Iraq .. Barham Salih sets the specifications for the next prime minister

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Legal expert confirms: What happened to the activists is "kidnappings" and not arrest

 

 

Baghdad / ... Legal expert Ali al-Tamimi, said Thursday, that the absence of activists over the past few days were kidnappings and not legal arrests.

Al-Tamimi told "Eye of Iraq News," that "there was no kidnapping, this is a non-governmental and the law says that the arrest or arrest only by a decision of the investigating judge in the sense that the body that takes activists and interrogated with them is a non-governmental", noting that " The state should investigate to find out these actors, especially in cooperation with the released activists who were kidnapped to find out who is kidnapped and called the "deep state" and here is a disaster to be a state within the state.

"This is not only a kidnapping, it is a compound kidnapping because that body is not a state, nor is it a gang, since the gangs demand a ransom in return for release," he said.

It is noteworthy that many activists in the demonstrations and in various governorates have been kidnapped during the past period and by unknown armed parties, while some of them who talked about being held by an unknown security agency for interrogation on various charges, most notably receiving support from abroad, while not Official authorities never comment on these incidents. Finished 2

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Iranian products pile up in Iraqi shops and Basra tribes shouting against Abdul Mahdi and Sadr

 Wednesday 20 November 2019

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Video footage shows some protesters detained by armed militias were brutally tortured before being released on Wednesday evening, November 20, 2019.

This was shown by pictures of a Karbala demonstrator who was released after being tortured by armed militias roaming in pickups.

 

  

The tribesmen in Basra shouted with the demonstrators in their sit-in, against Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, describing him as "corrupt", as well as chanting slogans against Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist movement, "Sadr Mo and Iyana and prayed for tenderness."

# Basra . Muqtada Mo and Iyana and prayed for Hanana. #The_Organization_Truth_Truth #Tourna_Continue_To_Restore_Home # 25_Truth_Truth_Iraq #Light_Take_Right # Want_Home pic.twitter.com/62AHD9shYn

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In the meantime, activists said that Iranian products jammed in shops in Baghdad and the provinces unprecedented with the refusal of the Iraqi citizen to buy them in implementation of campaigns calling for a boycott.

https://kitabat.com/news/المنتجات-الإيرانية-تتكدس-في-المحال-ال/

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Urgent Haitham al-Jubouri: the reshuffle of the Ministry of 13 ministries, including 3 sovereigns

Release date:: 2019-11-20 22:55 • 1519 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) MP Haitham al-Jubouri revealed that the expected reshuffle will affect 13 ministries in the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Jubouri said Euphrates that "the amendment includes 3 sovereign ministries," pointing out that "the candidates will not be nominated by the political blocs and be independent."

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Abadi: The people have not been suppressed since 2003 as they are now

Release date:: 2019-11-20 23:56 • 485 times read

BAGHDAD: The head of the victory coalition, Haider al-Abadi, criticized the continued repression of the authorities to the demonstrators.

Abadi said in an interview about the government and demonstrations in the country against the political class since last October, he "stands against the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi because of the killing of Iraqi demonstrators."
He stressed that "his parliamentary team insists on questioning the government and calls for early elections."
Commenting on the confrontation of protesters, Abadi said that "there has been no repression of the people since 2003, as is happening now," adding that "there was no such killing of demonstrators" during his presidency.
He called for the release of the abductees and the preservation of public freedoms.
Asked about his quest to return to power, the former prime minister said: "I am not seeking to succeed Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to rule."

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Spokesman for Abdul-Mahdi: There is no truth about the losses in the Tahrir and Khalani squares

Date: 2019/11/21 14:03 • 172 times read

BAGHDAD: A spokesman for the commander of the armed forces, Adel Abdul Mahdi, denied on Thursday, some media reports about casualties among the demonstrators in Tahrir and Khalani yards in Baghdad.

Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf said in a statement received by the Euphrates News, a copy of it, that "there is no truth to the fabricated news reported by some media about the losses in the Tahrir and Khalani Square."
"There was no friction between the security forces and the demonstrators," he said.
International news agencies quoted Iraqi officials today as saying that three demonstrators were killed and 37 others were injured when they dispersed from the security forces in Baghdad's demonstration yards.

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Parliamentary bloc: no solution to the current crisis unless the resignation of the government of Mahdi

Political | 02:38 - 21/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News
confirmed the parliamentary bloc of goodness, Thursday, that the current crisis can not be solved only by the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.
The head of the bloc, MP Mohammed al-Khalidi, said that "the political blocs are trying to circumvent the directives and speeches of Najaf reference," stressing: "There is no solution to the current crisis only with the resignation of the government of Abdul-Mahdi, especially after the bloodshed in the streets."
Khalidi added that "the agreement that came out of the house of the leader of the movement of wisdom Ammar al-Hakim did not provide anything tangible for the street or even for the reference, which did not stop escalation after the agreement, but will continue to escalate its tone against the government and political forces supporting it."
He stressed, "The Iraqi street announced its clear and public rejection of this agreement, while the reference depends on its position, and therefore it will go to escalation in the coming days, because the agreement does not convince any sane."

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21-11-2019 08:33 AM

Hashemi: Parliament's decisions were unable to convince the demonstrators to return to their homes

 

 

Baghdad / News

Political and security expert, Hisham al-Hashemi, on Thursday, that the decisions of the House of Representatives, was unable to convince the demonstrators to return to their homes.

Hashemi said in a tweet on the "Twitter", "The Friday sermon next may be more severe than the previous, may perhaps flog the negotiating paper, which was subjected to a lot of criticism in form and content."

He explained that "despite all the legislation and many decisions taken by the Iraqi parliament, but it did not affect the needs and demands of the demonstrators to convince them to return to their homes."

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21-11-2019 11:52 AM

Strategic expert: The demonstrators will not return to their homes only after the fall of the government of blood

 

 

Baghdad / News

The strategic expert, Basil Hussein, stressed that the deadline given by the document of political understanding, which was signed in the office of wisdom "" Jadiriya agreement ", is just a purchase of time.

Hussein said in a televised statement followed by "news", that "we do not know the secret number 45 days in the document of political understanding signed in the Office of wisdom, which was given as a deadline for the government and parliament, why not be 30 days or 60 days."

He explained, "The promises made by the document is just buying time and the street will not return to achieve its goal of bringing down the government, because it is a government of blood and the second killed about 335 people."

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21-11-2019 02:43 PM

A US official informs the KRG in Washington of its suppor t for Abdul Mahdi

 

 

Baghdad / News

An informed political source, to Khamis, that a US official arrived in the city of Erbil two days ago, and informed the Kurdistan Regional Government, that Washington is angry with them because of its position in support of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi.

A Sisi source familiar with the "news", that "a US official arrived two days ago to the city of Erbil, in order to convey a message from the White House to the Kurdistan region."

He explained that "the official stressed that Washington is angry at the support of Kurdish parties to the government of Abdul-Mahdi, and proceed with Iran's plan to keep it."

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Urgent Haitham al-Jubouri: the reshuffle of the Ministry of 13 ministries, including 3 sovereigns

Release date:: 2019-11-20 22:55 • 1519 times read

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) MP Haitham al-Jubouri revealed that the expected reshuffle will affect 13 ministries in the government of Adel Abdul Mahdi.

Jubouri said Euphrates that "the amendment includes 3 sovereign ministries," pointing out that "the candidates will not be nominated by the political blocs and be independent."

What is this reshuffling crap gonna do when Mahdi is still prime minister, nothing. Mahdi is controlled by iran and as long as he is still pm iran is going to be in control 

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Abdul Mahdi: Determined to serve our people and fight poverty and corruption

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Baghdad / morning 

 

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said that we are working to reform the country by meeting the requirements of comprehensive development and not only by responding to legitimate demands.The government in its first year faced and exceeded many problems, challenges and accumulations.We are determined to serve our country and our people and fight poverty and corruption and achieve the desired reform.

A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office received "morning" that "Abdul Mahdi, on Wednesday, a large gathering of tribal elders and dignitaries from the central and southern governorates, to deliberate on the situation in the country and reform measures and solutions and ways to enhance security and stability and meet the legitimate demands of demonstrators and the general public ".

During the meeting, the tribal sheikhs reviewed the reality of the governorates in terms of security, service and living, as well as many opinions, demands and proposals related to fighting corruption, operating stalled laboratories, providing job opportunities, supporting the ration card and compensations, in addition to calling for constitutional amendments and imposing the rule of law and the prestige of the state to preserve the state's resources and public and private property and ports. And border ports. The Prime Minister stressed that "all demands are feasible in cooperation in good times and bad and bear joint responsibility for the interest of Iraq," adding, "The tribes were in the first row in all covenants and extended the battlefields against ISIS with brave men, which is really a reference army and the people and stood with Our troops until victory. "

"The government in its first year faced and exceeded many problems, challenges and accumulations, and we are determined to serve our country and our people and fight poverty and corruption and achieve the desired reform," Mahdi said.

Regarding the demonstrations, the Prime Minister said: "The demonstrations are legitimate and the Constitution respects freedom of expression and uncovered the imbalances in the political system and the various affairs of life that must be addressed, and must provide a safe investment environment to attract companies and reduce dependence on oil and to increase resources and jobs."

He added, "When we took responsibility, we turned to rely on the Iraqi people, especially the peasants in the case of investment of the rainy season and the cultivation of grain, which achieved an increase in production rates and delivery of their dues immediately despite the financial crisis in order to ensure and encourage farmers to continue to cultivate their land in the coming seasons and strengthen the Iraqi economy." "Dependence on the state is dangerous because its monopoly on money is corrupt, so we are trying to change these contexts with a new vision."

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Victims in today's demonstrations between government denial and confirmation of sources

Political | 04:27 - 21/11/2019

 

 

 

 

BAGHDAD -
There were mixed statements about the number of victims during the demonstrations today in the capital Baghdad, while the Office of the Prime Minister denied casualties, sources pointed to the martyrdom of four demonstrators.
Major General Abdul Karim Khalaf, spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, said in an interview carried by the official channel, "there are no casualties during the demonstrations today in the fields of Khellani and Tahrir."
"Four people were killed and 48 wounded in Baghdad on Thursday after Iraqi security forces fired live bullets and tear gas at protesters near two major bridges in the capital," medical and security sources told Reuters.
The sources said, "The cause of death in both cases was a direct injury to the head live ammunition and tear gas canisters."
Earlier, police said one of the protesters was killed near al-Senak Bridge and the other near the nearby al-Ahrar bridge.
Sources in the hospital and police said that "two other people were seriously injured, one was shot and the other in the head with a tear gas bomb."
Hospital sources said some wounded protesters were hit by live ammunition while others were hit by rubber bullets and tear gas canisters.
Protesters still control parts of three main bridges in central Baghdad leading to the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign embassies.

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Iraqi forces kill 7 protesters, wound dozens more amid ongoing unrest

Kurdistan 24 |

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Demonstrators pose for a photo as they take part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Nov. 21, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Khalid al-Mousily)

 

Iraq Baghdad Iraq Protests

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi security forces killed at least seven protesters and injured dozens more during ongoing demonstrations in the capital of Baghdad, according to media reports.

Security and medical sources told Reuters that riot police had repeated their previous crackdown tactics of shooting live rounds and tear gas canisters directly at protesters, killing four and wounding 78, some of whom had been struck by rubber bullets.

Incidents are now concentrated primarily near two bridges in the capital that lead to entrances of the heavily fortified Green Zone, where many government offices and foreign missions are located.

According to Reuters, protesters in Baghdad continue to control parts of three bridges that have been a continued site of standoffs between the two sides, with many demonstrators holed up in a skeletal, multi-story building just across from one of them.

Since they began in early October, widespread national protests and the security forces' harsh response have resulted in the deaths of at least 300, while some 12,000 have been injured, according to Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights.  

On Monday, security sources said that crowds in southern Iraq had blocked the key shipping port of Umm Qasr for the second time while those in Baghdad had closed the Central Bank of Iraq.

Read More: Protestors block Umm Qasr port for second time, close Iraq’s Central Bank: officials

Demonstrators are calling for radical change in Iraq’s political system, which they say fails to address their needs but instead serves only the interests of a small governing elite and foreign countries such as Iran. They decry a lack of employment opportunities, the dismal state of public services, and widespread government corruption. 

Editing by John J. Catherine

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Protestors block Umm Qasr port for second time, close Iraq’s Central Bank: officials

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November 18-2019     01:42 PM

 

 

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Iraqi demonstrators gather in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square during ongoing anti-government demonstrations on Nov. 18, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Sabah Arar)

 

Iraq Iraq Protests Baghdad Umm Qasr

 

 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Protestors in southern Iraq have blocked the key Umm Qasr port for the second time while demonstrators in Baghdad closed the Central Bank, security officials said on Monday.

An official in Iraq’s southern Basra province told the Associated Press that protestors had “burned tires” to block roads leading to the Umm Qasr port.

Umm Qasr receives imports of grain, vegetable oils, and sugar shipments and is one of the most significant ports in Iraq.

After it was blocked in late October, the port was reopened earlier this month as operations resumed.

Demonstrators in Iraq are calling for radical change in Iraq’s political system, which they say fails to address their needs, but, rather, serves the interests of a small governing elite.

The protests over the past month reflect widespread dissatisfaction with the economy, including high levels of unemployment, the dismal state of public services, and widespread government corruption.

Elsewhere, on Monday, staff were forced to evacuate the Central Bank in Baghdad, located on Rasheed Street, as waves of protestors reached the area, the Associated Press reported.

Since they began in early October, widespread protests in Iraq have resulted in the deaths of at least 300, while some 12,000 have been injured, according to Iraq’s High Commission for Human Rights.

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi recently said the nationwide protests had pressured political groups to bring about reforms but repeated a call for an end to demonstrations, complaining that the riots are affecting the country’s economy.

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Protestors block Umm Qasr port for second time, close Iraq’s Central Bank: officials

 

 

I guess that's one way to stop the auctions....

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'Even Isis wouldn't shoot at us': medics on frontline of Baghdad protests

 

Medics risk injury and arrest to treat wounded protesters amid crackdown by security forces

 

 

Thu 21 Nov 2019 14.11 GMT

by Mohammed Rasool and Martin Chulov

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/21/even-isis-wouldnt-shoot-at-us-medics-on-frontline-of-baghdad-protests

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2019/11/21 21:57

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Government spokesman: Jadiriya meeting gave Abdul Mahdi freedom to make the biggest government change

Baghdad / Obelisk: The spokesman for the Information Office of the Prime Minister, Saad al-Hadithi, Thursday, November 21, 2019, that the meeting Jadiriya, gave the prime minister wide freedom to make "major ministerial changes."

Al-Hadithi said, in a press statement followed by the "obelisk", "This authorization prompted Abdul Mahdi to consider changes in a large number of portfolios after the number was limited to a limited number, due to the lack of confirmation by the House of Representatives that the changes to be submitted by the Council of Ministers, will be accepted Or it will be quickly changed in parliament. "

Al-Hadithi said, "The door has become fully open to Abdul Mahdi after the recent decisions, and therefore will complete a list of a number of ministerial portfolios of service and economic issues affecting the demands of demonstrators at the service level and the rest of the issues related to administrative and economic reform in state institutions and key ministries."

He pointed out that "Abdul-Mahdi, will complete the list of ministerial amendment in the near future to submit names to the House of Representatives," stressing that "will be the adoption of professional criteria in the nomination and selection in accordance with the Prime Minister's conviction, the abilities of these candidates and their potential and their curriculum vitae and career record and integrity in relation to government administration without Pressure of political blocs.

 Which will mark the beginning of a new phase in the selection process breaks the traditional mechanism that prevailed across the gate of political blocs.

Al-Hadithi reveals that "Abdul-Mahdi, was keen to ensure that the list of new names for ministerial positions take into account the requirements of the current stage, and meet the demands of the demonstrators and the fight against corruption and achieve reform and find new work mechanisms in the administrative system."

Meanwhile, the alliance of Sairon, led by Moqtada al-Sadr, to resolve the crisis of the current demonstrations in several steps, including "dismissal of the government."

"The position of those who walked is clear from the beginning regarding the current demonstrations; the demonstrators will not return to their homes, except in several steps," said coalition MP Naji Redis al-Saidi.

"These steps include the dismissal of the government, the amendment of the election law, the amendment of the electoral commission law, the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the holding of early elections, as called for by the Marjaiya, to preserve the lives of Iraqis and prevent the spread of chaos."

On Monday evening, 12 alliances and political blocs held an expanded meeting to discuss the situation in the country and come up with proposals to alleviate the crisis of the protests. The Government or the House of Representatives shall implement the said materials and steps within the indicated times.

The decisions of the meeting confirmed that the elections law, which is being talked about, includes direct election of the prime minister and governors, in addition to discussing the issue of granting broader powers to the President of the Republic.

Attendees stressed the importance of holding corrupt people accountable and referring their files to the judiciary, and obliging political forces not to interfere in the work of ministries and state institutions, as well as legislation to abolish all the privileges of senior officials and the three presidencies and special grades.

The participants called for injecting blood and respecting the lives of citizens, and holding accountable “engineers”, “saboteurs” and “criminals” according to the text of the decisions.

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US Ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Tulare - Archive

 

Washington officially intervenes on the line of crisis demonstrations in Iraq .. This is its vision ..

2019-11-21

Special - Solution Iraq

The Iraqi politician # example_alusi , on Thursday, for direct US intervention on the line of the # # demonstrations crisis in Iraq , while clarifying the position of Washington and its vision to resolve it.

Al-Alusi, told the reporter "Solution Iraq": The « American Ambassador in Baghdad # Matthew_Toller , during the days of many meetings and meetings with the three presidencies, as well as the Iraqi judiciary, and leaders of the various political blocs, to put forward the vision of the United States of America on what is happening in Iraq After the popular demonstrations ».

He pointed out that «America has now, officially intervened, on the line of the crisis of demonstrations in Iraq, it is over the past period was watching what is happening on the scene, and Iranian interference in it, and therefore decided to intervene directly and strongly».

Al-Alousi said: «According to the available information, # Washington has presented its view of what is happening, and stressed the need to fulfill the demands of # demonstrators to stop the bloodshed, even if it changes the current government, and this indicates that America supports Iraq and does not support governments, which "Iranian commandments are forming."

Demonstrations demanding public reforms such as providing services, securing job opportunities and fighting rampant corruption in the joints of the Iraqi state, began on the first of October last, has turned after the use of excessive violence against the demonstrators to call for the resignation of the government and dissolve the House of Representatives, and conduct Early elections under UN supervision.

Prepared by: Mohammed Al-Jubouri

Edited by: Sireddine Youssef

https://iraq.7al.net/2019/11/21/واشنطن-تدخل-رسمياً-على-خط-أزمة-تظاهرات/

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Vision, huh. Well, along with all the other spineless & meaningless verbal diarrhea slogans being trotted out why not this too. 

 

Let them be lauded and praised for their intentions for they are grand & full of hope. Crooked Shameless Self Serving Bureaucrats with no intentions of doing right by their citizens.

 

At some point here I’d half expect the Military to state a coup while Parliament is in session, arrest the lot, install a caretaker government & rollout the reforms along with pushing the 2020 Budget out there.

 

Confiscate all those $$$$ Billions then throw the corrupt out into the streets and let the demonstrators have them. Of course that won’t happen:  at the very least it should be life in a quarry pounding out little rocks from big rocks. 

 

Just having a “ Vision “ if my own.

 

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Baghdad operations deny casualties among demonstrators

Iraq - archival image

 21 November 2019 07:33 PM

Direct: Baghdad Operations Command confirmed on Thursday that there were no reports of casualties among the demonstrators .

The leadership pointed to the absence of any friction between the security forces and peaceful demonstrators, according to the Iraqi News Agency "conscious ".

She hinted, that "did not indicate hospitals in Baghdad and the Ministry of Health any injury among the demonstrators ."

The State of Iraq has witnessed during the past demonstrations in several places against the living and economic conditions and the spread of corruption and unemployment .

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Iraq .. Demonstrations expected today and flocked to Tahrir Square

Last Updated: Friday 25 March 1441 - 22 November 2019 KSA 04:40 - GMT 01:40
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Source: Dubai - Arabic

From Baghdad Thursday

 

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It is expected that the demonstrations on Friday in various parts of Iraq. Protesters began to arrive on Thursday evening to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad.

Iraqi security and medical officials announced on Thursday that three people were killed and 24 wounded in renewed clashes in central Baghdad between demonstrators and security forces, bringing the death toll to seven, according to the Associated Press, while the government denied any deaths in the protests.

 

Two protesters were killed when they were hit by tear gas and another with live ammunition. The clashes took place on the street near Jisr al-Ahrar, officials said.

From Tahrir Square (archive)

Earlier, four protesters were killed in clashes near al-Ahrar and al-Sunak bridges.One was killed when security forces used live bullets to repel demonstrators on al-Ahrar bridge, while another was killed when tear gas was fired at al-Senak bridge, wounding him in the head. Subsequently, two other demonstrators died from their wounds.

Statistics also indicate that at least 320 protesters have been killed and thousands injured since mass protests began in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on 1 October. Despite Iraq's vast oil reserves. The demonstrations spread from the capital to cities in the south with demands that amounted to comprehensive political change in the country.

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"Made in Iraq" a new campaign for demonstrators

 

Baghdad - Ahmed al-Naimi

November 21, 2019

 

 The Iraqi street is no longer merely  protesting against the ruling authority and raising demands, as it tends to offer solutions and alternatives in order to emerge from the country's  crises , most recently the launching of a new campaign of demonstrations to encourage the local producer.

Less than three weeks after the protesters launched a campaign of boycott  of Iranian goods in Iraq, which received a wide response in the street, activists and media launched a new campaign to support the national product with several slogans, most notably "Made in Iraq."
The launch of the new campaign from Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on the morning of yesterday, to expand to the squares and other sit-ins in the south of the country on Thursday, according to Iraqi activists.

Ali Wahhab al-Athari, a member of the campaign's coordinating committee, told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that it was not a buying campaign but encouraged investors to reopen their factories and start production again.

Previously, the Iraqi government announced reform packages during the past period that included granting loans to the owners of the factories and factories stopped to operate them again, in addition to financial allocations in the budget next year to restore life to thousands of factories and factories stopped the government, but none of the decisions have not touched the street so far. Economist Abdul Sami al-Rawi said that the campaign made in Iraq may not have much impact, even if the street responds to it because Iraqi production is still modest, and the importer cannot be dispensed with.

However, he continued to talk to the "new Arab", saying: Nevertheless remains a condemnation paper against the Iraqi government and political forces to pressure them to implement the promises, as it is a catalyst for the owners of factories and companies that are currently or stopped to activate them.

For his part, an economic adviser in the Secretariat General of the Council of Ministers, Mohammed al-Kazemi, to "the new Arab", the campaign is welcome, pointing out that "the government is determined to restore life to factories and factories, and within the broad plan being drawn up to begin implementation early next year Jaber Al-Khazraji, a member of the Iraqi Industrialists Union, believes that the recent popular campaigns to support the Iraqi product may be a real beginning to restore Iraqi self-confidence. Today he is in an exhibition A comparison between him and the importer. "

“Before 2003, there were more than 170,000 government and private factories, tens of thousands of which were destroyed during the war and the post-occupation period. The absence of government support and the difficulty of marketing the product for the presence of foreign alternatives. "

The workers, for their part, expressed their happiness with the campaign, saying it would restore their rights to their livelihoods, which they lost due to the cessation of Iraqi factories since 2003. 
"I was a worker in one of the metal cans of the dyes," said Radhi Sabr, 47. "But the factory stopped years ago as a result of foreign products invading local markets. I lost my job with thousands of workers, but now we have hope."
During the campaign, activists held up banners reading "Made in Iraq", "Encourage Mo Pass Intersection" and "Together to support Iraqi Products," and put in front of them a range of local products such as dairy and food of Iraqi origin.

This comes at a time when Iraqi markets witnessed an unprecedented accumulation of Iranian goods, because of the lack of appetite for citizens to buy them, after a wide boycott campaign launched in the last period, with an increasing demand to buy Iraqi products.

 

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At least seven killed as Iraq seeks to quell uprising

Seven people were killed on Thursday when Iraqi security forces shot live fire and tear gas canisters at demonstrators in Baghdad, security and medical sources said, in renewed deadly violence as authorities seek to crush anti-government protests. reuters

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Sistani stresses the speed of completion of the election law

2019/11/22    11:11 AM

Sistani describes what Iraq is going through «big crisis»

The top religious authority led by Ali al-Sistani on Friday stressed the speedy legislation of the election law and the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq. Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai, the highest authority in Karbala, said during a Friday prayer sermon in front of thousands of worshipers in the Imam Hussein's nave that `` the highest religious authority has clarified its position on peaceful protests calling for reform and emphasizing its peacefulness and free of vandalism and sanctity of blood. '' He added, "The reference stresses the speed of legislation of the election law and the Electoral Commission because they pave the way to resolve the crisis and the need for political forces to respond to the demands of the demonstrators." It is noteworthy that Iraq has been demonstrating since the beginning of last October, calling for constitutional and ministerial reforms and the provision of jobs and the abolition of quotas and disclose the cause of the killing of its participants, including interspersed clashes with security forces that killed more than 300 people on both sides, and injured thousands. Eyewitnesses said Friday morning that large numbers of demonstrators flocked to Tahrir and Khalani and 9 provinces to start a new day of demonstrations and confirm demands to dissolve the government and parliament and early elections. Demonstrators who took their positions in the demonstration yards in Tahrir Square, Khalani, Hafez al-Qadhi, Basra, Diwaniya, Nasiriyah, Missan, Muthanna, Wasit, Karbala, Najaf, and Babil are waiting for the Supreme Shiite authority to announce during the Friday prayer sermon a new position to support the demands of the demonstrators. The Iraqi government is still looking for solutions within the 45-day deadline of the political forces of the government to find solutions to meet the demands of the demonstrators. Demonstrators said that Iraqi forces have increased their deployment in the streets leading to the demonstration yards and in the vicinity of government buildings to impose security and not widening the area of demonstrations, which approached the fifth consecutive week. According to eyewitnesses, the port of Umm Qasr, the largest Iraqi commercial port in the province of Basra is still closed by the demonstrators as well as the establishment of a marquee sit in the roads leading to the oil fields under tight security. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Iraq, Prime Minister and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces Adel Abdul Mahdi, the need to oblige the security services not to use live bullets, rubber and tear gas against peaceful demonstrators, and call on the Supreme Judicial Council to release peaceful protesters arrested. The Commission warned of the continuing high incidence of kidnappings and assassinations, which affected a number of demonstrators, bloggers, activists, lawyers and journalists from unknown sides, and stresses its call for the government and the competent security agencies to investigate the fate of the abductees and release them and bring the perpetrators to justice. More than 330 demonstrators have been killed and more than 15,000 wounded since the protests began on October 1, according to previous statements by the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights.

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Sistani calls for "new elections"

by Ali EjamIraq News3 Hours ago

BAGHDAD - "AP", "Reuters" and "AFP"

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas at demonstrators in central Baghdad on Friday, killing three people, the Shi'ite authority Ali al-Sistani reiterated the need for a new election law.

Renewed clashes on Friday afternoon in Baghdad's Khalani Square, riot police fired shots and gas at hundreds of protesters who removed concrete barriers and poured into the square.

Iraqi health and security officials said three protesters were killed and at least 25 wounded, bringing the death toll to four in the past 24 hours.

Sistani calls for a new electoral law

In the meantime, Sistani stressed in his Friday sermon his support for the demonstrators, saying that none of their demands have been met so far and that electoral reforms should be a priority.

He called for a new election law that would restore public confidence in the system and give voters the opportunity to replace current political leaders with "new faces."

He added: "A new law must be adopted for a new electoral commission that is neutral and credible without external interference because of the risks of turning the country into a arena for settling accounts, the biggest loser is the people."

He continued: "If they have the power to think that they can evade the benefits of real reform by procrastination and procrastination, they are delusional, since the post-protests will not be the same as before, in any case, be aware of this."

He added that "citizens did not go out to the demonstrations calling for reform in this unprecedented form and did not continue on it with all the price and sacrifices demanded only because they found no other way out of corruption and destruction."

Sistani has announced his support for a road map proposed by the United Nations Mission in Iraq to meet the demands of the demonstrators, but expressed concern about the lack of seriousness of political parties on the implementation of the proposed reforms.

At least 320 people have been killed and thousands injured since protests began on Oct. 1 against corruption, job shortages and poor basic services despite the country's oil wealth.