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Legislative: The referendum to choose the next prime minister is against the law

 

 

 

12/1/2019 11:38:21 AM  

 

 

BAGHDAD / Obelisk: The parliamentary legal committee confirmed on Sunday, December 1, 2019, that the holding of the referendum to choose the new prime minister after the acceptance of the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is illegal.

Committee member Salim Hamza said that the political system of the country is not presidential and no bloc has the right to hold a referendum to choose the new prime minister, pointing out that going to referendum is contrary to the Constitution and the law and can not be achieved at all.

He added that the new prime minister's personality will come with the nomination of President Barham Saleh and the vote of the House of Representatives on condition that it is accepted politically and popularly, noting that the lack of resolve at the moment will lead the country to the abyss and infighting.

It is noteworthy that some politicians and civil activists called for a referendum to choose the new prime minister after Abdul Mahdi resigns from the premiership in order to choose a figure acceptable to all.

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Al-Hadithi: The cabinet will send the budget law to parliament in the coming days

 

Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi's office confirmed on Sunday that the cabinet is continuing to complete the federal budget bill for 2020 despite the acceptance of the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi.

Al-Hadithi said in a statement followed by "Trend Press", that "the transfer of the government to conduct a daily business does not hinder the completion of the draft federal budget law for 2020 as a fundamental part of the work of the government," pointing out that "the Council of Ministers in the process of completing the budget law during the coming days and send To the House of Representatives. ”

He added that "the Council of Ministers is committed to complete the budget quickly because of the existence of financial commitments can not be stopped for any reason."

He explained that "the Council is about to complete the law fully in the coming days."

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He added that "the Council of Ministers is committed to complete the budget quickly because of the existence of financial commitments can not be stopped for any reason."

He explained that "the Council is about to complete the law fully in the coming days." .......Thanks Thug . Probably the largest stretch I have ever stated. But if the buget cannot be stopped for any reason , neither can the raise in purchasing power, neither can the adjustment to everyone's currency. GN DV and Greatful ,sweet dinar dreams ..

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4 hours ago, DinarThug said:

The Iraqi Commercial Bank would like to draw the attention of its valued customers to the fact that the receipt of all credit transactions for loans will be suspended from 12/01/2019 until 01/02/2020

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1 hour ago, DinarThug said:

Al-Hadithi: The cabinet will send the budget law to parliament in the coming days

 

22 minutes ago, blueskyline said:

Thanks Thug. But if the buget cannot be stopped for any reason, neither can the raise in purchasing power, neither can the adjustment to everyone's currency.

Comments By Militiaman Regarding The Same Budget Article Above On This Page - As Well As The Iraqi Trade Bank Article By Delta On The Previous Page ...

 

 

In essence imo this will expose the 2018-2019 (rider) that may have been or was used to keep the 2020 Budget under wraps to date.. And this is all to happen within the coming days.. So they say they need to do it quickly, as there is an existence of financial commitments that can not be stopped, thus, they merely suspended the financial commitments (loans / cotnracts) for the month ending 01/02/2020, as noted in the article Delta posted. - ..imo.. ~ If that is the case then, shut the front door Alice! lol ~imo~  Militiaman

 

The data sure seems to suggest that many fronts are converging.. All good too. imo.. ~ MM

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Parliamentary Finance: The budget of 2020 almost complete and the resignation of the government will not hinder its access to Parliament

 

 

 

09:25 - 02/12/2019

 

 

The decision of the Parliamentary Finance Committee Ahmed al-Saffar, on Monday, that the budget of 2020 is almost complete and left only sent to parliament, indicating that the resignation of the government will not hinder the arrival of the budget to the House of Representatives, as the budget was prepared before the resignation of the government.

Saffar said in a statement to the information, that "the 2020 budget is almost complete and it was hoped that the government sent to the parliamentary Finance Committee this week, but the resignation of the government will delay the arrival of the budget."

He added that "the government will send the budget to parliament and that does not conflict with the law, although it is a caretaker government, because it has prepared the budget before resigning."

He explained that 'the budget and if not approved during the current year, the Financial Management Law stipulates that the government operates a budget 1/12 and operating only the same paragraphs and items of the 2019 budget, until the adoption of the new budget.'

He pointed out that "the delay in the 2020 budget has seen a lot of changes in addition to the inclusion of the demands of the demonstrators in its items, where almost daily changes in paragraphs."

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Masoudi: The interim government is much more important than it will follow for these reasons

 

 

 

09:15 - 02/12/2019

 

 

The deputy of the alliance of Sairon Riad Masoudi, on Monday, that the interim government is very important in order to establish a good atmosphere for the holding of fair early elections, pointing to the importance of choosing a strong prime minister gives everyone the freedom of choice.

"The interim government is much more important than the future government," he said.

He added that "the interim government, which will be established to hold early elections, it will take into account the principle of empowerment, participation, transparency and availability, where these Muslim women will increase the rate of participation in power, and who will come to parliament is elected from the people."

"The next prime minister should be strong to provide freedom of choice, in order for all voters to be equal in terms of ability, competition and running," Masoudi said. 

 

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Legal expert: Abdul-Mahdi could face the death penalty

 

 

 

09:10 - 02/12/2019

 

 

The legal expert Ali Jaber Tamimi, Monday, that the resigned Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi will face the death penalty in the event of trial, pointing out that Abdul Mahdi has immunity and can be prosecuted at any time.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to the information, that "Adel Abdul Mahdi is responsible for the crimes that occurred against the demonstrators, as the Iraqi law in Article 24 of the military penalties, Article 52 of the Internal Security Forces Law and Article 48 of the Civil Penal Code, all say that the President He bears full responsibility for the genocide and murder that occurs in the demonstrations.”

Al-Tamimi added that "international law in the criminal court in its articles 6 and 7 holds the president fully responsible even if he did not give orders to kill the demonstrators."

He explained that "the punishment of the president who caused the killing of demonstrators in accordance with Article 406/1/1000, which confirms premeditated murder premeditated, is the death penalty in Iraqi law, but the International Criminal Court sentenced to life imprisonment."

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Parliamentary Planning: The new government will complete the program of the Mahdi government

 

 

 

09:37 - 02/12/2019

 

 

Mohamed al-Baldawi, a member of the government program and strategic planning committee, said on Sunday that the new government will go ahead with completing the government program initiated by the resigned government.

Al-Baldawi said in a statement to the information, that the "presidency of the next government will work to address the failures that have been referred by us as a parliamentary committee," noting that "the new government has two challenges first complete the previous government program and secondly correct and diagnose errors in the previous program."

Al-Baldawi added, "Everyone is waiting for the new government to develop a complementary program within time limits that meet the aspirations of the Iraqi people."

The MP for the conquest Alliance Mohamed Karim said in a previous statement to the / information /, that the new government will be formed quickly and will not delay much after accepting the resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi from the premiership. 

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Minister: Most of Kurdistan's constitutional rights and demands are decided by the federal budget

 

 

2nd December, 2019

The Minister of Planning in the Kurdistan Regional Government Dara Rashid said on Monday that most of the constitutional rights of the region were fixed in the draft federal budget law for 2020.

"Our delegation is still in Baghdad and I think the budget has been finalized and there are no problems left around it," Rashid told reporters in Arbil.

He added that "has been installed and most of the demands and rights of the Kurdistan region legal and constitutional in the budget in 2020."

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Region: We reached significant understandings with Baghdad on the 2020 budget

 

 

 

2019/12/2 10:34 

 

 

Khalid Shwani, a member of the negotiating delegation to the Kurdistan Regional Government, that dialogues between the regional government and the federal government to prepare a draft federal budget law for 2020 are going well.

 

Shwani said in a press statement that "meetings between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government to prepare a draft federal budget law for 2020 is continuing."

He added: "The meetings indicate good and positive and great steps have been put in place and we hope to translate the existing understandings into a final agreement."

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Parliamentary Economy holds a meeting to draft the partnership law with the private sector and mineral investment

 

 

 

14:08 - 02/12/2019

 

Member of the Committee on Investment and Economy Parliamentary Nada Shaker Jawdat, on Monday, the Committee to hold a meeting to discuss the drafting of some laws, noting that the Committee has almost completed the drafting of partnership laws with the private sector and mineral investment.

Jawdat said in a statement to the information that the Economic Committee is currently meeting to discuss the adoption of investment and economic laws to achieve greater economic development of the country. He added that "the meeting of the Committee discussed the final wording of the laws of partnership between the public and private sectors and mineral investment."

Jawdat explained that "the two laws will be introduced during the next week, but the law on partnership with the private sector needs more precise details to avoid preventing the loss of wealth of the country in the hands of investors."

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Central Bank re-licenses 7 companies to transfer money and stop their entry to the window of buying and selling currencies

 

2nd December, 2019

 

The Central Bank of Iraq, on Monday, re-leave the 7 companies for financial transfer, while stopping its entry to the window of buying and selling currencies.

The bank said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "it was decided to approve the return of leave and letter of guarantee for seven companies to mediate the sale and purchase of foreign currencies."

The bank added that "the re-licensing of these companies is required to merge with other companies and stop them from entering the window of buying and selling foreign currencies."

The Central Bank of Iraq was established as an independent bank under its law issued on March 6, 2004 as an independent body. It is responsible for maintaining price stability and implementing monetary policy. About 6 financial institutions and 31 financial transfer companies.

 

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Parliamentary Legality discusses the Legislative Elections of the House of Representatives and the Electoral Commission

 

   

 

    

 

 

The Parliamentary Legal Committee discussed on Monday the elections law for the House of Representatives and the Independent High Electoral Commission.

A statement by the Office of the Speaker of Parliament, Mohammed Halbousi received a news agency, a copy of it, that "the President of the Council of Representatives, chaired today, in the presence of his deputies and heads of political forces and the representative of the United Nations Office in Iraq, the meeting of the Legal Committee; In order to make the necessary amendments to be put to the vote. "

Al-Halbousi stressed during the meeting on the need to legislate a fair law that would be fair to all Iraqi people, restore confidence in the electoral and political process as a whole, and allow all the people to reach the House of Representatives in accordance with the highest votes.

The speaker of the parliament, the Legal Committee and heads of parliamentary blocs to "hold a meeting on Tuesday, to complete all discussions and observations on the law, and take the opinion of experts and technicians on the amendments under discussion."

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Features of the investment environment

 

Sunday 01 December 2019

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The talk about attracting foreign investment during the years of the transition period, which was beset by many phenomena of security and political confusion, was more like security despite the availability of safe climates in many governorates. Successive could not achieve this.

Security instability in the country's overall landscape has often been cited, with the incomplete legal system that shapes working environment relationships and curbs corruption and mismanagement as repelling factors, while others see the weak performance of the banking sector and its rise to the global banking industry as a cause. This is mainly due to the non-flow of foreign investments looking for an environment in which financial transactions are regulated through a banking system that secures money flows smoothly and ensures safe and fast trades up to the global banking industry that produces remote services.

It appears that the paper presented by the Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, "Jenin Blachart" during her recent meeting in the House of Representatives, which included recommendations on the acceleration of the enactment of a number of laws inactivated, will pave the near term to achieve a favorable atmosphere for investment, as the legislation of economic laws along with legislation and related procedures The political and security nature referred to in the paper, such as the amendment of the Investment and Partnership Promotion Act, the legislation of the Council of Reconstruction, oil and gas, the resolution of the housing crisis, social security, where do you get this, as well as the Federal Court Law "which will exercise strict control To the implementation of the Constitution and the laws in force ”, in one way or another, will contribute to paving the way for an appropriate investment environment, through which the managers of the globalization capital movement authorize the flow towards the business environment. Iraqi.

In light of the preparations that took over the years in the banking sector, which constituted an infrastructure for performance, after the introduction of a large package of electronic payment systems and the adoption of international standards in transactions, specifically concerned with monitoring the phenomenon of money laundering, the banking sector is ready to receive the flow of foreign capital with distinction, while The security reality will be at its best after the implementation of the security laws, specifically the law regulating the possession of weapons and the law regulating the work of security companies in the country, and the application of laws related to the regulation of market relations will contribute to creating an attractive environment for the flow of capital in light of the opportunities The promotion of fair competition as an engine of inclusive growth cannot be achieved without the application of competition and antitrust law, the protection of intellectual property and trademark law and the protection of domestic product, while labor, trade union and consumer protection laws Market relations

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Najaf and Nasiriyah uprising liquidates the influence of pro-Iranian parties

 

- 6 Hours Have Passed

 

 

 

The Iraqi popular uprising, which completed its second month, has gone beyond the limits of reform demands on the structure of the existing regime, to liquidate the influence of pro-Iranian parties that have wasted dozens of opportunities to build the country over sixteen years.

The resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, who was approved by the parliament on Sunday, has had little impact on the movement, despite the partial popular celebrations as the first achievements of the revolution, as described by prominent activists, must be followed by other achievements related to radical changes in the depth of the political system, It may be replaced, after failing to produce a successful management system.

Demonstrations in the holy city of Najaf, a Shiite city in Iraq and around the world, have served as a model for street anger against political parties that have seized the country with Iran's help and at the same time serving their interests. Civil but provides political services.

The correspondent of the "Arabs" that the demonstrators in Najaf did not pay any attention to the resignation of Adel Abdul-Mahdi and do not consider it part of their demands, because they focus on the "liquidation" aspects of political Islam pro-Iran from their city.

Five days ago, demonstrators in Najaf were besieging a large building surrounding the grave of the founder of the Supreme Islamic Council, Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim, who came to Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and launched a massive political project to dominate power. Shiites are competitors.

The death of al-Hakim did not stop his political project, which led to his brother Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, who died years later and handed the flag to his son Ammar al-Hakim, who split from the Supreme Council, after taking possession of all his property and resources, and formed a new stream called 'wisdom', relative to the title of his family.

The Supreme Council was defined as the main lever of Iranian influence after the overthrow of Saddam, along with the Islamic Dawa Party, where the two parties dominated the most important positions in the executive authorities for several years, with the support of the top Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani.

Protesters burned parts of al-Hakim's grave in batches in recent days, but lost dozens of their comrades, killed or wounded by gunmen from the movement of the wisdom, who were killed in defense of the site.

Observers said that the insistence of demonstrators in Najaf to burn the tomb of al-Hakim reflects the state of popular anger at all representations of political Islam, in a city known as the center of spiritual influence among the Shiites of Iraq and the world, because it embraces the shrine of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib, and the headquarters of the Supreme Shiite authority.

The British journalist in charge of Middle East affairs, Patrick Cockburn, considered that the Iraqi political elite realized that the popular uprising is a challenge that threatens its existence as a whole, not only its continuation in power, and therefore decided to confront and crush it by all possible means, but the burning of the Iranian consulate in the city of Karbala, which is visited by millions of Shiites annually. In addition to what happened in Najaf, it is a serious escalation and a prominent indicator of the abandonment of Iraqi Shiites by any sense of religious solidarity with Iran as a Shiite state.

The southern city of Nasiriyah preceded Najaf in liquidating all forms of presence of Islamic parties and armed militias that emerged from them.

Since early October, demonstrators in Nasiriyah have been moving between the headquarters of Shiite parties and pro-Iranian militias to burn them one by one, until they have all finished. Now, there is no longer an open party or militia headquarters in this city, whose sons during the era of the war against ISIS played a prominent role in the elimination of the organization, but only neglected.

But in the last three days alone, Nasiriyah has paid a heavy price: it has lost more than 50 young men and hundreds of wounded, who have been confronted by naked breasts of political Islamists and pro-Iranian militias.

 

Resignation did not prevent the continuation of the protests

Observers believe that the volume of blood that was shed in Nasiriyah, Najaf and Baghdad, ends all possibilities of understanding between the existing political system in Iraq and the rebellious street, and vacates the resignation of Abdul Mahdi of content.

Professor Toby Dodge, a professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and Iraq, said that the political system in Iraq after 2003 carried the seeds of corruption, sectarianism and repression, so Iraqis view their politicians as opportunists who depend on militias for their survival.

"The regime in Iraq, which was established along sectarian lines in parallel with the distribution of the spoils, has been delegitimized, and has begun to crumble and as a result the violence has increased in the country," Dodge told the Observer.

In conjunction with the use of militia influence to kill demonstrators, media outlets close to the regime began leaking the names of candidates to succeed Abdel Mahdi belonging to the same ruling parties. Ammar al-Hakim, who is surrounded by demonstrators in his headquarters in Najaf.

According to field estimates, the involvement of the tribes of central and southern Iraq in the popular movement, may move the demonstrations to the stage to enable them to make political alternatives different from those contemplated by the ruling parties.

In Nasiriyah, the hypothesis of forming a local government from within the arena of protest and the designation of security leaders to walk the city by the protesters themselves, in isolation from Baghdad and its procedures, in light of the insistence of the political class to maneuver and bias to its interests, which is 16 years old.

Observers say that the success of this model in one Iraqi city, will encourage other cities to try it, which means the end of the centrality of political power under the Iranians in Baghdad.

Amid these trends, the Iranian challenge emerges as the greatest threat to the Iraqi protest movement, but this time it may be direct, not as it has in the past two months through the window of Adel Abdul Mahdi's government.

Observers say Iran could be thrown into its Revolutionary Guards to control the volatile scene in Nasiriyah and Najaf, at least if the idea of a domestic political alternative away from Tehran's dominance develops, opening Iraqi expectations for more blood.

After the massacres in Nasiriyah and Najaf, the ruling parties lost the ability to re-coalition to reproduce the political system by injecting new faces into the scene. 

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An Iraqi political observer described this process after the resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi, a fictitious hunting in the vacuum in which the Islamic parties are swimming without finding a solution to get out of the impasse.

The observer said in a statement to the "Arabs" If these parties have evacuated their headquarters in a number of provinces as a precaution, they still control their control over the headquarters of the government in the international area "Green" in Baghdad. It is a fortified area that looks more isolated today than before. This may encourage their neglect and the formation of local governments in the provinces that today seem closer to independence themselves than the ability of those parties to return to subjugation and contain the demonstrations.

The observer expected that the beginning of the end of the rule of political Islam if it is confirmed that Nasiriyah has begun to heal its wounds and seek to form a local government away from the quota between the parties that were expelled.

But he ruled out direct Iranian intervention by including troops from the Revolutionary Guards. This is because Iran is not ready to open a new front with the world even though its loss would be great. "Iran is not in a position to restore memories of its war against Iraq. If it intervenes, it means a new Iraqi-Iranian war. ”

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Washington reveals Iran's "significant" influence behind the killing of protesters in Iraq

 

                           

 

2nd December, 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday that protests were sweeping more than 90 areas of Iran, noting that the people were "tired of seeing rulers stealing tens of millions of dollars."

"People are tired of seeing religious rulers steal tens of millions of dollars and put them in their pockets, money that could be used to secure resources for the Iranian people, so they said enough and demanded their basic rights."

Pompeo said that reports say about 700 people have been killed by security forces in Iran and thousands have been arrested. "The role of the United States is to stand up and say that what is happening is not true. These people are demanding basic rights. The Iranian leadership must change in a way that reflects the desire of the Iranian people."

Pompeo touched on the events in Iraq and Lebanon, linked to Iran and its ongoing interventions in the two countries, to which both peoples were fed up. He said that "the Iraqi prime minister resigned against the backdrop of the protests, after people demonstrated and demanded freedom, but the security forces killed dozens of them, and this is because of the Iranian influence largely." "The demonstrations in Beirut reflect the desire of the Lebanese of all sects, for independence. They want Iran and Hezbollah outside their country."

 

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On 12/1/2019 at 7:15 PM, GregHi said:

Confirmation from my Shia friend that the translation is true what delta said..

 

A little more info from my friend about Trade bank of Iraq.. He said TBI is more of a Kurdish bank and deals more in the international scene. He seemed to think you could transfer money from the US to TBI... I assume that’s true, but haven’t heard that other than him telling me tonight..

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6 minutes ago, GregHi said:

A little more info from my friend about Trade bank of Iraq.. He said TBI is more of a Kurdish bank and deals more in the international scene. He seemed to think you could transfer money from the US to TBI... I assume that’s true, but haven’t heard that other than him telling me tonight..

Thank you  I misread the translation as February 2020 ... 

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Haven't had my coffee yet but how would/could this be related to or Dinar/RV, if it is at all?

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"Reversal" of Iran's Role in Iraq .. Two Tasks for Abdul Mahdi's Alternative and Warning of "Political Suicide"

 

2019-12-02

 

The Washington Post published an article commenting on the resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, two months after the outbreak of demonstrations demanding reforms, noting that there are many questions to be asked before thinking about his successor, his resignation paved the way for a new political crisis.

The newspaper said in the article, that the confrontation is taking place in the Iraqi Council of Representatives over the new personality to succeed Abdul Mahdi, in parallel with the clashes of protesters and security forces in Baghdad and other cities during their demand to overthrow the regime, and the adoption of a new election law and an end to power-sharing that divides government gains on politicians ”.

"Recent developments in Iraq pose the most serious challenge to the Iraqi political system since the fall of the former regime in 2003," a human rights official told the paper. "More than 430 demonstrators have been killed in two months."

The newspaper pointed out that "officials argue the interference of external powers such as the United States and Iran. As Iraqis look for serious change, they are tired of high unemployment, graft and lack of government services, even though Iraq has large oil reserves.

In this context, the Iraqi political analyst Ahmed al-Mayali, according to the newspaper, that "Iraq is facing a historic opportunity to form a strong government and away from any external interference," noting that "Iranian influence is no longer the level it was before the protests."

The newspaper said that "Iran has played an important role in Iraqi politics, but this support may be counterproductive. The demonstrators in the southern provinces stormed or burned Iranian consulates."

According to Hussein al-Oqabi, a member of the Iraqi parliament's legal committee, "the best solution at the moment is for all parties in parliament to agree to name someone who has the approval of the demonstrators," pointing out that "the new prime minister will have to put the interests of the Iraqi people and the revolution first and fight corruption." The political elite will be facing political suicide. ”

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Trump: Iran kills thousands of citizens and the media has
to go to find out what's going on

 

 

3rd December, 2019

 

US President Donald Trump said that "Iran is killing thousands of citizens," calling on the media to be there to "know the truth of what is happening."

"I think what is happening in Iran is a terrible thing and the world sees ... large numbers of deaths in Iran, thousands of people are being killed in Iran," Trump told a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in London ahead of the NATO summit.

"The press and the media must be there to find out what is really happening," he said.

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Maliki distanced himself from presenting a candidate for the post of prime minister of the next Iraqi government

 

 

3rd December, 2019

State of Law coalition leader Nuri al-Maliki denied on Tuesday that he is a candidate for the post of prime minister instead of the resigned Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Maliki said in a tweet posted on the social networking site "Twitter" Today, we reiterate that there is no specific candidate by us for prime minister.

"We are with any candidate in which the specifications set by the supreme religious authority and political and social forces, and comes through the constitutional contexts adopted."

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Baghdad government loses tribal support after Nasiriyah massacre

 

- 5 Hours Have Passed

 

 

The widespread popular protests in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah revealed the willingness of powerful tribes in the region to turn against the government, after it was considered incubator and a popular back to it.

Prior to his resignation, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi caused a massacre of protesters in his home town of Nasiriyah, where forty-seven protesters were killed and about 1,000 others were wounded within hours by the security forces who were ordering his orders as commander in chief of the armed forces. When the dust was cleared from Habboubi Square, which witnessed this massacre, it turned out that its size could not be tolerated.

At the same time, a delegation of tribal sheikhs went to the police headquarters where they met with the senior officers and there was a sharp conversation among them. These officers swore that the force that killed the demonstrators of Nasiriyah, last Thursday, came from Baghdad and stayed for hours in the city before committing its massacre and leave immediately .

Tribal elders were not convinced of this explanation and were amazed at how police talked of unknown troops coming to the city to kill demonstrators without their knowledge, vowing publicly to "crush Abdul Mahdi and his officers if they dare to Nasiriyah again."

When a video of the speech at the Nasiriyah police headquarters and tribal elders emerged, it was clear how much tribes could play a role in supporting protesters who were subjected to bloody repression that caused an unprecedented number of deaths and injuries in protest movements.

Authorities are tempting tribal sheikhs in central and southern Iraq to strike a deal with them to contain the protest movement

Officers appeared to plead with tribal elders to calm down, while tribal elders continued to escalate, forcing the city's police chief and aides to resign.

It seems that the political class felt the danger of the tribes entering the line of demonstrations and gives them great weight and protection from repression, so it moved quickly to contain the situation.

The first fruits of the government movement document signed by the elders of some tribes in the city of Basra pledge to abide by the orders of the Supreme Shiite cleric Ali al-Sistani in relation to the peaceful demonstrations.

As for the demonstrators, those who always stress the need for the demonstrations to remain peaceful, harbor a stance against the protest movement, which has been committed to peaceful since its inception but met with excessive government violence.

Iraqi political sources say that the government of the outgoing Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, which has turned to the conduct of daily work, is actually moving towards tribal elders in the areas of central and southern Iraq, to reach a kind of tribal alliance, aimed at containing the protest movement.

The sources stress that the government offers great temptations to the sheikhs of tribes that join this alliance, such as granting them job grades to distribute to their relatives or granting them facilities in the land acquisition and cultivation sector, pointing out that the government's plan started from Basra to benefit from the great competition between its tribes and tribes of Nasiriyah, which biased Gradually towards the protest movement, despite the great interests that link some of its elders to the government and its political parties.

According to sources, the government intends to expand its movement soon to include the city of Najaf, where angry protesters have been moving for days to burn down all the headquarters of pro-Iranian parties or the shrines of clerics known to sponsor political Islam parties.

Observers say that the Iraqi government is regaining a model invented by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, when he launched what was then known as the "elders of the nineties", tribal sheikhs, the then ruling Baath Party bought their loyalty with money after the decline in popularity due to the invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent war and siege in the 1990s .

To date, some tribal leaders who have sold their allegiance to Saddam are still known as the "90s' sheikhs" in a derogatory ratio to that era, suggesting that the government's reliance on tribal sheikhs to stand against the street will backfire.

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