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

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Your country is STILL on FIRE ! MOVE FASTER . . . ALLOT FASTER ! ! !

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Sunday، 03 November 2019 02:03 AM

Tehran fury as Iraq’s Shiite leadership rejects Iranian ‘interference’

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44559/Tehran-fury-as-Iraq-s-Shiite-leadership-rejects-Iranian-interference

 

The mass demonstrations in Iraq have heightened tensions between Najaf’s supreme religious authority, led by Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Al-Sistani, and Iran’s supreme religious leader Ali Khamenei, sources close to Sistani told Arab News on Saturday.
Baghdad and nine southern Shiite-dominated provinces have been witnessing mass demonstrations since Oct. 1 as people protest over corruption, unemployment and lack of daily basic life services.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi and his Iranian-backed allies led a brutal crackdown on demonstrations in its first week, killing around 150 protesters and wounding 7,000 others.
The demonstrations stopped for two weeks but returned last Friday after Abdul Mahdi vowed under local and international pressure not to use live ammunition. Despite this commitment, more than 250 demonstrators were killed and more than 6,000 wounded, mostly in Baghdad and Basra.
Most demonstrators in Baghdad and Basra were killed by tear gas canisters, while in the other provinces by gunfire of guards of political parties and armed factions, whose headquarters had come under attack from protesters.
Demonstrators’ demands increased to include the overthrow of the government and early national parliamentary elections preceded by a change in the election law and the appointment of a new election commission.
Iraqi political forces and armed factions backed by Iran would be the biggest losers if the demands of the demonstrators are met, top senior officials and politicians said.
Sistani is the leader of the world’s Shiite community and is the most influential man in Iraq, considered the godfather of the political process since 2003. Although there are many religious and sectarian points that he and Khamenei share, Sistani does not adopt the theory of velayat-e faqih and does not recognize absolute right of the clergy to control the state.
The two men have been at odds over managing the situation in Iraq for years, but it turned into a rupture a year and a half ago, according to Sistani’s associates.
The dispute resurfaced last Wednesday, when Khamenei demanded in a public statement that the demonstrations in Iraq and Lebanon end. Many Iranian clerics have accused Iraqi demonstrators of being in the pay of Israel, America and Britain during their sermons at Friday prayers in the past few weeks.
Sistani, in an open letter read by his representative, Sayyed Ahmed Al-Safi, in Friday prayers said that no one is a guardian of the Iraqis and that no person or group or regional or international party has the right to impose their will on them or determine their choices regarding the management of their country or the reforms that they want.
Sistani’s message “irritated Khamenei and worried his allies in Iraq,” Iraqi politicians and sources close to Sistani told Arab News.
“The message was earth-shattering,” a top senior Iraqi official said. “No one, especially Khamenei, expected that Sistani would announce his rejection of their intervention in this way.
“Iran threw all its weight behind Abdul Mahdi. They believe that this government is their government and they cannot allow it to fall.
“Any early election or amendment to the election law would mean losing the control of their local allies over the country, which they would not allow.
“They (the Iraqi forces backed by Iran) are currently rejecting any solutions to get out of the crisis and any activation of the constitutional procedures that can dismantle the crisis, means launching an endless cycle of violence because they they have weapons and power.”
Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards who runs Iran’s operations in Iraq, arrived in Baghdad on Thursday and asked to meet Sistani on Saturday to discuss the latest developments and try to calm the situation between Najaf and Tehran, sources close to Sistani said.
“Sayyed Sistani’s office agreed to his request to meet,” the sources said.
“Sistani now has an interest in meeting him to tell him directly about their displeasure with Iranian positions.
“Although Sistani stopped meeting with any of Sayyed Khamenei’s envoys more than a year and a half ago, now the country’s interest requires his meeting Soleimani.
“Their groups (Iranian-backed forces) are ready to burn the country and the message must reach them clearly.
“The Iranians must take their hands off the demonstrators and curb their groups.”
 

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[Donziman]

The old phrase  SNAFU seems to fit this situation perfectly....

[cranman]

36 minutes ago, Donziman said:

The old phrase  SNAFU seems to fit this situation perfectly....

Yes it does!

[boosterbglee]

Hopefully Not.....FUBAR🙀

[keylime]

Pressure not only breaks pipes but it can break some heads too. 

[horsesoldier]

Looks like Martyrs Day will be a little more crowded.

 

With a population with no jobs, no prospects, no future; they're not going away and they won't stop protesting because the have nothing to lose.

 

Wise up GOI ( & Iran ), you can't win this unless you have enough ammunition to kill 38 million people.

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Iraq calls on all parties not to interfere in its internal affairs

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 02 Nov 2019 03:58 PM

Direct: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry called on all parties to abide by the principle of respect for sovereignty and non-interference in Iraqi internal affairs .

The ministry confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday that the Iraqi government respects the will of Iraqis to claim their rights, according to the Iraqi News Agency "conscious".

The ministry said: "With the continued popular protests calling for reform and the issuance of statements from foreign countries and international organizations, the Iraqi government affirms respect for the will of Iraqis to claim their rights guaranteed by the Iraqi Constitution in Articles 38, 39 and 40, which prove the right of Iraqis to choose their government according to To the contexts in force in the Iraqi democratic system and the rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution to freedom of expression and without prejudice to public order and morals . "

She added that this comes as a comment on the reactions issued by foreign parties regarding the current situation in Iraq.

"The government stresses what was stated in the religious reference speech on Friday, November 1, which affirms that respect for the will of Iraqis to determine the political and administrative system of their country through a referendum on the constitution and periodic elections to the House of Representatives."

She added that Iraq stresses that the necessary reform is entrusted to the choice of the Iraqi people in all its spectrums and colors from the extreme country to the maximum, and not any person, group, orientation, or any regional or international party to confiscate the will of Iraqis in this, and imposes His opinion on them.

The demonstrations have erupted two weeks ago in the streets of Iraq, to protest against the deterioration of living conditions, and high unemployment.

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Saleh and Maliki stress the need to maintain peaceful demonstrations in Iraq

Barham Saleh

 02 Nov 2019 04:51 PM

Direct: The President of the Republic of Iraq, Barham Saleh, and the President of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki the need to maintain the peaceful demonstrations .

Barham Saleh met with Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday to follow up on the political and security situation in the country and measures that would contribute to meeting the demands of the demonstrators, according to the Iraqi News Agency "conscious ".

The two sides stressed the need to maintain peaceful demonstrations and not to disturb security and the continued paralysis of state institutions, schools, universities, oil companies and ports and to accelerate the implementation of the reform packages announced by the government and won the confidence of representatives of the people in the House of Representatives .

He called on both sides, all political forces and mass events to support them and that all be aware and miss the opportunity on the enemies and the grave of sedition .

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry today called on all parties to abide by the principle of respect for sovereignty and non-interference in Iraqi internal affairs .

The demonstrations have erupted two weeks ago in the streets of Iraq, to protest against the deterioration of living conditions, and high unemployment .

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Deputy: Abdul-Mahdi hit the selection committee of candidates for independent bodies to give up and bow to the political blocs

Political | 07:51 - 02/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
, a lawmaker from the coalition of state law Mohammed Shi'a Sudanese, on Saturday, that confusion and government failure continues to file candidates for independent bodies, while noting that the Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi hit the work of a specialized committee to study the file of candidates to disregard and acquiesce to the political blocs.
Al-Sudani said in a statement received by Mawazine News that it coincided with the popular protests that started more than two weeks ago in Baghdad and the provinces calling for ending the quota system, fighting corruption, achieving social justice and providing services. Responding to the demands of the blood-soaked masses, and in order to preserve our children, we find that the quota system is still in the nomination and approval of special grades and ugliest forms accompanied by a clear systematic targeting of professionals and independent by ending their assignment in most ministries and institutions indicating The government mess and subject to the influence of corrupt ministries divested in order to install the pillars of deep states on behalf of state institutions rule over and Tnka from the inside, which exacerbates the failure and corruption already in government departments. "
Today, the government has proved; in more than one occasion, the lack of credibility in dealing with this vital file, which aims to nominate independent professional departments with experience, adequacy, know-how and away from suspicions of corruption and indicators of accountability and justice, which the criteria set by the government on more than one occasion and formed specialized committees _ the last It was headed by the President of the Board of Financial Supervision Acting Chairman of the Commission on Integrity and membership of the Directors General in the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and the Commission on Integrity and the Office of Financial Supervision, Accountability and Justice These new committees have also provided their advice with all professionalism and independence, but unfortunately the Council of Ministers hit the opinion of the competent committee to respond to the desire of political blocs in the quota and nominations built on deals and gain loyalty in this or that site, to be chosen weak figures for important and specialized sites despite From that these characters did
He pointed out, "This approach enhances the general orientation of citizens demanding reform and confirms that there is no glimmer of hope looming on the horizon of this government, which adopted a quota approach as a method of running the state, which has suffered from this for sixteen years. Corruption. "
He continued, "This determination of the government makes us in a surprising position of this adherence to the wrong march push us away from the aspirations and hopes of the people, and today we have full responsibility in the House of Representatives to address this wrong approach in building the state, and at the same time we ask the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to provide us with standards Approved when appointing directors and special grades and minutes of the committees to evaluate the curriculum vitae of candidates to inform the House of Representatives on the nomination mechanism falls on the political blocs _ which called for reform and professionalism and citizenship and equal opportunities _ national and moral responsibility to translate these trends The proportion of the corrupt who insist on corruption through their approach is the same way that leads the state to the unknown.Wherever the boldness of the corrupt and insolent insistence marked the beginning of their collapse, they will not withstand the voice of the conscious people who gave an important opportunity for the political forces to repair the flaws of this political system.
He continued: "We are confident that the blood of the martyrs that fell in the demonstrations and the suffering and suffering of the wounded and the steadfastness of peaceful demonstrators in the yards of protest will have the greatest impact in achieving victory and the aspirations of the people of the reform of the political system and the launch of a strong and confident and hope for a bright tomorrow in the building of the Iraqi state. 29 / h

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Sadr leaves Iraq for Iran on a surprise visit

Political | 09:19 - 03/11/2019

 

 

 

 

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Sadr's leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, left the city of Najaf overnight for Iran after returning from Iraq last week and appearing among demonstrators in Najaf driving his car, Iranian sources said.
"Sadr is on his way to Iran on an Iranian plane from Najaf," said Iranian journalist Farid Madrasi on his own account via Twitter. "He will go to the religious city of Qom, 100 kilometers from the Iranian capital, Tehran."
He explained that "the visit of Sadr" sudden "comes after he returned to Iraq last Tuesday from the city of Qom, where he appeared in Najaf among the demonstrators calling for the overthrow of the Iraqi government."
Iranian sources did not reveal the reasons for the visit of Sadr to Iran again, while escalating protests in Iraq, noting that he visits Qom from time to time for family and religious reasons.
But his visit this time comes in light of the unrest in Mesopotamia, especially in the southern provinces on the one hand, and in the conflict between the position of Sadr and Iran, which is happening in Iraq on the other hand, where the leader of the Sadrist movement calls for the resignation of the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi, while calling on Tehran to It remains a vacuum, accusing the United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel of riding the wave of protests in Iraq and Lebanon.
While calling on Iran to pay attention to the demands of the demonstrators, at the same time accuses the three parties mentioned above as "aimed at weakening the stable government and portray the religious authority and legal parties as corrupt to the people" in Iraq, according to statements by the President of the Iranian Presidential Office, Mahmoud Vaazi, last Wednesday .
For his part, the leader of the Sadrist movement in a statement, last Wednesday, a day after his return to Iraq, demanding the resignation of Abdul-Mahdi, in response to calls and statements made by several blocs supporting the Iraqi government within the coalition "conquest", which represents the political wing of " Popular Mobilization, "which considered that the resignation of the government will deepen the crisis and that it is not a solution.
Sadr said in a statement: "O rebel people, we received a response to what we said yesterday, that the resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi will deepen the crisis, I say: not resignation will not inject blood, not resignation will make Iraq Syria and Yemen."

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Anti-riot forces cordon around Secretary-General Hamid al-Ghazi's home in Shatra

Political | 11:22 - 02/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 

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Pictures .. Tahrir Square at noon today

Local | 02:54 - 03/11/2019

 

 

 

 

 

Pictures .. Tahrir Square at noon today

 

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Saleh: This week will witness the completion of the new election law

14:41 - 03/11/2019

 

  

Information / Baghdad

President of the Republic Barham Saleh, on Sunday, reiterated that this week will witness the completion of the new election law, considering that peaceful demonstrations are an opportunity to correct the political track in Iraq .

Saleh said in a statement received / information / copy, on the sidelines of his meeting with the heads and representatives of trade unions and organizations, that "the ongoing work in the presidency of the Republic to prepare a new draft electoral law will be completed and submitted to the House of Representatives this week."

He added, "The new bill allows to ensure respect for the views of voters and achieve justice in the competition for access to the House of Representatives, as well as change the Electoral Commission of another commission on purely professional grounds and away from politicization and party loyalties."

The President of the Republic, in the discussion and dialogue with the audience, that “the peaceful nature of the demonstrations, which were enshrined in the values of true patriotism and the determination of Iraqis to evaluate the course of the political process is helping to further hard work, which can make Iraq and the system of governance within a sound democratic framework Appropriate ground for the elimination of corruption and the initiation, progress and upgrading of the State. ” Finished 25 h

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Saleh: The new election law is completed this week

Political | 02:22 - 03/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD -
The President of the Republic, Barhan Saleh, said Sunday, that the completion of the draft new election law this week.
"President Barham Salih met at the Peace Palace in Baghdad today with the heads and representatives of trade unions and organizations," a presidential statement said.
The statement added, "President Saleh listened through a frank and open dialogue, to the views of the audience on the protest movement and demands and how to work on the situation in Baghdad and a number of provinces to be the key to a real and radical reform of the political process and the system of government in the country."
In this context, the President of the Republic that "the ongoing work in the presidency to prepare a new draft election law will be completed and submitted to the House of Representatives this week."
He pointed out that "the law allows the new draft law to ensure respect for the views of voters and achieve justice in the competition for access to the House of Representatives, as well as change the Electoral Commission in another commission on purely professional grounds and away from politicization and party loyalties."
The President of the Republic, said that "the peaceful nature of the demonstrations, which were enshrined in the values of true nationalism and the determination of Iraqis to evaluate the course of the political process is helping further hard work, which can make Iraq and the system of governance in a sound democratic framework and to provide the appropriate ground to eliminate corruption and begin building State, progress and uplift. "

[yota691]

Hoshyar Abdullah: Many Officials Have Started Relocating Their Relatives To Other Places In Conjunction With The Intifada

On November 2, 2019

 

 

(Independent) .. MP Hoshyar Abdullah disclosed that the higher authorities in most of the ministries in addition to the Council of Ministers issued orders to transfer relatives and friends to other places to coincide with the popular uprising because they believe that their ship will sink after a few days, stressing that the national and moral duty imposed on the House of Representatives Allow these actions to pass.

Abdullah said in a statement today: `` The highest authorities in most ministries have started shamelessly to issue administrative orders to move relatives, friends and their entourage to other places in conjunction with the people's uprising, because they believe that their ship will sink within a few days and do not hope to stay in their positions. ''

He explained, "Some of the transport orders issued by the Council of Ministers and special grades to be passed through the House of Representatives in the same way Almhasasih through which was passed members of the Federal Service Council."

 

Abdullah said: "The Iraqi people must know the details of what is going on behind the scenes by some of the beneficial officials who have shaken their thrones and the intifada has become terrified," calling on members of the House of Representatives: "Rejection of what happens from the favoritism in the transfer of these and not to pass the names of special grades out of our duty We stand against this quota as we live in this historic moment. ”

He stressed that "every drop of blood poured from the youth rising up in our neck in the world and the hereafter if we remain silent and accept this shameful situation constantly," stressing that "What brought Iraq to what it is today is Mahsasp and patronage and affiliation and not the parliamentary system, the solution in ending the quota and not replace the system Parliamentary System of the Presidential System ”.

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President of the Republic: the introduction of the new election law to parliament this week

Release date:: 2019/11/14 14:14 • 257 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) President of the Republic Barham Saleh, at the Peace Palace in Baghdad on Sunday, heads and representatives of trade unions and organizations.

Saleh, according to a presidential statement, "through open and open dialogue, to the views of the audience on the protest movement and demands and how to work to be the situation in Baghdad and a number of provinces key to real and radical reform of the political process and the system of government in the country."
In this context, the President of the Republic that "the ongoing work in the presidency to prepare a new election law will be completed and submitted to the House of Representatives this week, and allows the new draft law to ensure respect for the views of voters and achieve justice in the competition for access to the House of Representatives , As well as changing the Electoral Commission to another commission on purely professional grounds and away from politicization and partisan loyalties. "
The President of the Republic, in the discussion and dialogue with the audience, that "the peaceful nature of the demonstrations, which were enshrined in the values of true patriotism and the determination of Iraqis to evaluate the course of the political process is helping to further hard work, which can make Iraq and the system of governance in a sound democratic framework The appropriate ground to eradicate corruption and begin to build, progress and raise the state. "

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Iraqis call for boycott of Iranian goods

 

BAGHDAD - Ahmed al-Naimi

November 3, 2019

 

Iraqi activists and bloggers launched a massive campaign on  social networking sites to boycott  Iranian goods in Iraq, in conjunction with similar slogans in demonstrations in  Baghdad and cities in the south and center of the country under the label "Khalis Takhis" in protest against the Iranian intervention in the country, which they described as destructive and harmful to the unity of Iraqi society and its future. Hours after statements by Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, he described the demonstrations in Iraq as a riot and called for an end to them.
The volume of trade exchange between Iraq and Iran more than $ 12 billion annually, where Iraq imports most of its agricultural, industrial and construction needs except gas and gasoline from Iran since the US invasion of the country, with the incomprehensible paralysis so far in the Iraqi productive sectors, especially agriculture and industry.

Experts considered that the success of boycotting Iranian goods across Iraq would be a blow to the Iranian economy, which is falling apart mainly because of US sanctions, especially as the Iraqi market is the largest consumer market for Iranian goods in the region.

Economist Momen al-Zubaidi says that "the boycott of Iranian goods would result in significant losses on the Iranian economy if it actually implemented Iran's financial imports from exporting its goods to Iraq and threatened to decline after it aspired to raise them to $ 20 billion annually as a trade exchange for many goods and products."
Zubaidi adds to the "new Arab" that the large popular reactions and response to the campaign may create a crisis in the Iraqi market, where Iranian goods are piling up if the boycott campaign is applied on a large scale.

Tehran has taken over the Iraqi market since 2003, in front of other competitors such as China, Turkey and other countries at a time when Iraq's foreign trade is about $ 40 billion annually, mostly with Iran.

According to strategist Abdul Ghaffar Daoudi, "Iran controls the Iraqi market completely through its arms, militias and ruling parties loyal to it in Baghdad. The Iraqi market contributed to the growth of the Iranian economy by about 12% during the past year because Iranian goods do not find consumers in countries other than Iraq because of its poor ", As he put it.

`` Iran 's economy and foreign trade at this particular time after the US sanctions depend entirely on the Iraqi market and any comprehensive boycott inside Iraq will deal a fatal blow that Iran will not be able to recover from for years and will inevitably increase popular tension inside Iran and may be exposed to unprecedented economic collapse.' '

Activists, for their part, strongly urged a boycott of Iranian goods, considering it an important public measure to punish Iran for what it has done in Iraq since 2003, its continued interventions and its contribution to the killing of Iraqis and support for corrupt parties in Baghdad.

The Iranian goods boycott

"Boycott Iranian goods. Every amount you pay to buy Iranian goods they buy a weapon to kill you," he wrote.

Meanwhile, Talal al-Haddad called on "all the free people of Iraq to strike and boycott Iranian goods and declare a boycott of all Iranian products in front of the crimes of the Mongols of the times."

The Iraqi Ghaith said that "the boycott campaign came after Khamenei considered the demonstrations in Iraq riots and chaos, demanding the demonstrators to change according to the constitutional frameworks what some protesters considered blatant interference in the affairs of their country."

The writer Mohsen Al-Ramli said on his official page, "Free and conscious youth ask us to carry out a comprehensive and long-term awareness campaign to boycott Iranian goods. ".

During his visit to Iraq in January 2019, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced his country's intention to increase trade with Iraq to $ 20 billion annually by 2020.

Iraq imports from Iran dairy products, fruits, canned food and construction materials such as cement, bricks, rebar, fertilizers, agricultural pesticides, fabrics, cars, poultry and electrical, as well as petrochemicals, liquid gas and many other products, most of which are poor or expired
The campaign comes in conjunction with anger and unprecedented Iraqi outrage against the continued Iranian interventions was evident during the recent demonstrations, especially after the statements of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, which abused the demonstrators in Iraq, observers said.

 

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 Iraq news

Sunday، 03 November 2019 12:14 AM

MP: Iraqi officials send their families, amid raging protests

 

A number of senior Iraqi officials are reportedly sending their families out of the country in fear of further deterioration of the situation amid growing protests in Baghdad, an MP claimed.

In a press release on Saturday, MP Hoshyar Abdullah said senior Iraqi officials are convinced that “their boat is about to sink”.

Moreover, Abdullah described the protests as a “national uprising” which has scared the Iraqi officials. “Therefore they have moved their families somewhere else.”

Violent protests in Baghdad and southern provinces of Iraq have left over 250 people killed with thousands more injured and arrests since early October when people took to the streets to call for jobs and better public services with measures to fight corruption.

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/44556/MP-Iraqi-officials-send-their-families-amid-raging-protests

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"We are children of this nation": meet the women of Iraq's protests

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Rudaw

 

BAGHDAD, Iraq— Women are playing key roles at the forefront of the protests which have swept across the nation. 

In Baghdad, Rudaw spoke to several women, many of them students, who have volunteered their time to care for both the wounded and their city. 

One protester has been tending to the injured from dawn until dusk, but refused to speak to the media. Others have been ferrying food to protesters and cleaning up the streets. 

Many were fearful of how their families would react. 

“We are the children of this nation,” one woman told Rudaw. “We carry the responsibility to support them [the male protesters],” she added. 

Others have decorated the streets of Baghdad with revolutionary art and tributes to the fallen. 

"We have painted the murals black as a reminder of our many martyrs," a protester told Rudaw's Halkawt Aziz. 

Rudaw English was informed via Whatsapp that one protester, Dr Saba al-Mahadawi, was kidnapped in Baghdad on November 2. Her fate remains unknown.  

More than 250 people are said to have died since initial demonstrations began on October 1, according to the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR). Initially focused on grievances over corruption, unemployment and other issues, protesters are now calling for a new government.

 

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The removal of the name "Khomeini" from Najaf .. By the Iraqis do not sanctify Iran anymore

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Baghdad - Writings

Rejecting unprecedented interventions in Iraqi affairs, dominating the country's decisions and capabilities and contributing to the killing of demonstrators, the Iraqis decided to openly rebel and prevent any manifestations of rapprochement with Iran.

This was what the revolutionaries did when they decided on Sunday, November 3, 2019, with the announcement of the strike, the largest in the country's history, to oust the name of one of the symbols of the Iranian revolution from the streets of the city.

The revolutionaries said that by the order of the people, the name of "Imam Khomeini Street" in Najaf was changed to "Tishreen Revolution Martyrs Street".

This was welcomed by activists and demonstrators, stressing that no Khomeini and no sanctity for anybody except the people and Iraq.

https://kitabat.com/news/إزالة-اسم-الخميني-من-النجف-بأمر-العرا/

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Iranian goods pile up in stores after the boycott, and Saba al-Mahdawi's mother cries

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Baghdad - Writings

With the success of the general strike targeting large areas in most of the provinces of Iraq on Sunday, November 3, 2019, Iraqis continued on another path aimed at disciplining the state that supports the killing and the use of excessive violence against the rebels.

Activists and politicians on social media and local and international media confirmed the success of the popular boycott of Iranian goods even though it started three days ago.

According to what was leaked, the commercial goods from Iran to the Iraqi markets filled the stores and jammed after traders decided not to buy them to participate in the demonstrators in their demands.

Meanwhile, the mother of the activist Saba al-Mahdawi, on Sunday, launched a distress cry to recover her daughter, who was kidnapped by armed militiamen.

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According to activists on social networking sites, Saba is an Iraqi young woman who carries the concerns of the homeland and works as an activist and transports aid to the youth of Tahrir Square.

This prompted activists to launch a hashtag on the social networking site "Twitter" under the title "# Win_Saba"; in order to reach the young Iraqi girl quickly before being abused.

https://kitabat.com/news/البضائع-الإيرانية-تتكدس-في-المخازن-بع/

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The Observer view on Iraq protests and western indifference

 

Iran’s determination to shore up Iraq’s unpopular government does not augur well for democracy in the Middle East

 

Sun 3 Nov 2019 06.30 GMT Last modified on Sun 3 Nov 2019 08.29 GMT

Observer editorial

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/03/observer-view-on-iraq