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2 hours ago, 3n1 said:

The corrupt must be so proud of the stink hole they have created sorry to be negative , i struggle with the mentality of it all and just the lack on every level in society the citizens endure most just want to be happy and free with a government that serves its people   ...

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You're not being negative in the least 3n1. . . merely stating the reality of an unhappy truth. The term " arrested development " comes to mind when referring to the GOI.

 

It's just absolutely staggering to witness these recent developments, when all these " elected officials " had to do was there job. That's it; really simple and all this chaos, death and national upheaval could have been avoided.

 

But NO . . . we have an unprecedented level of corruption, $450 Billion " disappears " and an entire nation of it's citizenry in poverty. Somehow the GOI never expected or even saw this level of demonstration/protest coming ???????  :facepalm:

 

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9 hours ago, blueskyline said:

In the past . There was Great stealing, huge corruption,  suicide bombers . Painful carnage of People, Woman and Children going about their daily lives showing a testament of Desire for Freedom . Those who could afford to anyway . Everyone has waited for those Children to grown up and not be pacified while Iran robs them blind of their futures. If this were Tunisia , Egypt , Libya it might be called" Arab Spring "were the youth and the people stood up for their rights and removed their oppressors. The birth of a free nation is always painful . In the end ? A Nation has its Freedom . Not to ignore the violence and painful loss of life . I think they are winning . And Iran will lose greatly without Iraq to steal from . This point in time may have been what the free world has waited for when it comes to putting an end to Iran's evil.

Exactly and a huge catalyst for change 

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Calls for international intervention to protect Iraqis from Iran's armed militia and its arms in government

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Demonstrators in Iraq called on the international community to intervene urgently to protect the Iraqi people from the systematic killing and liquidation carried out by the Iranian militia in the country in cooperation with some security elements of the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Demonstrators called on the international community to act to protect them from the militia and government killing machine that killed more than 31 Iraqis and injured hundreds during the uprising in which they declared their rejection of the current government and Iran's domination of Iraqi wealth during protests since the early hours of 25 October 2019.

The demonstrators shouted strongly against Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Karbala and tore up his pictures in the holy city of the Shiite component.

 

 

 

 

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بعد الاعتداء عليهم بالرمي الحي، متظاهرون يردّون بالحجارة ويؤكدون استمرار تظاهراتهم.. ومحافظ كربلاء يوجه بحظر للتجوال من الساعة 12 بعد منتصف الليل وحتى 12 ظهر يوم غد

 

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Toxic bombs are falling on protesters and the government claims to secure peaceful demonstrations

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Tear gas continues to be used by security forces against demonstrators in Baghdad.

According to a video circulated, demonstrators who went out against corruption, repression and killing of Iraqis for the second day in a row on Saturday, October 26, 2019, to fire incendiary devices poisoned, according to witnesses.

It is noteworthy that the violence directed against the demonstrators coincides with the Iraqi government's affirmation to work to ensure the right of peaceful demonstration and non-exposure to public interests.

 

 

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Iraq`s Protests Leaves 40 Killed, More Than 2000 Injured

Iraqi Protests at night

The number of victims of the Iraqi demonstrations in Baghdad and the southern provinces rose to 40 dead and more than 2,300 injured until Saturday morning. The Iraqi security of accused whom they called "saboteurs" to exploit the demonstrations and killings, at a time they fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators at Baghdad`s Tahrir Square.

Iraqi media reported the arrival of new military reinforcements to Maysan and Basra in the south of the country. The Iraqi authorities decided to extend the curfew in Karbala and Maysan until further notice.

The families of those killed in the demonstrations set fire to the headquarters of the militia "loyal movement" in the city of Amara in southern Iraq.

This came after a night spent by the demonstrators inside the tents erected in the yards of the demonstration in Baghdad and other provinces, with slogans condemning corruption and friction with the security members, especially with the imposition of Iraqi security curfew in Dhi Qar, Basra, Missan, Wasit, Muthanna, Babylon and Diwaniyah.

According to eyewitnesses, the Iraqi government sent security reinforcements to the yards of demonstrations in most provinces centered around government buildings, and redeployed again, as well as some concrete barriers and barbed wire around important buildings."

The number of victims of the demonstrations to 40 dead, according to Iraqi medical sources said it toll until eight in the morning on Saturday.

The previous statistics documented by the Iraqi Human Rights Commission that the number of dead demonstrations amounted to 30 people,"8 of them fell in Baghdad, and 9 in the province of Maysan, 9 in Dhi Qar, and 3 in Basra, and one in Muthanna. It added that that the number of injured has risen to 2,322 demonstrators and security forces, 1493 of them in Baghdad, 90 in Muthanna, 10 in Wasit, 151 in Muthanna, 301 in Basra, 112 in Diwaniya, 105 in Maysan, and 50 in Karbala."

The UNHCR added: “50 government buildings and party headquarters were burnt and damaged in the governorates of Diwaniya, Maysan, Wasit, Dhi Qar, Basra and Babil, '' calling on demonstrators to “maintain peaceful demonstrations and not to prejudice public and private property” and called on security forces to “preserve the lives of protesters.

Iraq`s Protests Leaves 40 Killed, More Than 2000 Injured

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Why Iraq is “Burning”

 

The present U.S. focus on Syria, Turkey, and the Kurds makes it all too easy to ignore the growing instability of Iraq, the fact that ISIS is already increasing its operations in that country, and that it is Iran, Russia, and Syria that seem to have growing influence.

 

U.S. military-to-military relations remain relatively good at a professional military level, but continue to slow and get worse at a political level. At the same time, the U.S. does not seem to have any clear policy to deal with Iraq’s deteriorating political, governance, and economic situation, and to support any serious form of national building.

An updated version of a Burke Chair study highlights Iraq’s civil problems along with those in the other countries where the U.S. has current security engagements – Afghanistan Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen:

 

The Long-Term Civil Challenges and Host Country Threats from ‘Failed State’ Wars

In brief, however, Iraq shows all too many signs of returning to the kind of internal instability that led to low level civil war in 2011 and the rise of ISIS, and that undercut any efforts to bring stability and defeat extremism in all of America’s military efforts in the region.

Wretched Governance and Massive Corruption

Iraq faces still major challenges in recovering from its long history of wars since 1980, and the legacy of its human challenges are as great as its economic ones. If one only looks at recent wars, Iraq Body Count (IBC), one of the most credible sources of estimates for that war, estimated 183,967-206,642 documented civilian deaths since 2001 as of late September 2019, and 288,000 civilian and combatant deaths (many of the combatants being civilians suddenly thrust into combat roles).

No equally credible estimate of directly wounded and injured was available, but it seems likely the numbers would be at least equal. To put the overall level of uncertainty in the Iraq War in perspective, the Washington

 


“From March 1, 2003, to June 30, 2011, the crude death rate in Iraq was 4.55 per 1,000 person-years (95 percent uncertainty interval 3.74-5.27), more than 0.5 times higher than the death rate during the 26-month period preceding the war, resulting in approximately 405,000 (95 percent uncertainty interval 48,000—751,000) excess deaths attributable to the conflict .

 

Among adults, the risk of death rose 0.7 times higher for women and 2.9 times higher for men between the prewar period (January 1, 2001, to February 28, 2003) and the peak of the war (2005—2006). We estimate that more than 60 percent of excess deaths were directly attributable to violence, with the rest associated with the collapse of infrastructure and other indirect, but war-related, causes.”

In addition, there are still hundreds of thousands of displaced Iraqis, and Iraq has so far failed its largely Sunni population in its western region by rebuilding effectively after the fighting with ISIS and creating a new economy that provides adequate and meaningful jobs for most of its population. Recent polls indicate that at least half its population feel that poverty, employment, and price increases remain major challenges.

 

Moreover, elections or no election, Figure One shows that 73 percent of all Iraqis polled feel their government is not accountable to its citizens and 55 percent feel that strongly.

Outside experts still rate Iraq as having one of the worst governments in the world. Figure Two shows the World Bank estimates of all of its rankings of governance for Iraq – showing both the country’s percentile rank in blue and the margin of uncertainty or possible error in gray. Although Iraq is a radically different country from Afghanistan, its governance rankings are again consistently dismal and it is clear that this is as true of governance at the local level as well as the national level.

There were some limited positive trends after 2004, as Iraq acquired a more stable and less repressive mix of governments. This progress, however, was very limited and only occurred in three of six categories.

 

Transparency International rated Iraq 168th out of 180 countries in 2018, making it the 13th most corrupt country ranked by Transparency International. The Arab Barometer – Wave V, Iraq Country Report 2019, found that 74 percent of Iraqis felt their government was corrupt to a large extent, and 19 percent more felt it was corrupt to a medium extent.

 

Today, the central Iraqi government in Baghdad is relatively weak and has so far been ineffective in dealing with the cumulative consequences of fighting Al Qaida, Islamists, and ISIS since 2004. It is not healing the deep divisions between Sunni and Shi’ite or the tensions between Arab and Kurd, and there is no emerging unity among the Sunni, Shi’ite, and Kurdish factions.

 

Unlike Afghanistan, Iraq’s oil wealth allows it to buy its way out of some of its failures as a state, but it cannot meet the estimating needs of its growing population or substitute for the failures in Iraqi governance that now limit its future development even if new rounds of acute internal conflict and tension do not take place.

Severe Population Pressure

Iraq faces massive population pressure in spite of its wars. The U.S. Census Bureau’s international database estimates that its population increased by 8.0 times from 5.16 million in 1950 to 41.2 million in 2019.

 

It has increased by some 3.1 times since the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War began in 1980, and done so in spite of the first Gulf War in 1990-1991 and the fighting from 2003 to the present. It also has a very young population that is desperate for real jobs, and its “youth bulge” will increase for at least another decade.

The CIA World Factbook estimates that its median age is only 20.2 years, that 39.1 percent of its population is 0-14 years old, and that 19.42 is in the critical 15-24 years of age category that needs jobs and careers. It also estimates that 72.3 percent of its population is young enough to be dependent on older employed Iraqis for their food, housing, and existence.

This population is still deeply divided along sectarian and ethnic lines. The CIA estimates that the population is 95-98 percent Muslim but is divided between Shia 64-69 percent and Sunni 29-34 percent. Some estimates indicate that some 50 percent to 90 percent of non-Muslims have been forced to leave since 2003, but the CIA estimates that minorities still include Christians at 1 percent (includes Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Assyrian Church of the East), and other groups between 1-4 percent (2015 est.).

As for ethnic divisions, the CIA estimates that Arab’s make up 75-80 percent, Kurds make up 15-20 percent, and the other 5 percent includes Turkmen, Yezidi, Shabak, Kaka'i, Bedouin, Romani, Assyrian, Circassian, Sabaean-Mandaean, and Persian minorities.

War and economic change have also forced this population to concentrate in urban areas and interact far more directly. Iraq is now 70.7 percent urbanized, and urbanization rises by over 3 percent per year according to UN estimates of the trends in urbanization in Iraq. Iraq has already made the shift from an agricultural society to a largely (70 percent+) urbanized one. Yet, Iraq still has a comparatively high rate of annual urbanization (3 percent+).

 

The CIA estimates that six cities have a major portion of its population — 6.643 million in Baghdad (the capital), 1.527 million in Mosul, 1.299 million in Basra, 981,000 in Kirkuk, 821,000 in Erbil, and 820,000 in Najaf (2018).

These cities mix Sunnis and Shi’ites, and Arab, Kurds, and minorities, to very different degrees. Sectarian tensions have been particularly high in Baghdad, and the same goes for ethnic tensions in Kirkuk.

 

A mix of sustained periods of crisis and conflict since 1980, and terrible government policies that subsidize unproductive and overpaid state industries with high levels of corruption, have created serious tensions over employment, modernization, and support for the government in all of these urban areas. At the same time, equally bad agricultural policies have provided no incentive to stay in agriculture.

Taken together, this may explain why an Arab Barometer survey in 2019 found that 40 percent of Iraqis of ages 18-29 were interested in emigrating.
Oil Wealth is No Wealth for Most Iraqis

So far, Iraq’s oil wealth seems to largely benefit a relatively small elite in its power structure. The World Bank described Iraq’s economy as follows in its Macro Poverty Outlook

Post-conflict recovery will remain the driving force of the non-oil economy in the coming years while overall economic growth will experience a modest recovery in 2018 before picking up noticeably in 2019 thanks to higher oil production.

 

The durability of the non-oil rebound depends on the quality of the reconstruction process. Higher oil prices will allow space to finance reconstruction, if recurrent spending restraint is maintained. Poverty reached 22.5 percent in 2014 and two million of Iraqis remain displaced.

With oil prices expected to rise, Iraq’s government will have ample fiscal space to finance reconstruction, provided that the process of fiscal consolidation continues.

 

Relations with KRG are improving after the rupture related to the independence referendum in 2017; the federal government agreed to resume transfers and KRG total revenue is sufficient to pay salaries and pensions.

 

Growth and the budget surplus are estimated to further reduce the public debt-to-GDP ratio from 67.3 percent in 2016 to almost 55 percent. The government also adopted a framework to control the issuance of guarantees, which reached US$33 billion (or 20 percent of GDP) in end-2016 and these guarantees, most related to the electricity sector, are now believed to be under control.

…The poverty rate increased from 18.9 per-cent in 2012 to an estimated 22.5 percent in 2014. Recent labor market statistics suggest further deterioration of welfare. The un-employment rate, which was falling before the crises, has climbed back to the 2012 level.

 

Almost a quarter of the working-age population is underutilized, i.e., they are either unemployed or underemployed. Many households are prone to adverse shocks; more than a third of the house-holds has experienced an adverse event since the beginning of the crises and one in six households has experienced some form of food insecurity in the month preceding the survey.

 

The universal food ration (Public Distribution System, PDS) remains the most extensive social assistance pro-gram, but people have also turned to friends and relatives and humanitarian agencies for assistance.

 

Internally dis-placed persons (IDPs) have been buffeted by multiple adverse shocks: they have lost much of their wealth through destruction of assets; they have seen family members die, get sick, or become injured at a higher rate; and they have faced loss of jobs or businesses.

 

These shocks have occurred at a time when their capacity to cope with shocks has been further strained. Fewer IDP adults have a job, so each employed adult in an IDP household supports more than six other household members. Some IDPs have lost access to the PDS. The cumulative impact of these developments on IDPs is visible in several dimensions, including a higher risk of hunger.

Challenges remain due to political risk, dependency on oil revenue and the regional situation. Continued political uncertainty following the elections could delay economic recovery in the conflict-affected governorates.

 

Absence of a clear commitment in the 2018 budget on wage bill management and subsidy reduction could weaken the fiscal consolidation and absorb the fiscal space otherwise available for reconstruction. The ISIS threat cannot be considered entirely vanquished unless stabilization is also achieved in Syria. Iraq’s capacity to expand oil production and exports remains constrained, further exacerbating risks from a reduction of oil prices.

 

The imposition of sanctions on Iran by the U.S. administration could curb non-oil trade as Iran is the largest non-oil trade partner of Iraq, and result in higher prices of key commodities.

 

The World Bank estimated Iraq’s GNI per capita – which does not reflect the poor distribution of the money involved – at only $5,030 in 2018.

 

This compares with $21,540 for Saudi Arabia, $41,010 for the UAE, and $61,190 for Qatar. To put these figures in the context of Iraq’s youth bulge, the Arb Barometer poll in 2019 found that,…in addition to widespread dissatisfaction with government efforts to improve employment opportunities, the vast majority of young Arab citizens also believe that obtaining employment requires having strong connections. Roughly nine-in-ten youth in Iraq (95 percent), Lebanon (94 percent), Jordan (94 percent), Tunisia (94 percent), Libya (91 percent), Algeria (91 percent), Sudan (90 percent), Palestine (90 percent), Egypt (90 percent), and Morocco (88 per- cent) say that based on recent experience they think that obtaining employment through wasta (personal connections) happens often or sometimes. Though comparatively fewer, nearly seven-in-ten Yemeni youth (69 percent) hold the same perception regarding the connection between wasta and employment.
Iraq also faces the problem that it has one of the largest, most wasteful, most expensive, and least productive state sectors and pool of government employees in the world. And yet, for all the talk of economic reform, the World Bank only rates Iraq 171st in its Ease of Doing Business indicators out of 190 countries rate – making it the 19th worst country in the world.


Iraq's GDP growth slowed to 1.1 percent in 2017, a marked decline compared to the previous two years as domestic consumption and investment fell because of civil violence and a sluggish oil market. The Iraqi Government received its third tranche of funding from its 2016 Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the IMF in August 2017, which is intended to stabilize its finances by encouraging improved fiscal management, needed economic reform, and expenditure reduction.

 

Additionally, in late 2017 Iraq received more than $1.4 billion in financing from international lenders, part of which was generated by issuing a $1 billion bond for reconstruction and rehabilitation in areas liberated from ISIL.

 

Investment and key sector diversification are crucial components to Iraq’s long-term economic development and require a strengthened business climate with enhanced legal and regulatory oversight to bolster private-sector engagement.

 

The overall standard of living depends on global oil prices, the central government passage of major policy reforms, a stable security environment post-ISIS, and the resolution of civil discord with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG).

Iraq's largely state-run economy is dominated by the oil sector, which provides roughly 85 percent of government revenue and 80 percent of foreign exchange earnings, and is a major determinant of the economy's fortunes. Iraq's contracts with major oil companies have the potential to further expand oil exports and revenues, but Iraq will need to make significant upgrades to its oil processing, pipeline, and export infrastructure to enable these deals to reach their economic potential.

Iraq is making slow progress enacting laws and developing the institutions needed to implement economic policy, and political reforms are still needed to assuage investors' concerns regarding the uncertain business climate.

 

The Government of Iraq is eager to attract additional foreign direct investment, but it faces a number of obstacles, including a tenuous political system and concerns about security and societal stability. Rampant corruption, outdated infrastructure, insufficient essential services, skilled labor shortages, and antiquated commercial laws stifle investment and continue to constrain growth of private, nonoil sectors.

 

Under the Iraqi constitution, some competencies relevant to the overall investment climate are either shared by the federal government and the regions or are devolved entirely to local governments. Investment in the IKR operates within the framework of the Kurdistan Region Investment Law (Law 4 of 2006) and the Kurdistan Board of Investment, which is designed to provide incentives to help economic development in areas under the authority of the KRG.

Inflation has remained under control since 2006. However, Iraqi leaders remain hard-pressed to translate macroeconomic gains into an improved standard of living for the Iraqi populace. Unemployment remains a problem throughout the country despite a bloated public sector.

 

Overregulation has made it difficult for Iraqi citizens and foreign investors to start new businesses. Corruption and lack of economic reforms - such as restructuring banks and developing the private sector – have inhibited the growth of the private sector.

 

Put bluntly, defeating ISIS, working out more sectarian and ethnic compromises, and other efforts to rearrange Iraq’s deck chairs while the nation continues to sink, is not going to stop terrorism, limit Iran’s influence, or give Iraq the internal strength, unity, and progress needed to help stabilize the region and the world’s key source of oil exports.

Iraq is not really “burning” – at least yet. It is going to take far more than narrow military aid and counterterrorism efforts, however, to bring the changes Iraq needs. Without them, today’s demonstrations and protests can only be the prelude to more extremism, violence, and tragedy.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44476/Why-Iraq-is-Burning

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The Council of the Judiciary in Iraq warns of crimes that require execution .. Under the escalation of demonstrations

The Council of the Judiciary in Iraq warns of crimes that require execution .. Under the escalation of demonstrations
Iraq
 25 October 2019 10:50 PM

Direct: The Council of the judiciary in the State of Iraq punished some crimes, which amount to the death, in light of the escalation of demonstrations in the Arab country .

The Judicial Council said on Friday that any attack on firearms on military or security departments is a crime punishable by death, according to the Iraqi news agency "conscious ".

The Council also hinted that any deliberate demolition, damage or damage to buildings, public property or government interests is a terrorist act. .

The Supreme Judicial Council, the right to peaceful demonstrations guaranteed by the Constitution, and called on the security services to exercise their duty to defend peaceful demonstrators.

He demanded the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, the need not to attack demonstrators from any party and the protection of public and private property and party headquarters.

The commander-in-chief of the armed forces in Iraq decided to leave the curfew to the conservatives, with reports of 21 deaths in demonstrations, today .

The Prime Minister and the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, Adel Abdul Mahdi, issued a decision today, to authorize the authority of a total or partial curfew to governors .

According to the Iraqi agency, a curfew was declared in Muthanna, Dhi Qar after burning and sabotage, and in Basra, and Wasit province .

The Iraqi Human Rights Commission announced today that the number of victims of the demonstrations in Iraq has risen to 21 dead and 1,779 injured, according to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA ).

According to UNHCR, the death toll was distributed by eight in Baghdad, six in Dhi Qar, the same in Missan and one in Muthanna province .

Iraqi demonstrators set fire to a number of buildings belonging to political parties and state institutions .

The Interior Ministry said law enforcement forces in Basra province were attacked with grenades, wounding an officer and seven associates.

Earlier in the day, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced the death of two citizens and the injury of 337 demonstrators and 72 members of the security forces as a result of suffocation and the fall of wires .

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The Iraqi Interior Ministry issues an important statement regarding the events of the recent demonstrations

The Iraqi Interior Ministry issues an important statement regarding the events of the recent demonstrations
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 26 October 2019 11:42 AM

The Iraqi Interior Ministry issued an important statement on the events that accompanied the demonstrations in Baghdad and a number of provinces on Friday, which led to the fall of the dead and wounded.

The ministry stressed on Saturday the right of peaceful demonstration guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution and the laws in force, so as to ensure the preservation of the lives of citizens and not to attack public and private property, according to the Iraqi news agency "conscious".

The ministry continued, that several demonstrations took place yesterday in Baghdad and the provinces, and we would like to show the general position on the overall events as follows:

1. The security forces have secured the protection of demonstrators and demonstrations sites responsibly and with high restraint by not using firearms or excessive force against demonstrators at all.

2 - The security forces suffered a large number of injuries in their ranks, which led to the death and injury of many of them as a result of the exploitation of some of the peaceful demonstrations by assaulting the security forces with firearms, pomegranates and other means such as stones after the demonstration deviated from its peaceful path.        

3 - the fall of a number of martyrs and wounded as a result of clashes with the protections of institutions and headquarters of political forces in exchange with the attackers who stormed and burned the headquarters of those forces.

4. There have been many cases of attacks on government buildings, schools, public and private property, and the headquarters of political movements. Therefore, several judicial arrest warrants have been issued against those who do so according to a statement of the Supreme Judicial Council and in accordance with the provisions of Article (197) of the Iraqi Penal Code No. (111) of 1969. The rate at which severe penalties have been imposed against anyone who forcibly tries to occupy any property or public buildings or reserved for government departments, utilities or institutions.

5 - illustrates the targeting of the abusers of the federal government headquarters in the capital Baghdad contrary to the instructions, taking advantage of peaceful demonstrations and this portends a great danger to the symbolism of the state and public order that existed for the benefit of citizens and their security.

In conclusion, the Ministry praised the great role played by the security forces, which adhered to the rules of engagement and human rights principles to deal peacefully without using any excessive force towards them and never carrying firearms, as well as the role of peaceful demonstrators who greeted the security forces and cooperate with them cordially and lovingly.

She continued: "We strongly condemn the burning of public institutions, facilities and homes of citizens, as the law considers criminal crimes severely punishable, and has nothing to do with peaceful demonstrations."

Several demonstrations in the provinces of Iraq, yesterday, in a new wave of escalation against the government in protest against the economic situation, which led to the deaths of dozens according to human rights organizations in Iraq.

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Iraq .. 12 bodies burned out from inside the building of the province of Diwaniyah and party headquarters

Iraq .. 12 bodies burned out from inside the building of the province of Diwaniyah and party headquarters
Iraq
 26 October 2019 12:15 PM

Direct: Iraqi authorities announced the removal of 12 bodies burned from inside the governorate building and party headquarters.

Diwaniya Health Department said on Saturday that 12 bodies were burned out of the province building and the headquarters of the burning parties, against the backdrop of demonstrations witnessed in the country, on Friday, according to the Iraqi news agency "conscious."

Several demonstrations in the provinces of Iraq, yesterday, in a new wave of escalation against the government in protest against the economic situation, which led to the deaths of dozens according to human rights organizations in Iraq.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry issued an important statement on the events that accompanied the demonstrations in Baghdad and a number of provinces, on Friday, which led to casualties among the dead and wounded.

The Ministry stressed, today, the right of peaceful demonstration guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution and the laws in force in Iraq, so as to save the lives of citizens and not to attack public and private property, and refuted the facts that occurred.

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Life imprisonment for anyone who incites social media to provoke armed insurrection

Baghdad / Obelisk: The supervisor of the media center of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge, Abdul Sattar Bayrakdar, Saturday 26 October 2019, that the judiciary will be sentenced to life imprisonment for anyone who incites social networking sites to provoke armed insurrection.

Bayrakdar told local media that "what is happening in some central and southern governorates of unidentified gangs assaulting citizens and public and private property and provoking terror and fear exploiting the poor security conditions, will be sentenced to life imprisonment under the legal article 192."

He added that "Article 192 of the Penal Code provides for the punishment of imprisonment for anyone who started to provoke armed insurrection against the authorities established by the Constitution or participated in a conspiracy or gang formed for this purpose," pointing out that "under paragraph 2 of the said article is the death penalty if The rebellion led to an armed collision with state forces or the death of a human being. "

Regarding incitement by some through social media and media, Bayrakdar said, "Article 195 of the same law stipulates the penalty of life imprisonment for those who aim to provoke civil war or sectarian fighting by arming citizens or forcing them to arm each other against each other or by inducing The death penalty shall be imposed if the target of the offender is met. "

He continued that "the right of legitimate defense has been contained in the Iraqi Penal Code Articles 42 to 44 as one of the reasons for permissibility, a right that allows a person to use the necessary and appropriate force to ward off a threat of an immediate, illegal, threatening self or money in such a way that this person may not resort to public authorities to seek The legal defense is a right that allows an individual to defend himself against all, with the exception of the legal rule that prohibits an individual from pursuing justice on his own without resorting to the competent authorities.

"Legitimate defense is an absolute advantage for anyone," Bayrakdar said.

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The Federal Court in Iraq issued a statement on the demonstrations

The Federal Court in Iraq issued a statement on the demonstrations
Federal Supreme Court of Iraq
 26 October 2019 01:24 PM

Direct: The Federal Supreme Court in Iraq issued an important statement regarding the recent demonstrations taking place in the country.

The Federal Court, on Saturday, on its support for the demands of the demonstrators, and stressed the need not to prejudice the citizens as they express their constitutional right, according to the Iraqi News Agency "conscious."

Ayas al-Samouk, the court's spokesman, said that the Federal Supreme Court affirms its support for the constitutional and legal demands of the demonstrators and affirms their constitutional right to protest and safeguard public freedoms, including the right to express opinion.

He added that the court stresses that citizens are not affected as they express their demands in accordance with constitutional contexts, and not to be exposed to public and private property because it belongs to the people.

Iraqi Interior Minister Yassin al-Yasiri announced that Maj. Gen. Abdul-Karim Khalaf has been appointed spokesman for the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.


The Iraqi Interior Ministry issued an important statement on the events that accompanied the demonstrations in Baghdad and a number of provinces, on Friday, which led to casualties among the dead and wounded.

The Ministry stressed, today, the right of peaceful demonstration guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution and the laws in force in Iraq, so as to save the lives of citizens and not to attack public and private property, and refuted the facts that occurred.

The ministry praised the great role played by the security forces, which adhered to the rules of engagement and human rights principles, to deal peacefully without using any excessive force towards them and never carrying firearms, as well as the role of peaceful demonstrators who were greeting and cooperating with the security forces in a friendly and loving manner.

She strongly condemned the arson of public institutions, facilities and citizens' homes, stressing that the law considers such incidents criminal offenses that are severely punished and have nothing to do with peaceful demonstrations.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Several hundred protesters gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday by waving the Iraqi flag and denouncing the prime minister after a day of violent protests that killed at least 40 people across the country .


About 200 of them spent the night in the square and were cleaning it. Others read Qur'anic verses in the lives of those who died on Friday .

Eight protesters were killed in Baghdad, most of them wounded by tear gas fired by security forces in an attempt to quell the crowds .

At least 40 protesters were killed on Friday when demonstrators across the country expressed frustration with political elites who say they have failed to improve their lives after years of conflict and economic hardship .

Parliament is due to hold an emergency session on Saturday to discuss the protesters' demands .

"The government is stealing from us for 15 years," said a young protester, who asked not to be named .

The Green Zone is home to the main government buildings in Baghdad and has been closed to ordinary Iraqis for many years .

Despite many casualties, the Interior Ministry praised the "restraint" shown by security forces on Friday .

The ministry said in a statement on Saturday, "security forces have secured the protection of demonstrators and demonstrations sites with responsibility and high restraint, not to use firearms or excessive force towards the demonstrators at all ."

In Iraq's southern Shi'ite provinces, which saw most of the violence overnight when protesters clashed with Iranian-backed Shi'ite militant groups, most conditions were calm on Saturday amid continued curfews in most urban areas .

It was the second major wave of violence this month. A series of clashes two weeks ago between protesters and security forces left 157 dead and more than 6,000 wounded .

Medical sources and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq said more than 2,000 people were injured nationwide .

 
 
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Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi denied on Saturday in an interview with Sky News Arabia that Iraqi security services were responsible for the killing of protesters in Friday's bloody protests that killed 41 people.

Al-Hadithi stressed that shooting at peaceful demonstrators does not benefit the Iraqi government.

He pointed out that the instructions to the security services were not to use live bullets on the demonstrators.

The spokesman for the Iraqi government to the incident of arresting a person who was shooting at demonstrators and security personnel at the same time.

Al-Hadithi said, "People who have been assaulted on government and private property have also been arrested, considering these installations as protection personnel whose mission is to secure them and not allowing others to violate their sanctity."

On the responsibility for the deaths, the Iraqi government spokesman pointed out that anyone found to be involved in this matter will be subject to prosecution.

Tester denied the government of pro-Iranian militias, which demonstrators said killed a number of them. "Anyone, regardless of his or her affiliation, if he is found to have committed a crime against any citizen, will be brought to justice," he said. criminal".

Turning to the investigation conducted by the Commission of Inquiry into the protests that took place in Iraq in early October, and held responsibility for a number of security leaders, pointing to the exemption of a number of officials and referring a number of others to the investigation.

He stressed that the government 's mission is to protect public, private and government property and not to allow attacks on them while maintaining the atmosphere of peaceful demonstration.

He pointed out that the government began to take steps on the ground in order to respond to the demands of the demonstrators, in reference to the reform package talked by Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi.

The protests in Iraq, on Friday, 41 people, as demonstrators took to the streets again, protests against the deterioration of public services and corruption rampant, and demanded participants to overthrow the government.

The protests were centered in the capital Baghdad and southern provinces, where protesters set fire to party, government and militia headquarters.

The pro-Iranian militant group Asaib Ahl al-Haq reportedly killed five protesters who tried to storm its headquarters in the southern city of Nasiriyah.

Eleven people were also burned to death after setting fire to the headquarters of the Badr Organization, the largest faction of the Popular Mobilization Militia, according to "Agence France Presse."

At the beginning of October, the week of protests against the government, which shook Baghdad and southern Iraq earlier this month, killed 157 people, mostly protesters, and the bulk of the fall in Baghdad.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the "massive violations" by human rights forces during demonstrations in Iraq, citing the large number of deaths among demonstrators.

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Governor of Wasit: The acts of sabotage carried out by masked men aiming to sabotage the demonstrations and abuse of their safety

Governor of Wasit: The acts of sabotage carried out by masked men aiming to sabotage the demonstrations and abuse of their safety

 

Baghdad / Al-Ghad Press:

Wasit governor Mohammed al-Mayahi said on Saturday that the acts of sabotage carried out by masked men aimed at sabotaging the demonstrations and insulting the peaceful.

 

 

 

Al-Mayahi said in a statement received by Al-Ghad Press, a copy of it, that "the wailing of the conscious Al-Wasti youth who came out to demand their rights peacefully and consciously and appealed for their devotion to the homeland, where they were able to differentiate between the claim of rights and vandalism," noting that "Al-Wasti youth recorded wonderful pictures of cases of prevention The demonstrations derail and protect public and private property until sunset. "

"Then the masked men who disturbed the demonstrations entered in an attempt to miss the opportunity to claim the rights and spread chaos and vandalism and looting they carried out uncontrollably."

He stressed that `` we are sure that the young Alwasti conscious and innocent of all the acts of burning, vandalism, looting and chaos, these actions were carried out by the night masked men whose main objective is to sabotage the demonstrations and abuse of their safety, and used to settle accounts and spread chaos and terrorism and intimidate the people and topple the country in the quagmire of non-state. ''

"He salutes the security forces that dealt with the demonstrations with the highest levels of restraint and provided roses to peaceful demonstrators," he said, adding that he received the security duties of Major General Hassan Hashim, the new Wasit police chief who was formally appointed by the Minister of Interior.

"The government is serious with real remedies and everyone is responsible and meeting the demands of the demonstrators," he said.

He called on tribal elders, nationalist and social figures and governors to take their role in preventing any anomalies or situations that would destabilize the security situation in our dear province.

While calling on all those affected, whether citizens or government departments and institutions to institute formal proceedings against the saboteurs, our intelligence services have already been able to diagnose them and their knowledge in cooperation with the young and informed Alwasti who provided security agencies with all the necessary information.

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The speech of the President of the Republic Adel Abdul-Mahdi, aroused the dissatisfaction of the people and observers of the situation in Iraq, as he repeated his previous promises and did not bring anything new.

What has aroused much controversy is the similarity of his speech with that of his Lebanese counterpart Saad Hariri. They made the same promises and even spoke the same way.

Observers and stakeholders believe that the demonstrations in Iraq and Lebanon are challenging Lebanon and its agents, considering that the governments of Abdul-Mahdi and Hariri are loyal to Iran.

Parliamentary and protest sources confirm that Iran has pushed Iraqi Shiite parties loyal to it to sabotage the Iraqi demonstrations along the lines of its attempt in Lebanon.

MP Faeq Sheikh Ali warned that Iran will send Iraqi Shiite parties loyal to them to the scene of demonstrations in the capital Baghdad and the southern provinces to sabotage them.

For its part, the Central Committee for the Coordination of the protests of Iraq accused parties in the political process of trying to suppress the movement of protests and put its members in the arena of demonstrations.

In Iraq, the number of victims yesterday reached 40 dead and 1,779 injured, according to security officials. The statement revealed the burning and damage to 27 government buildings and party headquarters in the provinces of Babylon, Diwaniya, Missan, Wasit, Dhi Qar and Basra. Demonstrators in Iraqi provinces attacked the headquarters of parties and militias loyal to Iran.

Protests continued in Beirut and several other Lebanese regions on Friday evening, despite clashes that took place in the afternoon with supporters of Hezbollah. The protesters stressed that they will not withdraw from the streets before the fall of the government, stressing that the words of the Secretary-General of «Hezbollah» Hassan Nasrallah and the clashes that left him and followed him does not frighten them.

Hezbollah supporters withdrew from the sit-ins in Beirut after Nasrallah's speech. Earlier in the day, there was a clash in Beirut's main sit-in between protesters and Hezbollah loyalists, followed by clashes between Lebanese security and Hezbollah operatives.

The former MP in the Iraqi parliament, Mohammed Abed Rabbo, confirmed that armed wings lead the security file in Iraq and Adel Abdul Mahdi is the prime minister in the destination only.

Abed Rabbo said in a televised statement followed by "news", that "Abdul Mahdi entered history from a very bad perspective, he is not the decision-maker on the subject of the demonstrations, when he wanted to deliver a speech on the first of October, the speech was delayed for three hours and there was news You talk about his intention to resign, but the pressure of some influential and decision-makers in Iraq. "

He added that "Abdul Mahdi during his last speech, did not talk about the general public, but read something written for him and prepared in advance, the ministers and presidents in other countries speak in the mouth of the people, but Abdul Mahdi did not do so and what we saw was a spokesman for the deep state so the choice is not in his hands There are some personalities and some armed wings that control him and do not allow him to resign. "

Abed Rabbo said, "The Prime Minister, remains a leader in the forefront, but the action is through the cells or personalities behind him, it is the one who manages the security file in Iraq, so we see that there are masked and there sniping and arrests and threats and this is not practiced by the government alone, but by Their agendas. "

 

 

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Security forces used ornamental bullets to disperse demonstrators and prevent them from demonstrating in Basra province, a security source said on Saturday.

The source told "news", that "security forces used live bullets to disperse demonstrators in Basra."

He explained that "security forces have arrested the youth and prevent them from demonstrating amid the province."

 
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The death toll of the demonstrations as of mid-Saturday, 26 October

Baghdad / Obelisk: the initial outcome of the demonstrations so far ...

- 30 martyrs from the ranks of the demonstrators

Baghdad (8 martyrs)

Maysan (9 Martyrs)

Dhi Qar (9 Martyrs)

Basra (3 martyrs)

Muthanna (1 martyr)

- The number of injured to 2312 demonstrators and security forces:

Baghdad Governorate (1493 injured)

Dhi Qar Governorate (90)

Wasit Governorate (10)

Muthanna Governorate (151)

Basra Governorate (301)

Al Diwaniyah Governorate (112)

Maysan Governorate (105)

Karbala Governorate (50)

- Burning and damaging 50 government buildings and party headquarters in the governorates of Diwaniya, Missan, Wasit, Dhi Qar, Basra and Babylon.

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"We strongly condemn the burning of public institutions, facilities and homes of citizens, as the law considers criminal crimes severely punishable, and has nothing to do with peaceful demonstrations."

 

And the Protestors strongly condemn the many years of stealing their money, keeping them in poverty and squalor while you corrupt politicians line your pockets with their oil money and live like kings, as the law considers these crimes treasonous and severely punishable by public execution. 

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