Guest views are now limited to 12 pages. If you get an "Error" message, just sign in! If you need to create an account, click here.

Jump to content
  • CRYPTO REWARDS!

    Full endorsement on this opportunity - but it's limited, so get in while you can!

Iraq loses its membership in the Human Rights Council for repressing protesters and October 25th ultimatum


yota691
 Share

Recommended Posts

Wednesday، 09 October 2019 06:22 PM

 

Salih highlights importance of quick response to protesters demands

image.png.d832fc6863af367b2bbd50349b8d5178.png
In remarks during a meeting with governors of the southern and central provinces, Salih said “it’s necessary to preserve the national security and protesters as well as the quick response to their demands.”


In related news, Salih also urged necessity of ‘self-restraint’ and the ‘necessary reforms’.


He also added that the presidency will support compensating those harmed during the protests as well as holding the outlaws accountable, especially those who fired against the demonstrators.


Salih stressed the importance of a cabinet reshuffle to enhance the performance of the government in order to provide the services, jobs and achieve social justice.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Date:: 2019/10/9 21:31 • 411 times read • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
Date:: 2019/10/9 21:30 • 81 times read • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
Date:: 2019/10/9 21:25 • Updated:: 2019/10/9 21:28 • 174 read times • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
Date:: 2019/10/9 21:23 • 152 times read • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
Date:: 2019/10/9 21:21 • 78 times read • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
Date:: 2019/10/9 21:17 • 85 read times • Published in section: Political News
...
 
 
  • Upvote 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • yota691 changed the title to Abdul Mahdi announces a reshuffle and the date of submission of the names of special grades and positions
Release date:: 2019/10/9 21:56 • 181 times read
Abdul Mahdi announces a reshuffle and the date of submission of the names of special grades and positions
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced on Wednesday a cabinet reshuffle that will be sent to parliament for a vote in tomorrow's session.
Abdul-Mahdi said in a speech this evening addressed to the Iraqi people:
"((and preach the patient, who, if afflicted by a calamity, they said, I am for God, and I am the province of the
people and the sons of our
brothers and sons ))
Allah and His blessings
is the second time I address it in a matter of a week, truthful speech from the heart to the heart, at a sensitive stage experienced by the country ...
we passed a week faced by Iraq, all of Iraq, social and political challenge for developing democracy ..
ASAP P in which citizens came out demonstrations guaranteed to them by the Constitution ..
Your security forces came out with a sound intention and a sincere commitment to fulfill their constitutional and legal duty to protect the demonstrators, lives and public and private property.
We have issued strict instructions not to use live bullets, but nevertheless, a large number of demonstrators and security forces have fallen
. there are legitimate about what happened during the last few days questions, we are studying in depth and professionalism and objectivity .. are now being detailed investigations into all events sites ..
but in front of a clear fact has not and will not change, and we must agree on them, and that Nakdha all of us:
that our loyal forces and Jaah, the duty ..
We have an audience wanted to express their demands for peaceful demonstrations.
Let it be clear to all of us, it is not contradictory that we are with the demonstrations and with the security forces and with the freedom of the media and activists at the same time,
These are all brothers in one country ..
All these are one fact .. And belonging one .. The goal of one .. The building of a citizen state, maid, patron and protector of its people, in his long march to achieve its legitimate goals and aspirations.
Therefore, we reject together the logic of sedition, we will stand together against selfish schemes, we will always stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, we will always stand in support of our security forces, and we will always stand with public freedoms.
It 's non - state with the state conflict ... and chaos with order and respect for the law, advocates of chaos will not succeed .. and we will stand one man in front of the danger that threatens us all if shaken the foundations of the state size ..
It is great our house that brings us together .. and that saves us - under His shadow - our rights, our ambitions and our future ..
Those who target or seek to weaken the state are mistaken.
This generous people line many of the stories of heroism, fortitude and nobility over the past few days, we've seen the policeman addresses the protester, and protester irrigates soldier ..
The cases of assault or carrying out arson and vandalism, they do not belong to this people , whether on demonstrators or public interests or private Or security forces, satellite TV, party headquarters, media, activists, bloggers, or other communication sites that respect the constitution, law and order.
It is your unity, you Iraqis. It is the dictatorship that you brought down and established - hand in hand. - Your democratic system ... despite what you suffered for years of destruction, wars, killing and terrorism ..
With your unity, you defeated ISIS yesterday ..
With your unity, we strengthen our democratic values and public freedoms ... and with your
unity we build our house - Iraq - where we work together to overcome all the negative situations that the demonstrations came out to remedy.
Today we move from anger gushing .. deep sorrow and review sincere and reform ..
We lost a large number of martyrs and wounded, of our sons and daughters, protesters and security forces ..
at a time is difficult for this country 's sacrificial .. lose one drop of blood from the bodies of Her loyal sons - all her sons - ... without distinction between a civilian and a military, between a protester and a security man, and a man of information and activist .. We
lost - with broken hearts - brother and brother, father and son, mother and daughter, and friend and friend ...
We have, God, left us in the hearts of pain, and free livers, and deep wounds ..
But we have the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his family) good example, we say: (The eye to tear, and the heart to grieve, and I am on your parting).
It is time for the Iraqi wound to heal with the hard work and sincere giving to serve this people ...
The people must stop with pride and respect, meditation and sorrow ..
Therefore, we decided the following:
First: Declaration of public mourning in Iraq, for three days,
starting tomorrow. Thursday to Saturday.
Second: Conducting transparent fundamentalist investigations to honor heroes and sacrifices, and to hold accountable those who did not abide by the orders and rules of engagement, and to all ranks. We have begun to receive the results of the field investigations and will continue to investigate the events associated with the demonstrations or the subsequent attacks.
Third: To initiate immediate measures to arrange the material and moral rights of the families of the martyrs, in accordance with the laws in force.
Fourth: Promote the wounded of the military, honor the civilians, materially and morally, and ensure their treatment at the expense of the government, whether from the security forces or peaceful demonstrators.
Fifth: Honoring the family of every martyr, and honoring every wounded person, with the highest allocation within the authority of the Prime Minister.
Sixth: Immediately release the detainees, who are under investigation, if there is no evidence against them to commit criminal cases related to murder or serious harm to persons, property or public security, if they are sponsored by any known party.
As we turn the page of violence, and the bloodshed of Iraqis, we are opening the page of real, comprehensive review.
The review process must take place at two levels: urgent actions, and comprehensive reforms.
We have started early, intensified all efforts, to identify the most important government can do to respond to the demands of the demonstrators, and to achieve as much as possible, while avoiding the use of prosthetic solutions that contradict the strategic plans and government program, and disrupt the real reform desired.
In this regard, the Council of Ministers issued in an emergency session last Saturday night a first package of resolutions, in response to the demands of the demonstrators and the people, included (17) seventeen decisions, including:
- Open the door to apply for residential land within the grand housing plan promised by the government,
- The distribution of 17,000 plots in Basra governorate, followed by the rest of the governorates
- the construction of more than 100,000 housing units, with the poorest governorates giving priority
- the granting of 150,000 unemployed who are currently unable to work a monthly grant for three months
- and the granting of 150,000 other able-bodied unemployed Opportunity for training and qualification, m We pay them three months of monthly money, lend the successful ones to start their own entrepreneurial projects
- and create about 450,000 jobs through the creation of commercial marketing complexes
- identify 600,000 families disadvantaged to give them the salaries of social welfare, and our goal is that there will not remain any Iraqi family without income brought above the minimum poverty line
as we issued on Tuesday, a second package of urgent measures included:
- the promotion of vocational education production in order to provide 20,000 job opportunities
- Granting preparatory students with facilities, land and money to boost production, support agriculture, invest land, create jobs
- oblige universities and colleges to accommodate additional numbers of graduate holders of teaching staff
- and facilitate small business registration procedures For young people between the ages of 18-35 years, and to refer government projects to these companies on favorable terms
- and support young people to work in the collection of electricity bills ..
- The inventory of vacant scores on the angel movement to determine the possibility of appointing the largest number of holders of university graduates and graduates and other young people in accordance with transparent mechanisms, as needed and competence
- and the formation of committees in the provinces follow up the Cabinet decisions on meeting the demands of the demonstrators, headed by a minister and the membership of the members of the House of Representatives and the governor and commander police and a representative from the Office of the Prime Minister to follow up on implementation
- and the formation of a committee in cooperation with the judiciary to follow up on the missing files from the sons of Iraq and all the provinces to know their fate ... as we started measures to accelerate the return of families that fled from the oppression Daesh to the focus Here liberated, especially in the province of Nineveh , and in the areas of Sinjar , and the rock cliff and others, and to make additional efforts to reconstruction
- and other decisions
We will continue to develop additional solutions in response to the demands of the demonstrators and to achieve our ministerial approach .. We issue them successively after package after study as much as possible so as not to give promises do not provide the requirements for implementation.
Someone might say: Why do you pay attention to all this now, and you have overlooked it during the last period?
Our answer: These reform decisions, some of which were under implementation, and some under study, and some developed in response to the demands of the demonstrators,
but the sagging of the state, and the proliferation of legislative and administrative impediments, and dependency cultures and narrow selfish interests competing in our three powers, and between our various forces, hinder the wheel Reform, and puts us in contradiction with the aspirations and desires of our people and fulfill the promises of reform .. Which justifies the demonstration and gives him full legitimacy to remind everyone that there are two ways:
As for advancing forward, with boldness and courage, to overcome all obstacles, achieve the aspirations of our people, and give everyone who has a right, and this requires the support and cooperation of the people
or stay within the framework of justifications and procrastination and prosthetic solutions that lose our people's confidence in their government and is one of the most important factors of the spread of injustice and chaos and out Law and order ..
When the state is not an adult, everyone loses his senses.
On the level of comprehensive reform, we have already affirmed the Government's full commitment to the text of the Supreme Religious Reference Sermon,
which has diagnosed the path, drew a roadmap for reform
, which has returned us to be the safety valve for this country in its crises, and to diagnose the features of the solution with its vision. Insightful, and her usual wisdom.
The road map drawn up by the Supreme Reference included the formation of a committee of personalities known for competence and integrity, and defined the scope of work of the Committee .. The
word upper reference is the word in the diagnosis, and treatment.
The government immediately began to identify the names to which these specifications apply, and to provide the required logistical support to enable the committee to carry out its work in complete independence, and to communicate with the demonstrators and the various segments of society, and concerned, and to be informed of the proceedings and all the data required in its work.
We will announce the names of the members of the Committee within a week, to start its work as soon as possible ..
provided that the Committee to submit its periodic recommendations to the government and the authorities concerned to begin direct implementation,
The Committee shall submit its full recommendations within a period not exceeding forty-five (45) days
.
In addition , we have issued a package decisions, or we are now on the verge of release, relating to the fight against corruption ..
These are a few examples of the numerous decisions and actions, including:
• State stopped at a time will be determined for the payment of any amounts of paper currency, but to free instruments and smart card that prevent manipulation • Encouraging those who receive sukuk to open bank accounts to get rid of money laundering and corruption
.
• Conduct a wide campaign to detect the seizure of public and private land and records real estate and forgery and placing the hand on the public and private property for personal interests .. networks
• We will make a few hours, the list of the first for the assignment of a number of senior officials to the courts to complement the list released about a week ago about 1,000 employees Refer to the judiciary.
Dear holy people ..
We will ask the Council of Representatives to vote on the cabinet changes on Thursday,
and will vote the cabinet on Tuesday next to the candidates of the service Federal Council, to submit to the Council of Representatives to vote on it ..
and we will give before the twenty - fourth of the month , our listings to end grades owners file Agency ..
In addition to the legislation related to the amendment of the election law and to make some constitutional amendments in accordance with the mechanisms of the Constitution and the budget law of 2020, and other basic laws required to put the country on the right track, and all this requires the cooperation of all authorities, forces and blocs in accordance with the Constitution and the law.
We are moving forward with the implementation of our government program as we will receive at the end of this month the second report of what has been achieved or not achieved for the period from the end of April to the end of October 2019.
I do not promise my people rosy promises, and I do not say that these steps are the end of the road, but is the beginning ..
Let us all cooperate to achieve the interests of our people, especially the poor segments and the masses of our youth and generations on which the future of our country depends.
Our armed forces will protect the army, police, popular, tribal, and peshmerga of our political system, the rights of our people, the security of our homeland, the sovereignty and independence of our country. The greatest protector after Allah Almighty is the brave and noble Iraqi people.
I say frankly: that we - according to our current data - do not accuse, any country with which we have friendly relations or cooperation, nor any known political force or parties or media, all of these have an interest in the continued calm and stability in the country and maintain our security and our political system, although different views Look. Here I thank the large number of friendly countries and international institutions that have contacted and expressed their support and solidarity with the government and people of Iraq, especially the neighboring countries: Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Turkey and Syria.
I reiterate my thanks to everyone who stood up in defense of Iraq, for the rights of its people, for its constitution and democratic system, and the freedoms guaranteed therein.
Oh God, save our people and our homeland ..
And from all those who
suffer a speedy recovery .. And shroud our martyrs through your mercy,
and inspire their loved ones, and inspire us all, patience and solace,
and I am God and I am to him, the
people of
peace and peace .. Long live Iraq and God.
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Release date:: 9/10/2019 22:34 • 82 times read
A government source denies that Thursday will be an official holiday
BAGHDAD: A government source on Wednesday denied a public holiday on Thursday.
The source told (Euphrates News) that "tomorrow is a formal day and the Prime Minister announced only mourning the lives of the victims of the demonstrators and security forces who fell in the recent demonstrations." is over
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Iraq Declares Three Days of Mourning for People Killed in Protests

 
BasNews 10/10/2019 - 00:24 Published in Iraq
Iraq Declares Three Days of Mourning for People Killed in Protests
 

 

ERBIL - Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi declared three days of mourning after over 110 people were killed as a result of the protests that took place in the past few days, the premier's office said on Wednesday evening.

The mourning period, Abdul Mahdi’s office pointed out, will start on Thursday, as nearly 6,000 others were also wounded during the protests since last Tuesday.

Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets in Baghdad and other major cities, protesting against the poor public services, corruption, and unemployment.

The Iraqi government, however, has announced a package of reforms in hopes of meeting the demonstrators' demands.

One of the decisions by Abdul Mahdi's cabinet is to distribute tens of thousands of residential houses to poor families as part of a housing project by the country.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Wednesday، 09 October 2019 10:38 PM

Protests resume in Iraq’s Sadr City as uprising enters second week

image.png.03d74090c5ae7a3bf216ecd8ad139448.png

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44227/Protests-resume-in-Iraq-s-Sadr-City-as-uprising-enters-second-week

 

Iraq’s government issued a second package of proposed social reforms on Tuesday in an attempt to appease the demands of anti-government protesters who for eight days have demonstrated nationwide, with the loss of 110 lives and 6,000 wounded.

Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi issued a 13-point plan centered on subsidies and housing for the poor, as well as training and educational initiatives for unemployed youth.

Abdul-Mahdi, following a cabinet meeting, posted his reforms on social media. Most Iraqis have been cut off from the internet and social media for several days now.

Protests resumed on Monday night in Baghdad’s Sadr City district, with at least one member of the security forces killed, although much of Iraq appeared quieter than it has been for a week as politicians sought a way to end an uprising.

Iraqi security forces began arresting protesters after nightfall on Tuesday in eastern and northwestern parts of Baghdad, police sources told Reuters. Police were carrying photos of protesters taken in recent days to identify them and arrest them. Iraq’s semi-official high commission for human rights said that 800 people had been detained last week, with about 500 already released.

Protesters, who have called for the removal of the government and a political class it views as corrupt have clashed with the security forces, mainly in Baghdad and the south.

Iraq’s military said on Tuesday one member of an Interior Ministry force was killed and four wounded when they came under fire from unknown assailants in Sadr City, where 15 people died the previous night in riots.

The violence has been the worst in Iraq since it put down an insurgency by the Sunni Muslim Islamic State group nearly two years ago, and the biggest test for Abdul Mahdi, in office for a year.

The spread of the violence to Sadr City this week could heighten the security challenge posed by the protests. Unrest has historically been hard to put down in the district, where around a third of Baghdad’s 8 million people live with little electricity or water and few jobs.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Abdul Mahdi: We stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and reject the manifestations of violence

2019-10-09 | 14:09
Abdul Mahdi: We stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and reject the manifestations of violence
 
782 views
 

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday the government stood with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and rejected the manifestations of violence, announcing the start of receiving preliminary results of the investigation of the demonstrations.

He said Abdul - Mahdi , in a televised speech vassal, Alsumaria News, "We are in front of the obvious fact has not and will not change and must agree on it , and Nakdha all that we have loyal forces duty," he said . "We have an audience wanted to express their demands for peaceful demonstrations."
 

He said Abdul - Mahdi , "We are with the demonstrations and with the security forces and media freedom activists simultaneously They are all brothers in one homeland , " stressing "I hope to build a state citizen maid and the garrison and the sponsoring of its people in its long march to achieve its goals and legitimate aspirations."

He said Abdul - Mahdi , said : "There are legitimate questions about what happened during the past few days studying in depth and professionalism and objectivity", stressing : "We reject the logic of sedition and we will stand against the schemes of selfishness , and we will stand with the legitimate demands of citizens."
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Abdul-Mahdi announces the government guarantees to treat the wounded demonstrations and the release of detainees

Source:
 
996 views

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday that the government will ensure the treatment of the wounded of the recent demonstrations, as well as the release of all those arrested in connection with the demonstrations.

We will honor the family of every martyr and wounded and we will release all those arrested, Abdul Mahdi said in a televised speech to Alsumaria News. The past few. "
 
 

He said Abdul - Mahdi , "The Ministry of Education obliging universities and colleges accommodate an appropriate campaign of higher education according to the capacity of the preparation , " he said, adding that "I have said the Iraqi wounded to heal the hard work and tender faithful to serve the people."

He said Abdul - Mahdi , "to conduct transparent investigations to hold negligent who did not abide by the orders and rules of engagement," he said . "We will announce the Commission called for by the religious authority during the week."
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Abdul Mahdi announces three days of mourning starting tomorrow for the victims of the demonstrations

Source:
 
1,773 views

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi announced on Wednesday a three-day mourning commemorating the lives of protesters, both citizens and security forces.

"Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi announces the general mourning of three orphans, starting Thursday, on the lives of martyrs of demonstrators and security forces," state television reported .

The past few days, starting Tuesday and last October 1, have witnessed large demonstrations in various parts of the country demanding the elimination of corruption in all its forms, while the demonstrations witnessed violence that led to many casualties.
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 hours ago, yota691 said:
Release date:: 2019/10/9 21:56 • 181 times read
Abdul Mahdi announces a reshuffle and the date of submission of the names of special grades and positions
 
In addition , we have issued a package decisions, or we are now on the verge of release, relating to the fight against corruption ..
These are a few examples of the numerous decisions and actions, including:
State stopped at a time will be determined for the payment of any amounts of paper currency, but to free instruments and smart card that prevent manipulation • Encouraging those who receive sukuk to open bank accounts to get rid of money laundering and corruption
.

 

 

I think that's a reference to currency auctions....

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

13 minutes ago, wciappetta said:

 

I think that's a reference to currency auctions....

wciappetta, well I went back an reread all this BS Mahdi is spewing an it sounds like a lot BS to me. 
For instance, this 3 days of morning is such a crop. Even the dumbest Iraqi can see he just wants the demonstrations to stop an maybe they will be satisfied with the other packages he presented. 
Other articles indicate he’s gonna approve a third package, that’s the one the corruption, currency auctions and the economic reforms should be addressed. 
I’m hopping the demonstrations continue until all these packages are passed an implemented...

  • Thanks 2
  • Upvote 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

 

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said he would ask parliament to reshuffle his cabinet in the wake of protests in Iraq.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi during a televised speech Wednesday Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi giving a televised speech Wednesday (Reuters)

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said in a televised address on Wednesday that he would ask parliament to reshuffle his cabinet and reiterated his government's intention to launch a comprehensive review of reforms in the country.

Abdul-Mahdi confirmed that there will be an investigation into the violence that accompanied the recent protests, and that those responsible will be held accountable.

"The prime minister declared three days of mourning for those killed in the protests starting on Thursday," his office said in a statement.

An Iraqi Health Ministry official said Tuesday that at least 165 people were killed during anti-government protests last week, according to Anatolia.

 

Violent protests began in Baghdad on Tuesday, demanding better public services, job opportunities and fighting corruption before spreading to other provinces, but the pace of protests has dropped significantly since Monday, largely confined to Sadr City, east of Baghdad.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-16-

The United States, Britain and the United Nations have warned Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi against continuing to collude with Iranian-backed militias by covering up the government to kill protesters and chasing journalists after it became clear. Parties "unknown" to stand behind the targeting of protesters and invoke conspiracy theories.

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi admitted that "the prime minister is implementing Iranian orders to suppress protests in Iraq, intimidate activists and hunt down journalists in Baghdad and the central and southern provinces."

This comes after the demonstrations revealed that masked targeting demonstrators during the past days through the deployment of snipers of militias to target protesters.

In a terrifying scene, reflecting the extent of Iranian domination in Iraq, gunmen affiliated with the Al-Khurasani Brigades, one of the militias under the Popular Mobilization, formed by the head of the Qods Force of Iran Qassem Soleimani from local fighters, toured several media buildings that tried to cover the demonstrations, burning some of them and beating journalists. They broke the equipment in others.

As the Internet was cut off throughout the country, the government was alone in protesting and protesting against them.

Those close to Abdul Mahdi said that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a telephone conversation with the Iraqi prime minister, pointed to the targeting of demonstrators.

Pompeo lamented the loss of life over the past few days and urged the Iraqi government to exercise maximum restraint.

The US Embassy in Baghdad, in a statement on Mike Pompeo and Abdul-Mahdi's call, cited the US Secretary of State's reference to "the United States' continued commitment to a strong, sovereign and prosperous Iraq as outlined in the bilateral strategic framework agreement."

Observers considered that this signal represents an American offer to protect the government of Mahdi in exchange for moving away from the Iranian axis in the region. The British ambassador to Iraq, John Wilkes, demanded that all perpetrators of violent crimes at all levels be brought to justice.

"The UK has expressed grave concern about the violence used against demonstrators, particularly sniping," Wilkes said in a tweet from the UK.

The United Kingdom also expressed grave concern at the violence used against demonstrators, particularly sniping. All perpetrators of violent crimes at all levels must be brought to justice.

He said that he held talks with the prime ministers and the Iraqi Republic on the current demonstrations, stressing the "need to move quickly in order to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators."

The UN mission in Iraq called for an end to violence in the country, where more than a hundred people were killed and about four thousand injured in five days of protests demanded, stressing that those responsible for the violence must be held accountable.

"I am deeply saddened by the unexplained loss of life," said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Jenin Hennes-Blachart, in a statement. Five days ago, reports of deaths and injuries were reported: this must stop. ”

“I call on all parties to stop and think,” added the statement posted on its Facebook page. Those responsible for violence must be held accountable. Let the spirit of unity prevail throughout Iraq. ”

Iraq has been witnessing violent protests since Tuesday, which began from Baghdad, demanding better public services, job creation and fighting corruption, before spreading to the provinces in the south with a Shiite majority.

The demonstrators raised the ceiling of their demands and are calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister, after the security forces resorted to violence to contain the protests, which left more than 100 dead as well as thousands of wounded.

Protesters accuse the security forces of firing at them, while the latter denies this and says that "unidentified snipers" shoot both protesters and security personnel to create strife.

Iraqis have been protesting for years for poor basic services such as electricity, health and water, as well as unemployment and corruption, in one of the world's most corrupt countries, under the Transparency International index over the past years.

Over the past few days, the offices of several Iraqi and Arab television channels have been attacked by insurgents in Baghdad, where the attackers beat their employees and broke their press equipment.

The protests, which took an unexpected toll, confused the Iraqi authorities, which ranged from recognizing the legitimacy of the protesters' demands to working to calm them down with urgent action, on the one hand, and criminalizing the protest movement and attributing it to a "conspiracy" against the regime, on the other hand.

Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias, have faced violent protests using live bullets against demonstrators, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of wounded.

Iraqi authorities often attribute the shooting to “unidentified gunmen,” while participants in the protests assert that indiscriminate shooters are members of militias affiliated with Shia parties that protesters have clearly targeted, raised anti-slogans and attacked a number of their headquarters. According to protesters, Shiite parties and their militias aim to militarize the demonstrations to create a justification for confronting them with the force of arms.

Observers considered that Abdul Mahdi no longer has the opportunity to retreat from the repressive behavior shown by the demonstrations, but in the end fulfills the desire of political blocs loyal to Iran, giving him the opportunity to stay in office, even temporarily.

They agree that Abdul Mahdi's resignation is no longer a goal for the protesters, will not calm the angry street and lead to a political vacuum, which will be blocked by a difficult US-Iranian agreement at this thorny stage globally.

Observers believe that the Iraqi government, having practiced public killings of the demonstrators, has nothing to prevent it from declaring its allegiance and direct dependence on Iran. That could be a nuisance to the United States, which has not publicly condemned the violence by the Iraqi government, backed by pro-Iranian parties and militias.

However, an Iraqi political observer considered that the insistence of the official authorities in Iraq to continue shutting down the Internet and hindering the work of journalists by threatening them certainly means that the government is not reassured that its conciliatory steps will lead to end the state of congestion experienced by the Iraqi people in the cities that predominantly Shiite, which may restore Young protesters take to the street if they explode.

If the Iraqi government approves the entry of more than 7,000 Iranian gunmen into Iraq under the pretext of protecting Iranian visitors as a kind of green light for Iranian interference in internal events, the violence against protesters will increase even further, the observer told Al-Arab. The Iraqi government should be able to stop it or control it qualitatively. ”

“This is because addressing the protests will be Iranian declared competence. Under the pretext of protecting Iranian visitors, Iranian forces will suppress the demonstrators in a way that suits them. "Iranian forces may not need to be identified as long as the Iraqi prime minister blames the killing on unknown sides."

Abdul Mahdi's government continues to cut the Internet and block social networking sites, while Iraqi government sources said that the Internet service will work from 7 am to 4 pm daily, during the official working days to continue working in government departments with instructions from the Media and Communications Authority to stop the Internet from the central and southern provinces While these measures were met with wide cynicism.

When Facebook started blocking, Iraqis moved in secret to download VPN applications (a virtual network that allows access to servers outside the country).

Others have used satellite communications, which are very expensive, to communicate with the outside world. The losses of Iraq due to the closure of the Internet during the four days following the demonstrations 649 billion Iraqi dinars.

The Arabs

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

14 minutes ago, yota691 said:

%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-16-

The United States, Britain and the United Nations have warned Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi against continuing to collude with Iranian-backed militias by covering up the government to kill protesters and chasing journalists after it became clear. Parties "unknown" to stand behind the targeting of protesters and invoke conspiracy theories.

BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi admitted that "the prime minister is implementing Iranian orders to suppress protests in Iraq, intimidate activists and hunt down journalists in Baghdad and the central and southern provinces."

This comes after the demonstrations revealed that masked targeting demonstrators during the past days through the deployment of snipers of militias to target protesters.

In a terrifying scene, reflecting the extent of Iranian domination in Iraq, gunmen affiliated with the Al-Khurasani Brigades, one of the militias under the Popular Mobilization, formed by the head of the Qods Force of Iran Qassem Soleimani from local fighters, toured several media buildings that tried to cover the demonstrations, burning some of them and beating journalists. They broke the equipment in others.

As the Internet was cut off throughout the country, the government was alone in protesting and protesting against them.

Those close to Abdul Mahdi said that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a telephone conversation with the Iraqi prime minister, pointed to the targeting of demonstrators.

Pompeo lamented the loss of life over the past few days and urged the Iraqi government to exercise maximum restraint.

The US Embassy in Baghdad, in a statement on Mike Pompeo and Abdul-Mahdi's call, cited the US Secretary of State's reference to "the United States' continued commitment to a strong, sovereign and prosperous Iraq as outlined in the bilateral strategic framework agreement."

Observers considered that this signal represents an American offer to protect the government of Mahdi in exchange for moving away from the Iranian axis in the region. The British ambassador to Iraq, John Wilkes, demanded that all perpetrators of violent crimes at all levels be brought to justice.

"The UK has expressed grave concern about the violence used against demonstrators, particularly sniping," Wilkes said in a tweet from the UK.

The United Kingdom also expressed grave concern at the violence used against demonstrators, particularly sniping. All perpetrators of violent crimes at all levels must be brought to justice.

He said that he held talks with the prime ministers and the Iraqi Republic on the current demonstrations, stressing the "need to move quickly in order to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators."

The UN mission in Iraq called for an end to violence in the country, where more than a hundred people were killed and about four thousand injured in five days of protests demanded, stressing that those responsible for the violence must be held accountable.

"I am deeply saddened by the unexplained loss of life," said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, Jenin Hennes-Blachart, in a statement. Five days ago, reports of deaths and injuries were reported: this must stop. ”

“I call on all parties to stop and think,” added the statement posted on its Facebook page. Those responsible for violence must be held accountable. Let the spirit of unity prevail throughout Iraq. ”

Iraq has been witnessing violent protests since Tuesday, which began from Baghdad, demanding better public services, job creation and fighting corruption, before spreading to the provinces in the south with a Shiite majority.

The demonstrators raised the ceiling of their demands and are calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister, after the security forces resorted to violence to contain the protests, which left more than 100 dead as well as thousands of wounded.

Protesters accuse the security forces of firing at them, while the latter denies this and says that "unidentified snipers" shoot both protesters and security personnel to create strife.

Iraqis have been protesting for years for poor basic services such as electricity, health and water, as well as unemployment and corruption, in one of the world's most corrupt countries, under the Transparency International index over the past years.

Over the past few days, the offices of several Iraqi and Arab television channels have been attacked by insurgents in Baghdad, where the attackers beat their employees and broke their press equipment.

The protests, which took an unexpected toll, confused the Iraqi authorities, which ranged from recognizing the legitimacy of the protesters' demands to working to calm them down with urgent action, on the one hand, and criminalizing the protest movement and attributing it to a "conspiracy" against the regime, on the other hand.

Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias, have faced violent protests using live bullets against demonstrators, resulting in dozens of deaths and thousands of wounded.

Iraqi authorities often attribute the shooting to “unidentified gunmen,” while participants in the protests assert that indiscriminate shooters are members of militias affiliated with Shia parties that protesters have clearly targeted, raised anti-slogans and attacked a number of their headquarters. According to protesters, Shiite parties and their militias aim to militarize the demonstrations to create a justification for confronting them with the force of arms.

Observers considered that Abdul Mahdi no longer has the opportunity to retreat from the repressive behavior shown by the demonstrations, but in the end fulfills the desire of political blocs loyal to Iran, giving him the opportunity to stay in office, even temporarily.

They agree that Abdul Mahdi's resignation is no longer a goal for the protesters, will not calm the angry street and lead to a political vacuum, which will be blocked by a difficult US-Iranian agreement at this thorny stage globally.

Observers believe that the Iraqi government, having practiced public killings of the demonstrators, has nothing to prevent it from declaring its allegiance and direct dependence on Iran. That could be a nuisance to the United States, which has not publicly condemned the violence by the Iraqi government, backed by pro-Iranian parties and militias.

However, an Iraqi political observer considered that the insistence of the official authorities in Iraq to continue shutting down the Internet and hindering the work of journalists by threatening them certainly means that the government is not reassured that its conciliatory steps will lead to end the state of congestion experienced by the Iraqi people in the cities that predominantly Shiite, which may restore Young protesters take to the street if they explode.

If the Iraqi government approves the entry of more than 7,000 Iranian gunmen into Iraq under the pretext of protecting Iranian visitors as a kind of green light for Iranian interference in internal events, the violence against protesters will increase even further, the observer told Al-Arab. The Iraqi government should be able to stop it or control it qualitatively. ”

“This is because addressing the protests will be Iranian declared competence. Under the pretext of protecting Iranian visitors, Iranian forces will suppress the demonstrators in a way that suits them. "Iranian forces may not need to be identified as long as the Iraqi prime minister blames the killing on unknown sides."

Abdul Mahdi's government continues to cut the Internet and block social networking sites, while Iraqi government sources said that the Internet service will work from 7 am to 4 pm daily, during the official working days to continue working in government departments with instructions from the Media and Communications Authority to stop the Internet from the central and southern provinces While these measures were met with wide cynicism.

When Facebook started blocking, Iraqis moved in secret to download VPN applications (a virtual network that allows access to servers outside the country).

Others have used satellite communications, which are very expensive, to communicate with the outside world. The losses of Iraq due to the closure of the Internet during the four days following the demonstrations 649 billion Iraqi dinars.

The Arabs

Washington offers to protect the Iraqi government in return for staying away from Iran

- Great news!
Conditions/Negotiating in return for help from the US.
Edited by jg1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

138047.jpg?width=750&&height=375

 
2019/10/10 13:38
  • The number of readings 210
  • Section: Iraq
  •  

Severe economic losses caused by the cutoff of the Internet in Iraq

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: A center specialized in communications technology, revealed on Thursday, the economic repercussions of the disconnection of Internet service in Iraq.

The platform of the Information Technology Center in a statement received to the obelisk, that "the disconnection of the Internet in Iraq has negative repercussions, especially on the commercial sectors.

The center affirmed that cutting the internet negatively affects many commercial and economic sectors, including the issue of pensioners' salaries that depend on the Internet. Where it depends more than three million. 

PCHR pointed out that the interruption of the Internet has affected the work of many financial remittance companies and travel and tourism companies. Small businesses and individuals who rely on social media to promote and market their products have also been hit.

The Center urged the government, with its concerned authorities to find alternative solutions to completely cut the Internet, and resort to technical and technical solutions to restrict some programs to the security necessity if necessary.

The Obelisk 

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/179896/خسائر-اقتصادية-جسيمة-يتسببها-قطع-الانترنيت-في-العراق

 

 
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

136685.jpg?width=750&&height=375

 
2019/10/09 21:25
  • The number of readings 1127
  • Section: Monitoring
  •  

Abdul Mahdi: We will issue a list of the top corrupt in the coming hours

Baghdad / Obelisk:  

Abdul Mahdi: We will announce the names of the committee, which called for the reference within a week

Abdul Mahdi announced the transfer of a number of senior officials to the judiciary and integrity

Abdul Mahdi: We will receive at the end of the month the second report on the completion of the government program

Abdul Mahdi: We stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and reject violence

Abdul-Mahdi announces the government to ensure the treatment of the wounded demonstrations and the release of detainees

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Wednesday that the government will ensure the treatment of the wounded of the recent demonstrations, as well as the release of all those arrested in connection with the demonstrations.

"We will honor the family of every martyr and wounded, and we will release all those arrested," he said in a televised speech.
"The Iraqi Ministry of Education is obliging universities and private colleges to accommodate suitable numbers of graduate students according to the absorptive capacity," he said.

"We are going to announce the committee called for by the religious authority within a week," he said.

He pointed to "the start of immediate measures to arrange the material and moral rights of the families of the martyrs in accordance with the laws in force," noting "the promotion of the wounded of the military and honor civilians financially and morally and ensure treatment at the expense of the state."

And Abdul-Mahdi, "We will issue a list of the names of the top corrupt in the coming hours," pointing out that "we will honor the family of each martyr and wounded all the highest allocation within the authority of the Prime Minister."

The Prime Minister stressed the government's stand with the legitimate demands of the demonstrators, and its rejection of the manifestations of violence, and announced the start of receiving preliminary results of the investigation of the demonstrations.

"We are facing a clear truth that has not and will not change and we must agree on it and we must all confirm that we have faithful forces that have fulfilled their duty," he said.

"We support the demonstrations, the security forces, the freedom of the media and the activists at the same time. These are all brothers in one country," he said.
"There are legitimate questions about what happened during the past days, we study them deeply, professionally and objectively," he said, stressing "we reject the logic of sedition and we will stand against selfish plans and stand with the legitimate demands of citizens."
"He said,"

The prime minister declared a three-day general mourning for the victims of the demonstrations.

The Obelisk 

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/179843/عبد-المهدي-سنصدر-قائمة-باسماء-كبار-الفاسدين-خلال-الساعات-المقبلة

  • Haha 1
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

134106.jpg?width=750&&height=375

 
2019/10/10 10:15
  • The number of readings 347
  • Section: Iraq
  •  

Khazali: Blackwater sniped protesters .. The large blocs formed the government bears the responsibility for default

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: Secretary General of the movement of Asaib Ahl al-Haq Sheikh Qais al-Khazali that the US project in Iraq is to fuel the security situation and destabilize the political as well as draining the efforts of security forces to make a gap before the terrorist ISIS.

Khazali said, according to the Iranian newspaper Kayhan, to have evidence of the involvement of the US administration in the events in the country, noting that those who sniped demonstrators and security forces are foreign companies, including Blackwater.

Khazali called on the government, political forces, parliament and the judiciary to make great efforts to meet the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and provide jobs.

Sheikh Khazali said that the flight of some political forces from the responsibility towards the government is unacceptable, and stressed that the sermon of religious reference was clear that the large blocs that emerged from the current government is the responsibility should be the responsibility and not the government alone.

Obelisk Follow-up - Agencies 

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/179871/الخزعلي-شركة-بلاك-ووتر-قنصت-المتظاهرين-والكتل-الكبيرة-المشكلة-للحكومة-تتحمل-مسؤولية-التقصير

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Abdul Mahdi is trying to calm the Iraqi street by bringing new ministers into his government

 Thursday, October 10, 2019
 
%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9%D8%A8%D9%8A.jpg
 

logo-Lamsat.png

 

Baghdad - Writings

5 ministers presented by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to the Iraqi Council of Representatives to sacrifice them and vote on their dismissal to calm the Iraqi street after an uprising, the bloodiest violence since the occupation of the country in 2003.

Parliamentary sources revealed that Abdel-Mahdi submitted the names of five ministers in his government to parliament on Thursday, October 10, 2019, as part of the reform steps, which he said aimed to calm the anger of the October demonstrations that started since the first day of this month and killed more than 300 people. And 9 thousand wounded according to the latest statistics of the coordination committees of the demonstration.

Abdul Mahdi's list of dismissals includes ministers of industry, transport, telecommunications, electricity and agriculture.

While other sources talked about the names of five candidates in the reshuffle of the portfolios of health and education - vacant - industry and minerals and migration and the displaced and the Ministry of Communications.

https://kitabat.com/news/عبد-المهدي-يحاول-تهدئة-الشارع-العراقي/

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

311 martyrs and 9300 injured in the latest statistics of the victims of the Iraqi uprising

 Thursday, October 10, 2019
 
%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B5-%D8%AD%D9%8A.jpg
 

logo-Lamsat.png

 

Baghdad - Writings

The coordinating committees of the demonstrations revealed the high number of victims of the protests of the October uprising, which spread to various provinces in Iraq and the heart of the capital Baghdad, alarmingly, contrary to official statements issued by the government.

According to reports quoted by members of the coordination of the demonstrations, the number of victims of unprecedented protests that came out against corruption and demand for a decent living and the independence of the Iraqi decision to 311 martyrs and wounded 9334 demonstrators.

It is noteworthy that the coordination of the demonstrations blamed the direct responsibility for the victims to target the demonstrators with live bullets of the government forces since the beginning of the protests on October 1, and not to any other party.

https://kitabat.com/news/311-شهيدا-و9300-جريحا-في-آخر-إحصائية-لضحايا-ا/

 

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Political

Thursday, October 10, 2019 11:42 AM

| The number of readings: 40

Iraqi government cuts internet as "human rights violation"

irq_830712015_1570696921.jpg&max_width=300

 

BAGHDAD / QMC has accused the Iraqi government of violating human rights because of its disruption to the Internet.

"In July 2016, the UN Human Rights Council recognized the use of the Internet as a fundamental human right, but today the Iraqi government is violating this right and removing its citizens from the world," Amnesty said in a press release.

"The government's blocking of important applications on the Internet can be bypassed through the VPN program. This means that Internet access gateways set up by the Iraqi government do not achieve their purpose and objectives, but rather push people to use blocking programs that harm the Internet service and its quality." ".

"The consequences of using VPN software means that your data will travel to remote servers in different parts of the world, which will delay your access to the desired site, which will appear to you in the form of weakness and slowness in the Internet, as well as the programs generally lead to slow in The speed of the Internet, especially free software, as it passes a huge amount of data from around the world through slow servers. "

"The Iraqi content is not available on these remote foreign servers, which causes another problem that slows the Internet more and more, so the forced to use these programs should not forget to turn them off when they are no longer needed, and limit their use only when the need to bypass the ban, otherwise It will suffer from severe vulnerability and problems in the Internet service which leads to deprivation of all its useful applications. "

More than a week ago, the Iraqi authorities banned Internet access to the country, then partially reinstated it but banned Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and Telegram applications.

http://aynaliraqnews.com/index.php?aa=news&id22=125874

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

5,253 views

A political source revealed on Thursday that the government is about to launch a third package of decisions soon.

The source said that "the second package of decisions announced yesterday more detailed than the first decisions revealed by the government last Monday."
 
He added that "there is a third package of decisions on the road related to the population of slums and chronic diseases and those affected by terrorist operations or military mistakes and demobilized from their jobs," adding that "the decisions in full are actually enforceable between one and three months."
 
 
 
The government, headed by Adel Abdel Mahdi, launched two packages of resolutions to meet the demands of the demonstrators.The parliament decided to stop the campaign to remove the abuses "immediately" and launch a project to build 100,000 housing units in addition to issuing recommendations to allocate salaries to families that do not receive any salaries and financial grants from the state.
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-17-

BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament is to vote on cabinet reshuffles proposed by Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi in a bid to calm the Iraqi street.

The move came after Iraqi President Barham Saleh called for fundamental ministerial changes to be made at the heart of the government in line with Iraqi aspirations and to ensure quick and effective reforms.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi again addressed the Iraqis in a speech pledging “detailed investigations” and providing compensation to the families of “martyrs” demonstrators or members of the security forces killed during the events of the past days.

He also reminded Abdul Mahdi of the "first package" of decisions taken by the government on Saturday "in response to the demands of the demonstrators and the people."

Iraq declared three days of mourning after more than 100 people were killed in demonstrations and violence whose cessation of 48 hours ago did not reduce tensions among Iraqis who fear a near-total interruption of the Internet.

The Iraqi military command acknowledged "excessive use of force" during confrontations with protesters in Sadr City, a predominantly Shiite city in eastern Baghdad that killed 13 people overnight, according to security and medical sources.

In a related context, an Iraqi judicial source said that the court of investigation in Hilla ratified the confessions of a member of the Iraqi security forces in the riot forces caused the killing of a demonstrator during the popular demonstrations in the province of Babylon.

The source said that "a court investigating Hilla ratified a detainee in the Iraqi riot force confessed to causing the martyrdom of a demonstrator in the center of the province of Babylon fired shots fired at the demonstrators."

He added that "the court recorded the statements of the detainee in accordance with the Iraqi Penal Code and conducted a disclosure indication in preparation for referral to the competent court."

The Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq called on the injured and the families of martyrs as a result of the protests witnessed in the country earlier this month to review the competent investigating court, each according to their residence to register complaints to investigate the reasons for the killing and injury of demonstrators.

In Baghdad, the second most populous Arab capital, it is clear that daily life has returned to normal.

Congestion has returned to roads in this city of nine million people, while schools are reopening to students. Administrations and shops have also opened, but access to social media is still not possible.

At the entrances and outside the capital, security checkpoints continue to conduct vehicle searches, while additional troops have been deployed.

Iraq has witnessed since the first of October demonstrations seemed spontaneous, driven by social demands, but faced with live bullets. It has led to chaos in Sadr City, a stronghold of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

The official toll from the violence in Baghdad and southern Shiite-dominated Iraq was also more than 100 dead and more than 6,000 wounded. The identity of those who carried out the violence remains unclear, as the authorities have spoken of “unknown snipers”.

Amnesty International urged the authorities to "properly investigate" the "excessive and lethal use" of force.

Despite the cessation of violence in Baghdad and the south, social media networks remained blocked after activists were able to portray the violence widely.

So far, the Iraqi authorities have not commented on the Internet shutdown, which covers three-quarters of the country, according to the NGO specialized in information security, "NetBlocks." Only the Iraqi Kurdistan region in the north of the country has not been affected.

“This almost complete cut-off of the network imposed by the state in most areas seriously limits media coverage and prevents transparency,” Netbooks said.

In the face of bloody incidents, the social protest movement led to a political crisis.

In a country influenced by the influence of the two enemy states, Iran and the United States, and officials accuse each other of allegiance to foreign powers, President Barham Salih appealed to the “people of the same people”.

He announced a “national dialogue” for which a series of meetings have been held so far between parliamentarians as well as between the government, tribal leaders and political parties.

The demonstrators shouted against all these representatives, and in an unprecedented event in Iraq, did not respond to the calls of well-known political or religious figures.

The Arabs

  • Thanks 1
  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • yota691 changed the title to Iraq loses its membership in the Human Rights Council for repressing protesters and October 25th ultimatum
  • yota691 locked this topic
Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
 Share

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.