rebuilding its energy industry and ranks second only to Saudi Arabia for production within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The country is pumping 4.55 million barrels day, according to the International Energy Agency. Its exports, most of which leave by tanker from southern sea terminals, have increased over the past few years and reached 3.521 million barrels a day in June.

 

 

At least one civilian was killed during riots in Basra last week, according to police. The protests have proliferated, with residents demanding jobs and reliable electricity and water supplies. Authorities have disrupted social media and other internet services in Baghdad and many other regions across the country, mainly in the south, over the last few days.

The government formed a ministerial committee headed by Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi to formulate plans to address the protesters’ concerns, according to a government statement on Saturday. It also allocated 3.5 trillion dinars ($3 billion) to support projects addressing these issues.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-15/iraq-says-oil-safe-as-government-cuts-social-media-amid-protests

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Sistani solidarity with the demonstrators

Protests in southern Iraq continue for the seventh day in a row

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Date: 16 July 2018

Iraqi police sources said that their forces fired into the air to disperse hundreds of protesters as they tried to storm the building of the province of Basra, yesterday, wounding seven demonstrators in the seventh day of unrest in the cities of southern Iraq because of the deterioration of the level of services, In Iraq, Ali Sistani, for his solidarity with the protesters. The growing anger puts Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi in a difficult position at a time he hopes for a second term when Iraqi politicians form a new coalition government after the May 12 parliamentary elections, similar to fraud.

The unrest in Basra has reinforced the belief that Iraqi leaders rarely live up to their promises of a better future.

"Some protesters tried to storm the building," a police source said. We prevented them from using water cannons and tear gas. "

Nineteen members of the security forces were injured in clashes with protesters who threw stones at a local government headquarters.

Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani expressed his solidarity with the protesters and said they faced "a severe shortage of public services." Sistani is rarely involved in politics but has a significant influence in public opinion.

Security forces also confronted protests about four kilometers from the Zubair oilfield run by Eni near Basra. Police sources said 19 people were wounded, three of them by live ammunition.

Twenty-one members of the security forces were wounded after protesters threw stones and bricks at them.

Internet services in the country have also sharply declined.

Last Friday, protesters stormed the international airport in the holy city of Najaf, which has religious shrines and temporarily suspended air traffic.

Royal Jordanian Airlines said in a statement yesterday that it had suspended four flights a week to the Iraqi city of Najaf because of the security situation at its airport, and Fly Dubai followed suit.

Iranian television said yesterday that the planned route of Iranian flights to the Iraqi city of Najaf will be diverted to Baghdad.

 

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Abadi calls for using other means instead of bullets to disperse demonstrators

Sunday 15 July 2018 - 11:52 PM

 

 

Prime Minister Haider Abadi on Sunday called for the use of other means instead of bullets to disperse the demonstrators.

"Our main battle is to be ready to confront the terrorists, the need to confront the attacks on state institutions, and those who do not confront the defense of state institutions are considered backward," Abbadi said in a speech to security ministers and heads of the security services.

"We need accurate intelligence to isolate the real citizens who demand their rights from those who attack state institutions and burn them," he said, adding that "organized crime is trying to pour oil into the fire."

Abadi called for "the use of other means instead of live bullets to disperse the demonstrators," pointing out that "non-use of live bullets does not mean not to address."

Basra and most of the central and southern governorates are witnessing demonstrations to demand better service conditions and the elimination of unemployment.

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Abadi: Taking the demonstrations out of context will bring the country back

08:03 - 15/07/2018

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Sunday, July 15, 2018, that taking the demonstrations out of context is an attempt to "get the country back." He also stressed that Iraqis do not accept "chaos" and assault on security forces , Called on the security services to be on the "standby". 
"The state, when it responds to the citizens, is a force, not a weakness," he said, referring to "peaceful demonstration of the right of the citizen, but to remove the demonstrations from their contexts is an attempt to get the country back." 
Abadi added that "the Iraqis do not accept chaos and assault on the security forces," stressing that "those who do this are vandals who exploit the demands of citizens to cause harm." 
The prime minister called on the security services to be "ready"
"We want to hear the citizen's voice because the living state is interacting with its citizens," Abadi said. "We have directed the security services not to use weapons to confront unarmed citizens and organized crime." 
Some cities and provinces in Iraq have been protesting for several days demanding better public services, water and electricity, unemployment and corruption in government departments. The demonstrations included riots and attacks that led to casualties and damage to state property. 
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Amir of Kuwait calls on Abadi and declares his country's readiness to provide all possible support to Iraq

01:06 - 16/07/2018

 

 

 

 

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KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's Amir Sabah Al- 
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah expressed his country's readiness to provide all possible support to Iraq, in a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi   . From going beyond what is going through the events against the backdrop of popular protests in the southern provinces of the country. 
This came during a telephone call received by the morning of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi. 
Al-Sabah expressed the hope that "Iraq will prevail in peace and security, and strive to unite its ranks, unite its people and join forces to achieve all that is good and good for him and his people and the brotherly country can overcome these conditions."
Abadi, the Emir of Kuwait, assured the security situation in some provinces, while reviewing the bilateral relations between the two countries and issues of common concern. 
The protests began a week before Basra, and later spread to other provinces with a Shiite majority in the south of the country, including Muthanna, Maysan, Diwaniyah and Dhi Qar, demanding basic public services such as water, electricity, jobs and fighting corruption. 
The government has taken decisions to contain the protests, including the allocation of government jobs and funds, the province of Basra, as well as plans to implement service projects in the short and medium term. 
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Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the protests in Iraq

12:31 - 15/07/2018

 

 

 

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said the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Sunday, it is closely following the protests that continue in Iraq and popular demonstrations calling for the improvement of the living conditions of citizens. 
In its statement, the Foreign Ministry advised its citizens in Iraq to stay away from areas of protests, Anatolia News Agency reported. 
"We are following closely the popular demonstrations that began in the province of Basra to protest the living conditions, and then spread to the provinces of Maysan, Dhi Qar, Najaf, Karbala and Baghdad." 
The ministry said it would be useful for "our citizens living in these provinces to move away from the areas of protest and follow up the data and warnings issued by our ministry and our embassy in Baghdad on the security situation."
This has expanded the area of demonstrations that began to spark in Basra to include the provinces of Najaf, Karbala, Dhi Qar, Maysan, Karbala and parts of the capital Baghdad, killing at least five people in the ranks of demonstrators and wounding several others, including Iraqi security elements. 
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Iraq allocates $ 2 billion to develop drinking water sector in Basra

Jabbar al-Allaibi, the Iraqi oil minister and chairman of the ministerial committee in charge of the cabinet

 

 

 15 July 2018 12:51 PM

Mubasher: The Iraqi Oil Minister and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee in charge of the Council of Ministers, the Committee has developed 3 plans to implement the special projects in the province of Basra.

Jabbar al-Luaibi said in a statement on the ministry's website that the projects have been classified into an urgent plan, which will be implemented within two weeks to a month, related to service axes (water, electricity, health, public services and security).

Al-Luaibi said in the statement, a medium-term plan implemented within 3 to 6 months, and a long-term plan does not exceed two years.

He explained that the ministerial committee decided to install a desalination unit with a capacity of 3 thousand cubic meters, pumping quantities of water to Shatt al-Arab to reduce salinity, and gave the Basra water department $ 2 billion to improve and develop the sector of potable water.

The Chairman of the Ministerial Committee, the Committee decided to allocate 10 thousand jobs for the people of the province, and divided by the density of population and areas covered by appointments.

The director general of the Basra Oil Company, in previous statements, that Iraq ended talks with Exxon Mobil on the construction of a giant water treatment project .

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A source in the cabinet said on Monday that the head of the council, Haydar al-Abadi, adopted a new package of measures during the next cabinet meeting, notably the withdrawal of senior executive officials. 

This comes at a time when reports were reported that Abadi withdrew the hand of the Minister of Electricity Qassem Fahdawi.

The source told "Al-Gharab Press" that "the Prime Minister Haider Abadi after he issued his new decisions on Basra and fired degrees of employment and financial allocations from the emergency reserve to Basra, and now headed to implement under his supervision and follow-up." 

He added that "the most prominent of these packages is the acquisition of broad powers of the energy and electricity sector for the distribution of energy levels in a fair manner, and the formation of a committee to oversee the projects to be implemented in Basra in accordance with the new financial allocations of about $ 2 billion, and the referral of executives in the southern provinces of integrity , And to prioritize the government on agreements with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank with regard to fiscal policy austerity imposed by the two parties mentioned. 

"Abadi will hold new meetings with the central and southern governors to market the financial allocations in the correct manner."

"The peaceful demonstrations taking place in the southern provinces, the central Euphrates and Baghdad, which have been entered by some of the Mandates to change course and cause chaos in Iraq, may prompt the United States to pressure Iraqi political blocs to extend the term of the prime minister, His term) Haider Abadi for two more years. 

And witnessed the southern provinces, new protests for the seventh day in a row, clashes between demonstrators and security forces and acts of sabotage targeting the headquarters of parties and attempts to break into administrative headquarters and others, which led to the deaths and injuries.

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The return of Internet service throughout Iraq

Editorial Date: 2018/7/16 9:04 • 765 times read

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Internet service has returned throughout Iraq, after an interval of about two days.

The Internet has been cut off from work in all Iraqi provinces since 1 pm on Saturday. 
Activists in social networking sites criticized the disruption of the Internet network in Iraq, after the escalation of demonstrations in the southern provinces, and expressed their resentment of the authorities concerned about this interruption without revealing the reasons behind the truth and the motives behind it. 
Southern provinces have been witnessing angry popular demonstrations for days in protest against poor services and unemployment

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Urgent calls for doubling the government effort to provide services and deliver pledges (expanded)

Date of release:: 2018/7/16 13:20 • 94 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The Political Bureau of the National Wisdom Stream held an emergency meeting to discuss the events in Iraq and the nature of the repercussions that resulted from the demonstrations that took place in a number of provinces.

The meeting, according to a statement of the presidency of wisdom received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it "the need to maintain security and deal with high discipline with the existing scene." 
The meeting also stressed that "the current national wisdom stands with the real demands of the public, which has long suffered the lack of services, the need to follow the delegates and elements paid for sabotage and damage to public property and to provide support and support to the security services to take their role fully and multiply the government effort to fulfill pledges and fulfill the obligations of the federal government and local governments Citizens ". 
The statement added, "It was also stressed to clear the media environment of counterfeiting and distortion through the neutral media and professional and national platforms."

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Al-Abadi office reveals to the Euphrates serious information concerning the demonstrations

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(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) spokesman for the Office of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, issued a directive to the security services to take deterrent measures against the saboteurs and engineers in the popular demonstrations.
 

Al-Hadithi told the Euphrates News that "the government is working on two main tracks: seeking, responding seriously, promptly and immediately to respond to part of the demands of the demonstrators and also to work through other tracks in the medium term." 
He added that "there are other demands that need time and significant financial allocations and this government endeavor for positive interaction was manifested through the decisions of the Council of Ministers in its last meeting and the formation of a ministerial committee was given powers to go to Basra and search to resolve the problems related to the demands of citizens. 
"The government also strives to create a safe and peaceful environment for demonstrating. The right to demonstrate is constitutionally guaranteed, but according to the standards of peaceful demonstration and its requirements, which ensure that the public interest is not harmed, and that the security forces are not harmed.
"We look forward to a serious response by the demonstrators," he said. 
"The existence of intelligence information documented at the meeting of the National Security Council, about the presence of individuals and groups trying to use the atmosphere of peaceful demonstration of the consolidation of the demonstrators to beat with members of security institutions as well as to carry out acts of sabotage and violence and the intrusion of state institutions and facilities and damage to the interest of Iraqi citizens. 
Al-Hadithi said that "the National Security Council directed the security services to take reprisal measures against those who try to exploit this atmosphere and take illegal steps and prosecute him, and this is what we are working on," exhorting "citizens and demonstrators not to give these people a chance to distort their legitimate demands and take steps leading to the collision with members of security forces As a result, they are the people of Iraq, they made sacrifices and they continue to provide for the protection of Iraqis from terrorism and organized crime. "
Al-Hadithi said, "It is in the interest of the Najaf Airport to be stormed, which is one of the landmarks of the province. It serves Iraq in general and facilitates the movement of citizens, the flourishes of religious tourism and the movement of business in the province. Provinces? ". 
"Any damage to the investment environment in all its economic, political and security aspects leads to the disruption of the government's work, vision and program in providing tens of thousands of jobs within investment projects," he said. 
"We have assured all investment companies in the provinces and diplomatic representations that the government is committed to providing maximum protection," he said.
A number of southern provinces are witnessing popular demonstrations since July 8 that began in Basra and extended to other cities demanding services and employment opportunities. 
Demonstrations witnessed clashes between protesters and security forces. There were also acts of sabotage and storming of government institutions such as the provincial councils and the international airport. 
The unemployment rate among Iraqis is officially 10.8%. Under-24s make up 60 percent of Iraq's population, making unemployment twice as high among young people, AFP reported. 
The tension coincides with attempts to form a coalition government after the parliamentary elections on May 12, which were accused of fraud.

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Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council

2018/07/16 13:30

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The Supreme Council holds the economic bodies of parties responsible for disrupting the performance of institutions

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) announced on Monday July 16, 2018, its solidarity with the masses demanding their rights enshrined in the constitution and guaranteed by the law.

"We have been and will continue to be committed to defending the demands of the masses," the Supreme Council said in a statement, warning against "the peaceful exploitation of these demonstrations by enemies and engineers who must be deterred by force."

He added that "the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council is watching with great attention developments in some cities of the country, which witnessed spontaneous popular demonstrations demanding the legitimate rights of electricity, water, health and employment opportunities and other services at a time stands the Iraqi government unable to resolve these problems intractable more than a decade The financial and administrative corruption rampant in the institutions of the state and the absence of proper planning and curriculum, which clearly puts the interest of the citizen first and lastly, and the growing phenomenon of so-called economic bodies within some political entities, which was a reason to disrupt the performance of service institutions and obstruction of services to the son E people. "

"We at the Supreme Council stand by the legitimate demands and rights of our people, a time we have been and will remain committed to. We support the position of the supreme religious authority, which stressed the need to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and away from the destruction of property and public money."

"We affirm our stand with the security services in maintaining security, providing protection to citizens and demonstrators, confronting the Mundis and sick souls, deterring them strongly and giving them the opportunity to exploit peaceful demonstrations to carry out suspicious agendas," he said.

He called on the government to "develop a realistic and thoughtful program to find appropriate solutions to the demands of the demonstrators."

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Parliamentary Economy: Intentional Internet outages have cost companies and banks significant losses

 

Monday 16 July

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad  confirmed the deputy chairman of the Economy and Investment parliamentary former parliament light Albjara, Monday, stop online system for two days was "intentional", noting that that the civil companies and banks cost very large sums of money.  Al-Bajari said in an interview with Alsumaria News that "the failure that happened to the Internet system was intended by the Ministry of Communications to prevent the transfer of events events, not as claimed by the existence of pieces or technical defect between Kirkuk and Al- Toz," indicating that "this failure cost airlines and banks very large sums of money A continuation of the policy of confusion and failure experienced by the government and its executive joints. "     Al-Bajari added that "the other thing is related to obstruction of the work of the passport departments and the security system related to surveillance cameras on the streets, which were stopped all of two days because of the delay of the Ministry of Communications and failure to maintain the Internet system which is originally modest and slow and not comparable to other countries in the world," pointing out that "contracts of civil companies and banks affected In the event that the contract is a legal material to hold the injured party to lose, it can sue the Ministry of Communications and claim compensation for material losses suffered.  The Internet service in Iraq was interrupted for two consecutive days, which led to the cessation of the work of commercial companies and banks, and raised the resentment of citizens who suffered financial losses.

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2018/07/16 12:46

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Trade in Baghdad: Internet cut caused a loss of one million dollars

 

 

BAGHDAD / A member of the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce Zia al-Kaabi said on Monday, July 16, 2018, that cutting the Internet service in the country caused a loss of one million dollars, noting that the demonstrations in Basra caused the decline in the volume of trade exchange with Kuwait and Iran through the Shalamjah port.

"The banks and financial transfer companies have started their work in Baghdad and the south of the country, but without interest, especially as the work systems are suspended and there is no connection with the financial system in the banks and their branches," al-Kaabi said in a statement.

"The same applies to commercial companies, transport and export offices, since the Internet was a major engine," he said.

Al-Kaabi pointed out that "there are losses estimated at about one million dollars due to the disruption of the service of the World Wide Web," pointing out that "the demonstrations caused the decline in the volume of trade with Kuwait and Iran through the port of Shalamjah Basra, in addition to losses caused by the suspension of a number of airlines flights to airports Najaf and Basra International ".

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2018/07/16 10:47

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Defense: Important secrets about the demonstrators in the demonstrations

 

 

BAGHDAD - The Director of Moral Guidance for the Ministry of Defense, Maj. Tahseen al-Khafaji, revealed on Monday July 16, 2018, important secrets about the demonstrators in demonstrations in southern provinces demanding the provision of services and employment opportunities.

Al-Khafaji told media affiliated with the obelisk that "an important security meeting was held by all the security services under the chairmanship of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Haider al-Abadi, in which he made a number of important decisions. He stressed the need to deal with the demonstrators and demand their rights. Their rights as approved by the Constitution and warned against the withdrawal of security forces in the acts of sabotage. " 

"We have the organs that we have been able to fully investigate with these Almnnsin," he said, urging "citizens to report the Mncans who want chaos and have no knowledge of the demands of the demonstrators."

Khafaji said that "the security leaders dealt professionally with the demands of the demonstrators and delivered them to those concerned," noting that "some of those trying to divert the path of popular demands and obstructing rights."

He pointed out that "the security stability that took place after the expulsion of the gangs of the Daash terrorist from Iraqi territory does not appeal to some parties," pointing out that "our primary duty is to protect demonstrators and the proliferation of intelligence through the spread of intensive security forces among the demonstrators to search for Almndsin."

"More than 25 security agents in the Diwaniyah province have been injured by stones and firecrackers, some of them serious," the ministry's director of mental guidance said.

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