Iraqi blocs sign a document reforms give the government and parliament 45 days

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Demonstrators: We Have No Jobs And No Salaries Will Not Leave Even If It Lasts 40 Years

 November 17, 2019

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17-11-2019 02:41 PM

Source: 13 ministers toppled and new elections next year

 

 

Baghdad / News

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's cabinet is planning to replace 13 ministers, a political source said Sunday.

The source told the "news", that "Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, trying to ease the pressure placed on him by the demonstrators and religious reference through a package of reform steps."

The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, that "Abdul-Mahdi agreed with a number of political forces to hold a reshuffle, including 13 ministers, was also agreed to hold elections after one year."

Baghdad and a number of provinces have been witnessing since the beginning of October to demand a change of government and accountability for spoilers.

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Parliamentary Human Rights Committee sends a message to the Iraqi government

Demonstrations in the Iraqi streets during the past days

 17 November 2019 02:18 PM

Direct: The Parliamentary Human Rights Committee of the Iraqi Council of Representatives sent a message alerting the government to realize the seriousness of the assassination and kidnapping of activists.

According to a statement by the House of Representatives, the parliamentary committee renewed its concerns about the abduction and assassination of activists, bloggers and civic organizations.

The parliamentary committee called on the security services to uncover the circumstances of the assassination of the activist Adnan Rostom, and the need to preserve the lives of civilians in accordance with international laws.

The Human Rights Committee called for the coordinators of the demonstrations to keep shops and property of citizens in the yards of the demonstration.

The committee issued a report on demonstrations in the country since it erupted last month.

The committee recommended, according to a statement on Sunday, 13 recommendations after the follow-up events; most notably the request of the House of Representatives to accelerate the vote on the law of freedom of expression, assembly and peaceful demonstration; to ensure the right to demonstrate and protect peaceful demonstrators in a manner that ensures the application of international human rights standards.

The Committee called on the security forces to exercise restraint, not resort to violence, use excessive force towards peaceful demonstrators, and apply rules of engagement in accordance with international, national and humanitarian legal standards.

The parliamentary committee's recommendations included immediate compensation and granting all rights to martyrs of peaceful demonstrators and security forces, taking care of the wounded and providing the necessary treatment for them, emphasizing the government and security forces after arresting peaceful demonstrators without judicial arrest warrants and the need to disclose the kidnapped Egypt.

[ChuckFinley]

Good morning Yota and thank you for the updates. 

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[yota691]

Washington announces its position on early elections in Iraq and looms sanctions against officials

Release date:: 2019-11-17 21:42 • 755 times read

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will impose sanctions if Iraqi officials are found to be involved in cracking down on demonstrations, a senior White House official said on Monday.

"The situation in Iraq is very bad," he said. Lebanon, where some accuse us of being behind the demonstrations. "
He added: "We discussed the demonstration in Iraq along with the situation in Lebanon and Syria at the meeting of the strategic alliance in the Middle East known as Mesa, and includes the Gulf Cooperation Council countries along with Egypt and Jordan to come up with a unified international response on Iraq."
"We appreciate the role of the United Nations and its mission in Iraq. I think it can help support new elections and review the electoral law so that the new government is in a better position to meet the needs of the Iraqi citizen," the US official said.
"But we want to find other ways to support the demonstrators, and I think they are in providing medical assistance to the demonstrators."
He said: "We will not hesitate to impose sanctions on Iraqi officials, including preventing the entry of the United States and the freezing of their property, we have done this in the past with allies in NATO , " adding that sanctions an effective weapon we have in the diplomatic tools. "
He said the US official , " We are We are also constrained by the law of Congress not to provide weapons to the security services in Iraq if they are found to be involved in human rights abuses. Pain The military 's assistance provided by the United States to Iraq, a value, and this applies to Iraq and Lebanon ".anthy

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Abdul Mahdi Office reveals the ministries covered by the amendment

Release date:: 2019-11-17 18:41 • 2147 times read

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Saad al-Hadithi's office announced on Sunday that the reshuffle of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi would include service and economic ministries.

Al-Hadithi said in a press statement that "Abdul-Mahdi is determined to amend, and now prepare for the names of the ministries that he wants to amend and is waiting for completion," indicating that "the selection will be based on criteria far from the political blocs and according to the convictions of the Prime Minister."
He added that "the cabinets to be included in the amendment, ministerial and service and related to the demands of the demonstrators," adding that "Abdul Mahdi will send names to the House of Representatives after completion for the purpose of voting on them."

[DoD]

It appears Iraq is at a cross roads on what countries they will align themselves with. 
Choose wisely you bunch of morons...

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Government of Iraq: The reshuffle will include service and economic ministries

Political | 04:26 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD -
Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said on Sunday that the reshuffle of Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi would include service and economic ministries.
Al-Hadithi said, according to Russia today, "Abdul-Mahdi is determined to amend, and now prepare for the names of the ministries that he wants to modify and is expected to be completed," indicating that "the selection will be based on criteria far from the political blocs and according to the convictions of the prime minister."
He added that "the cabinets to be included in the amendment, ministerial and service related to the demands of the demonstrators," adding that "Abdul Mahdi will send names to the House of Representatives after completion for the purpose of voting on them."

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Video leaked from the Prime Minister's Office .. What did they ask Abdul Mahdi about the media network?

Political | 05:46 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News

Activists on social media circulated a leaked video from the Prime Minister's Office on supporting the Iraqi media network.

Video below: 

Video leaked from the office of the Prime Minister .. What they asked Abdul Mahdi on the media network

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The demonstrations are approaching its 50th day. Continuous demands and insufficient government reforms

Political | 07:35 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

Special
demonstrations led by Iraqi youths are approaching the 50th day, demanding the dismissal of the government and the amendment of the Constitution and the adoption of a new election law, despite government decisions issued in response to them.
The demonstrations began with the gathering of demonstrators in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad and several provinces, but the demonstrations faced repression that the government says by a "third party", killing about 400 people and wounding 17 thousand others.
The demonstrator Walid Mohammed in Tahrir Square during an interview with (Mawazine News) that "the government did not hear the voice of the people, so far .. still share positions and ministries without paying attention to the people."
He added, "The demonstrators continue in the demonstrations, until the realization of demands and are ready to stay in the squares."
Since the start of the protests on October 1, the government has announced a package of reforms, including appointments to state departments, emergency grants to poor families and distribution of plots of land, but demonstrators say they want to change the political class since 2003 and not receive an emergency grant for months.
"The government's actions and promises are not being answered by the rebels, because they have made these promises unimplemented," said the demonstrator, painter Durar.
Durrat accuses Iraq's political parties of corruption, murder, legitimizing chaos, confining appointments to relatives and destroying the country's economy.
The supreme religious authority in Najaf during the sermon last Friday prayers, supported the demonstrations while keeping them peaceful, and in this regard protester Sarmad al-Taie from Basra, that "the sermon sermon role in sustaining the momentum of the demonstrations."
The capital Baghdad and several provinces today, a peaceful strike on the schools and departments, as the shops were closed in the provinces of Najaf, Karbala and Diwaniya this morning, in support of the demonstrations.
Taie said in an interview with / Mawazine News / "This step is to pressure the government."

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Conquest: Americans exploit demonstrations and increase the number of troops in Iraq

Political | 04:50 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
, a member of the Coalition of Fateh Faleh al-Khazali, on Sunday, increased the number of US troops in Iraq, taking advantage of the demonstrations, while noting that there is no tutelage on Iraq and its people from a third party.
"The Americans are increasing the number of their troops in Iraq, taking advantage of the demonstrations of the legitimate demands of the Iraqi people and the presence of the US embassy has become a challenge to the stability of Iraq," Khazali said in a statement received.
He added, "The number of US troops more than 10,000 fighters and the Turkish occupation of Iraqi territory and there is a wonderful silence of most of the political forces in the administration of state and entered the line of some civil currents."
He continued: "We reject any external interference in the Iraqi affairs and no tutelage on Iraq and its people from a foreign side and foreign military presence violates the principle of national sovereignty and the Liberals to move to address this dangerous file."
He pointed out that "the Iraqi government and political forces to make real reforms do not make the citizen demonstrating after each election and must strengthen the confidence of the citizen by his choice and his voice and freedom to choose the form of the system and constitutional amendments."

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Calling him selfish .. Deputy: Abdul Mahdi sack ten ministers of his government and excludes himself!

Political | 08:23 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News,
a member of the Council of Representatives, Mohammed Karbouli, on Sunday, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, while surprised by the latter's intention to dismiss ten ministers in his government and exclude himself.
"In one of the most egregious forms of selfishness and adherence to the office, the prime minister is working to dismiss 10 of his cabinet ministers and exclude himself from that," Karbouli said in a tweet on Twitter.
Abdul-Mahdi plans to make ministerial changes within the reform packages he launched to meet the demands of the demonstrators who continue their protests and sit-ins for the twenty-fourth day in a row.

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Salim al-Jubouri: Some of the Sunnis are seeking to achieve their gains through demonstrations

Political | 09:52 - 17/11/2019

 

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jubouri, on Sunday, efforts by what he described as some of the Sunnis of power to achieve gains through popular demonstrations in Baghdad and the southern provinces.

Al-Jubouri said in an interview that "the Sunni areas are afraid of being accused of joining the Islamic State terrorist organization and did not participate in the demonstrations," noting that "there are agendas seeking to exploit the current situation to achieve its goals.

" demonstrations in Tahrir Square, and revealed that some of the year power seeks to gain special benefits through the ongoing demonstrations. "

He explained that" the current demonstrations entered in the process of complexity, and whenever the government has slowed reforms increased the demonstrations, "pointing out that" blame the partner The politician at this time is wrong. "

He stressed that some political forces used the title of "reform" and demonstrations to put pressure on Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, to achieve its gains.

Jubouri continued, "" Some political forces took advantage of the title of ugly reform, as they invested demonstrations to put pressure on the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi to achieve its gains, "noting that" some want to preoccupy public opinion by changing the government to procrastinate popular demands.

" So far, the demonstrations have not reaped any interests or services

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The Iraqis' insistence on ending the Iranian influence .. Despite the failed positions from inside and outside!

 Sunday, November 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special: Books - Saad Abdul Aziz:

The wave of protests in Iraq has risen above the government's expectations, which demanded that protesters return home after promises of economic reforms and bringing some of those responsible for corruption to justice. The government, "Adel Abdul Mahdi," on the factor of time; because the majority of the protesters of the poor class who will not be patient to stay in the squares, because of the urgent need to work daily in order to provide enough for their livelihood and support their families.

But this bet has failed after the demonstrators are rejecting patchwork solutions and demanding the overthrow of the government and radical change.

External parties take care of their interests ..

Observers of the Iraqi scene believe that the protesters no longer trust the government and the parties that caused the suffering of the people and the loss of the country's wealth.The Iraqi street is looking to the international community as a savior and guarantor of real reforms and to supervise fair elections that remove the corruption parties and end dependency.

But it seems that external parties, influential in Iraq, led by Iran and the United States, focus on their interests and do not care about the demands of the protesters;

Washington on the approach of Tehran and the Shiite reference!

Though Donald Trump's administration has benefited from developments in the Iraqi scene, as it puts more pressure on Tehran and threatens its influence in the region, things seem more complicated for the White House, with thousands of US troops in Iraq. "Iraq".

So the United States is doing the same thing as Iran in providing support to the besieged Iraqi prime minister with popular calls to topple him.

Many Trump administration officials fully support the Iraqi prime minister by claiming that he "has a good government, better than we had hoped." US lawmakers agree that the prime minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, is a friend of the United States and a good man, but Washington hopes he can correct the situation.

There is a consensus between the US administration and the Shiite authority regarding the position of the Iraqi prime minister.

The United States supports a government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, and the Shia authority - the most important actor in shaping the future of Iraq - continues to support Abdul Mahdi;

Shiite reference and fluid position!

The Shia authority still has considerable influence within Iraq; it retains its prestige and credibility among millions of angry demonstrators. Given the growing momentum of the protests and the insistence of the demonstrators not to return to their homes until after the completion of their revolution, the Shiite authority began to adopt more options closer to the protesters, but has not yet dared to make a clear and explicit decision to support the demonstrators demanding the resignation of the government.

Perhaps the Shiite authority wanted to take a balanced position by supporting the demonstrators and supporting their demands, but without abandoning the government. The next few days may reveal the final position that the Marjiya will have to adopt, in the realization that the pre-protest Iraq will not be the same as the pre-protests Iraq, which was announced by the Supreme Shiite cleric, in Friday sermon on Friday, warning the government not to realize it.

Iranian interference spoiled Iraq

Since the occupation of Iraq in 2003, Iran has begun to exert influence on Iraqi society without facing the charge of interfering in the affairs of a sovereign country, claiming that everything it does in Iraq is at the request of the Baghdad government.

Years after Tehran intervened in Iraq, protesters on the streets of Baghdad and major cities realized that Iran was the main source of instability and corruption that destroyed state institutions by supporting allied political forces that dominated decision-making and resources.

The protesters' insistence on ending Iranian influence was confirmed by raising the Iraqi media and burning the puppet of Iranian cleric, Ali Khamenei, and his general, Qasem Soleimani, as well as burning the Iranian Consulate in Karbala, and the offices of pro-Iraqi militias and parties. “Tehran”.

The Iranian regime believes that the influence of Iran in the region did not come out of the blue;

Yesterday, the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, said: "We do not want power and the acquisition of the lands of others; we do not want to establish the empire, and all we want is brotherhood and unity among Muslims."

He added: “Our influence in the region because of the call of the Islamic Revolution that brought hearts .. Muslims, Christians, Jews, Turkish, Arab and Kurdish nationalities are equal. ”

Power parties against demonstrators!

In response to the demonstrators' demands to remove all PA parties from any future government, party leaders announced that they had agreed to refuse to respond to the demands of the demonstrators for a government without parties;

It has become clear that the agreement of the parties to support the actions of the government of "Mahdi" and to confront the uprising, and not to make radical reforms and maintain the rules of the political game such as "quotas and sharing the spoils and refuse to internationalize the crisis," means the situation remains the way it is now, which is inconceivable People accept it.

 

 

https://kitabat.com/news/إصرار-العراقيين-على-إنهاء-النفوذ-الإي/

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Hmmm what hole is sleazy Solemani hiding in? 

Thank you Butifldrm  

[Butifldrm]

I found this interesting.  It's from yesterday.

 

Iraq's top religious authority Ali al-Sistani

 

 

 Sistani refused to «receive» Sadr and hear Soleimani «tough talk» .. This is the content

2019-11-16

Monitor - Solution Iraq

In a report, France 24 considered that the speech of the supreme religious authority in Iraq is the "most obvious" of the Marjaiya since the beginning of the wave of protests that began demanding on 1 October last, this is the first time that the Marjaiya says it supports the protests And not only its demands, while the agency prepared a "complete turn" in the speech in favor of the street.

The report added that «the sermon is an open criticism of the ruling authority, which last week secured an agreement sponsored by Iran, keep it in power, while ending the protests by all means available».

The agency noted that «after Friday sermons, marches witnessed more participation in the southern cities and # Baghdad , where four people were killed by live bullets and a tear gas bomb», according to medical sources.

A senior political source close to Marjeh circles told Agence France-Presse: «Tehran recently tried to deliver messages to Marjeh, asking them to support the current government in its sermon and call for demonstrators to withdraw from the street, and give the opportunity to make reforms within a specific time limit».

The source pointed out that «the reference refused to respond to these messages or even received, and therefore did not agree to receive the leader of the Sadrist movement , Muqtada al-Sadr , immediately after his return from # Tehran , so that the street does not think that he carries a message from them».

He pointed out that « # Qasim_Solimani himself, heard harsh words from the reference on the Iranian role in the Iraqi crisis», without further details, as described by the source of the French agency.

Earlier this week, Sistani met with the head of the United Nations Mission in Iraq ( UNAMI) , Jenin Hennes-Blaschaert , who presented him with a phased roadmap, calling for an "immediate end to violence, electoral reforms, and anti- corruption measures within a Two weeks, followed by constitutional amendments and structural legislation within three months ».

The supreme religious authority said in its sermon on Friday that «the will of the people is the result of universal secret ballot if conducted fairly and fairly», calling for «to speed up the adoption of a fair electoral law gives a real opportunity to change the forces that have ruled the country during the past years».

Edited by: Sireddine Youssef

https://iraq.7al.net/2019/11/16/السيستاني-رفض-استقبال-الصدر-وأسمع/

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Iraqi officials: Protests cut port road, close central bank

Anti-government demonstrators react to tear gas fired by Iraqi riot police during clashes in al-Rashid Street, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) more >

 

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press - Monday, November 18, 2019

BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi security officials say anti-government demonstrators in the south have blocked roads leading to the country’s main port while protesters in Baghdad forced the closure of Iraq’s central bank.

A Basra official says protesters burned tires on Monday, blocking the roads to the Umm Qasr port, responsible for the bulk of the country’s commodities imports.

This is the second time the port has been blocked since the protests began on Oct. 1.

 

Meanwhile, staff were evacuated from the Central Bank in Baghdad, located on the famous Rasheed Street, as crowds approached the area.

On Sunday, two protesters were wounded when security forces fired tear gas in renewed confrontations with demonstrators who have been on the streets for weeks denouncing rampant government corruption, inadequate service delivery and lack of jobs.

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18-11-2019 02:02 PM

Iraq is likely to return to Article 7 because of recent human rights violations

 

 

Baghdad

The Iraqi expert in the law, Ali al-Tamimi, likely to return Iraq under Article VII because of human rights violations included in the recent protests and the use of excessive violence by the Iraqi government.

Tamimi said in a statement to "The Independent" that "the current situation of Iraq is ready to enter and return to Article VII, not only war, which includes States under this item, but human rights violations have a great impact to put States under Chapter VII."

He added: "States are obliged in accordance with the Charter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to protect their citizens, and that what is happening in Iraq, according to the description of Tamimi" genocide, "stressing that Iraq's position is very difficult in light of the continued violations against demonstrators.

He pointed out that human rights violations may return us to the "oil for food" program, and under this law, Iraq can not conclude agreements or export, except with the consent of the United Nations, thus paralyzing economic and social life, and accordingly, Iraq becomes incompetent and lack of sovereignty .

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 Iraq news

Monday، 18 November 2019 01:23 AM

 

US will not hesitate to sanction Iraqi officials, White House

 

The United States would impose sanctions if Iraqi officials were found to be involved in the crackdown on demonstrations, a senior White House official said, noting that Washington knew that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was behind the suppression of the protests and had been to Baghdad.

Soleimani is the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force.

In an exclusive interview, the US official said: “The situation in Iraq is pretty bad. It is so sad to see so many young people shot dead.”

He said that the US does not want to give the impression that the United States is intervening in Iraq because some will use this and use it as evidence of Western intervention and this is the case In Lebanon, where we are accused of being behind the demonstrations.

Washington knows that Iran was behind the attempts to suppress the revolutions, he said.

“The Iranian intervention in Iraq is clear and we know that Qassem Soleimani went to Baghdad and told the government how to crush protestors. … the Iranians have a pretty well-established mechanism for doing that. And, you know, we have open-source reporting of snipers shooting protesters.”

“We were really intrigued yesterday by the story about the Iraqi national football team beating the Iranians and the soccer players wearing masks in solidarity with the protesters. And that’s a symbolic thing but it can, I think, really focus international attention. And I think that’s what we want to do.” the official said.

He said they discussed the demonstrations in Iraq as well as the situation in Lebanon and Syria at the meeting of the strategic alliance in the Middle East, known as Mesa, which includes the GCC countries along with Egypt and Jordan “in order to come up with a unified international response on Iraq.”

“We appreciate the role of the United Nations mission in Iraq. And I think that enlarging their mandate and having them support new elections, and revising the Iraqi electoral law so that the mechanism of government is more effective and responsive is another good tool that isn’t just the United States," he said.

“But we want to find other ways to support the demonstrators and I think they are in providing American medical assistance to the demonstrators.”

"We see a reaction from the Iraqi people and the demonstrators, which is hostile to Iran in nature, and it will be difficult to arrest them only with a campaign of violence and arrests. This will be condemned in the Security Council and by the international community. If there is a campaign to suppress the demonstration, I think this will unite the international community to impose quick sanctions on Iran ".

“This may be the best way to reverse Iran's influence in Iraq," the official said.

“We will not hesitate to impose sanctions on Iraqi officials, including blocking the entry of the United States and freezing their assets. We have done this in the past with one of our NATO allies,” he said.

“We’re bound by the law not to provide security assistance to counterparts that are engaged in gross human rights violations. So, we’ve warned the Iraqi government and our counterparts in the Iraqi security forces. That if you take part in violent oppression of protesters, we are required by law to stop all of the foreign aid assistance given to the security forces which is considerable. If any evidence shows they are doing so, we will do so,” he said. “And it applies in Lebanon as it does in Iraq.”

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44685/US-will-not-hesitate-to-sanction-Iraqi-officials-White-House

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Previous meeting between Ali Khamenei and Abdul-Mahdi archive

 

A US report exposes Iran's interventions in Iraq and reviews the names of officials

2019-11-18

Monitoring Iraq Solution

The New York Times, in cooperation with the Intercept, on Monday leaked documents that it said were related to Iran's "interference" in politics, governed by a number of politicians, and that Tehran had "recruited" Iraqi politicians to serve it.

The newspaper's investigation highlighted Tehran's "tremendous influence in Iraq ," detailing years of " tiring work by Iranian spies to choose the country's leaders, paying the salaries of Iraqi agents working for the Americans to change their positions and infiltrate all An aspect of political, economic and religious life in Iraq », she said.

The meetings are arranged in dark alleys and shopping malls or under the cover of a hunting trip or a birthday party, while informants lurk at Baghdad airport, take pictures of US soldiers and place tabs on coalition military flights.

"According to one of the leaked Iranian intelligence cables, # Adel Abdulmahdi (the Iraqi prime minister), who worked closely in exile with Iran while Saddam Hussein was in power in Iraq, had a special relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran when He was the Minister of Oil in Iraq in 2014 ».

"The exact nature of that relationship is not detailed in the leaked documents," a former senior US official told the paper.

`` But no Iraqi politician can become prime minister without the blessing of Iran, '' Mr. Mahdi, when he became prime minister in 2018, was seen as a compromise candidate acceptable to both Iran and the United States.

Iranian intelligence reports leaked, according to the newspaper, largely confirms, «what was already known about Iran's strong grip on Iraqi politics. But reports reveal much more than was previously known about the extent of the use of Iran and the United States to Iraq as a staging area for games # spy , also sheds light on the complex internal politics of the Iranian government, as battling factions competing with many of the same challenges faced by the US during the forces "struggle" For the stability of Iraq after the invasion of #United States ».

The documents show, according to the American newspaper, how "Iran at almost every turn, surpassed the United States in the # competition for influence."

The leaked archive consists of hundreds of reports and documents written mainly in 2014 and 2015 by officers of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security, or the Ministry of Interior , who were working in the field in Iraq.

The Ministry of Intelligence, the Iranian version of the CIA, has a reputation as an analytical and professional agency, but is "often overshadowed by its ideological counterpart , the IRGC intelligence organization, which was formally established as an independent entity in 2009 by order of the supreme leader. Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei ».

"In Iraq, Lebanon and Syria, which Iran considers crucial to its national security, the Revolutionary Guards, particularly the Qods Force led by General Qasem Soleimani, determine Iran's policies," it said.

She continued, that «ambassadors appointed these countries of the highest ranks of the Revolutionary Guards, and not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , which oversees the Ministry of Intelligence, according to several advisers to the current and former Iranian administrations».

"The officers from the Ministry of Intelligence and the Revolutionary Guards in Iraq worked in parallel," the sources said. They reported their findings to their headquarters in Tehran, which he organized in reports to the Supreme National Security Council.

The leaked documents revealed that ministers in the government of former prime minister Haider al-Abadi also maintained special relations with Iran.

The New York Times said it had contacted three senior Iranian officials about the documents, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad # Zarif , but none of them responded.

According to the documents, «after the withdrawal of US forces in 2011, Iran moved quickly to add former CIA informants to the payroll. "There was a spying operation inside the State Department."

The newspaper added that «Iran quickly transferred some of its best officers from both the Ministry of Intelligence and the Intelligence Organization of the Revolutionary Guard to # Iraq , according to advisers to the Iranian government and a member of the Guard».

"The Intercept got 700 leaked documents through an Iraqi source who said he wanted the world to know what Iran is doing in his country, and to translate them from Persian," the newspaper said.

Edit by Wissam Al-Bazi

https://iraq.7al.net/2019/11/18/تقرير-أميركي-يفضح-تدخلات-إيران-في-العر/

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An imminent economic setback awaits Iraq

 

 

Al Jazeera Net-Baghdad

Since 25 October, there have been demonstrations of repression and procrastination that have left material losses, which has compounded the economic collapse that is a major cause of the protests.

Despite similar views on the legality of the demonstrations calling for fighting corruption and improving living conditions by all parties, as Vice President of the Parliament Bashir Haddad told Al Jazeera Net, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi blamed the financial losses - which amounted to six billion dollars in various sectors during October October alone - Protesters deny economist Hammam al-Shamaa, who blames the government's solutions on what he calls satisfactory rather than reformative, as a patchwork to calm protests and silence protesters.

Bashir Haddad confirmed that all political parties agree on the legality of the demonstrations

Direct impact
According to al-Shamaa, there is a direct impact reflected by the ongoing protests in the country caused by the state's actions in the face of demonstrations of the cut off the Internet, but the candle does not consider the return of the severance is very negative, attributing the reason that Iraq is a non-electronic country and therefore the damage is relatively limited , Which is compounded by some government measures that have significantly reduced losses.

The company estimated "NetBlox" losses of cutting the Internet on the Iraqi economy by one billion and 358 million dollars during the past month, accounting for nearly half of the country's total output.

Haddad goes on to support Shamma's view that the government's crackdown on demonstrations has doubled the disruption of public and private facilities, which has affected the government's economic performance in general. Things do not seem complicated at the moment, but, with the escalation of repression, they may be dragged into a larger economic slide. If the government does not take real correct and urgent actions.

 

The expected setback
for future economic problems is expected and expected, according to Shammaa, and the reason is due to the satisfactory measures adopted by the government to calm the protesters, which will go towards a large increase in spending and its disaster will appear in the budget of 2020.

`` Meeting the demands of the demonstrators is the real impact on the economy.We are talking about an unprecedented increase in the number of employees and retirees, and about the big disaster if there is the payment of salaries to the unemployed, the grant will include about one million people, which will strain the economy more.

Haddad agreed, saying that the government is obliged to compensate the losses caused by the demonstrations, which will be borne by the investment side in the next budget through the performance of all projects, especially infrastructure, leading to an unprecedented budget deficit.

Iraqi parliamentarian Dhafer al-Ani did not go far from what Shamaa and Haddad showed, stressing that most of the investment companies that entered work in Iraq recently - especially oil - will start recalculating again and may leave the workplace, a paragraph added to the future deterioration of the economy.

All specialists agree that the reduction of expenses is the only way out of economic crises, which went to Shamaa, considering the reduction of expenses to protect from the economic catastrophe imminent from the Iraqi treasury, touching on the most prominent practical solutions.

He pointed to the need to cancel the privileges of senior officials, especially in the three presidencies, and freeze the protection varied between 100-200 people per minister or parliamentarian current or former, with a fleet of cars with their expenses and the need to reduce the directives of the general managers.

Along with all these adjustments, Shamaa asserts that the biggest depletion of the budget is in the so-called “space staff” (mock names paid with salaries), meaning more than a million salaries, all of which go to officials.

 

He stressed that the Iraqi government refuses to deposit salaries bank because this procedure will expose, which is the same reason why not want to conduct an e-government because it will reveal the numbers of illusory and those behind them and those who go their money.

He concludes by saying that Iraq will witness a frightening deficit in the coming budgets because of the officials trying to maintain their positions.

Chandler felt that the "Return of staff" attrition are the largest budget  (island)

More worthy punishment
and thus surprising contradictions of the use of the law is misplaced, as seen legal Mohammed al - Amiri adviser , who said that the government of Prime Minister punish demonstrators in accordance with Article 197 of the Iraqi Penal Law No. 111 of 1969, which provides for the death penalty or life imprisonment for each of the demolition or Severely damaged public buildings or property.

Al-Amiri adds that the government imposes this severe punishment on the demonstrators because they are harming the Iraqi economy as a result of this sabotage, while it is a matter of the first that the government punishes its members because it wasted billions due to wrong decisions.

Al-Amiri continues to say that if the government is keen on the people's money and to activate the law, it must punish itself before punishing citizens by exposing many local companies to financial losses estimated at millions of dollars.He assures that the affected companies can file civil suits against the prime minister and take their full rights under the law.

Source: Al Jazeera

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Monday 18 November 2019 01:14 PM

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Iran's documents reveal: Maliki is the "favorite man" and has good relations with various ministers

 

 

Baghdad / ... The New York Times, in an investigation published recently, that the former Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was for Iran "favorite man", while talking about the nature of the relationship of former Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Tehran, according to `` leaked documents `` The newspaper said it got it.

"The rise of ISIS in 2014 was driving a wedge between the Obama administration and a large group of Iraqi political class. Obama pushed for the overthrow of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as a condition for renewed US military support," the paper said in its investigation.

Obama said at the time, according to the newspaper, "believes that the policies of Maliki and the crackdowns against the Iraqi Sunnis has helped in the rise of militants."

"Maliki, who lived in exile in Iran in the 1980s, was favored by Tehran. His replacement, British-educated Haider al-Abadi, was seen as more friendly to the West and less sectarian. In the face of uncertainty for a prime minister, the paper said. Hassan Danifar, Iran's ambassador at the time, called for a secret meeting of senior officials at the Iranian embassy, a huge fortified building outside Baghdad's Green Zone.

"As the meeting progressed, it became clear that the Iranians had no reason to worry about the new Iraqi government."

On the former foreign minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the paper said that "he was classified and in leaked documents, such as Mr. Abdul Mahdi, has (a special relationship) with Iran. Always with foreign countries based on Iraq's interests. "

"Iran has relied on the loyalty of many cabinet members," the newspaper said.

The Iranian documents, written between 2014 and 2017, described the ministers of municipalities, communications and human rights as "in perfect harmony and one with us and our people," noting that the environment minister "works with us," even though he is a Sunni. From Iran.

As for the Iraqi Minister of Higher Education, Iranian leaked documents say: "We will not have a problem with him."

"Bayan Jabor, the former transport minister, received General Soleimani at his office. Suleimani told him that Iran needed access to Iraqi airspace to transport aircraft loaded with weapons and other supplies to support the regime of Bashar al-Assad in his fight against the US-backed insurgents."

"This request put Mr. Jabr at the center of the long-running rivalry between the United States and Iran. Obama administration officials were pressing hard to persuade Iraqis to stop Iranian flights through their airspace, but the Iraqi transport minister found it face to face that it was impossible to refuse."

Jabr said, according to the newspaper, that "General Soleimani came to me and asked to allow Iranian aircraft to use Iraqi airspace to pass to Syria," according to one of the cables. Minister of Transport did not hesitate, and General Soleimani seemed happy. I put my hand on my eyes and I said, "On my eyes !, then got up and approached me and before my forehead."

Former minister Bayan Jabr confirmed the meeting with General Soleimani, but said that "flights from Iran to Syria carry humanitarian supplies and religious pilgrims traveling to Syria to visit holy sites, not weapons and military supplies to help Assad, as US officials believe."

"Since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003, Iran has advanced as a protector of Shiites in Iraq. General Soleimani has used more than anyone else the dark arts of espionage and clandestine military action to ensure that Shiite power remains on the rise. "The Sunnis are permanently deprived of their rights and look to other groups, such as ISIS, to protect them."

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NATO General: What is happening in Iraq is an absolute tragedy and we will not see a change in one year

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BAGHDAD -
The head of the NATO mission in Iraq, General Danny Fortin, at the end of his year-long mission, that the violence in the anti-government protests "an absolute tragedy."
"NATO continues to urge the Iraqi government to show restraint in the past six weeks, which was an absolute tragedy," said Canadian General Fortin, who heads a mission of advisors and trainers. "This will take 20 or 30 years. ".
Fortin believes that the Iraqi army is suffering "atrophy" after the bloody battles that ended with the defeat of "IS", pointing out that efforts to promote it is a "generation issue."
Fortin warned that NATO's operations have suffered "setbacks" over the past few months, including protests and rising tensions between the United States and Iran.
Founded a year ago, UNAMI provides advice and training to Iraqi forces at three military institutes, but Fortin said it was not authorized to train troops to combat demonstrations and riots.
General Fortin will succeed Gen. Jennie Carnan, who will lead about 580 people at the end of November, including partners from non-NATO countries such as Australia, Sweden and Finland.
US, European and NATO forces are still deployed in Iraq to advise and train security forces.
Iraqi security forces have come under fire in recent weeks for using live bullets and tear gas to repel protesters.
Government organizations also accused her of improperly firing tear gas from close range, leading to "horrific" deaths and injuries by penetrating the skulls.
For the second consecutive month, Iraq has witnessed large-scale demonstrations against corruption, unemployment and lack of basic services, accompanied by riots and clashes between security forces and protesters, including sniper operations, which the government denies responsibility for.