'There are no red lines with the political forces'.. The Sadrist movement talks about the steps to form the government

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Hezbollah Brigades calls on the "resistance and the popular crowd" to "prepare": "the elections represented the biggest fraud"

 

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The security official of the Hezbollah Brigades, "Abu Ali al-Askari", said on Tuesday night (12 October 2021), that his movement will stand "with all firmness and determination to restore things to normal", after announcing the results of the parliamentary elections, which he described as "the biggest fraud and circumvention of the situation." The Iraqi people," while calling on the "resistance" factions and the popular crowd to "prepare."

Al-Askari said in a statement, seen by IQ News, that "what happened in the legislative elections, in reality, represents the largest fraud and circumvention of the Iraqi people in modern history, which is no less bad than the referendums conducted by the buried regime."

He added, "On the basis of the covenant we made to our people and our nation, we say: We will stand firmly and insist to restore things to their rightful place. We will not allow anyone to persecute or try to humiliate the people of Iraq."

The security official of the Hezbollah Brigades called on the "brothers in the Iraqi resistance" to "prepare for a sensitive stage that requires wisdom and close monitoring from us," adding that "the brothers in the popular crowd are the main targets, and a deposit of their slaughter has been paid to whoever wants seats in the parliament, and they must To make up their minds and prepare to defend their sacred being.”

Abu Ali al-Askari addressed those whom he described as "the brothers participating in the elections, especially the Al-Fateh coalition with its courageous and wise leadership, the coalition of the forces of the state and its wise master, the brothers in the national contract, the rights movement and its dear president Hussein Monis and the rest of the loyal brothers whose efforts were stolen," saying They say, “Be certain that no right will be lost behind demands, so do not tire, do not blame, and do not compromise, and victory will be your ally with the help of Almighty God.”

 

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Al-Amiri: We do not accept these fabricated results at any cost

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{Political: Al Furat News} The head of the Al-Fateh Alliance Hadi Al-Amiri said: "We do not accept these fabricated results, whatever the price."

Al-Amiri added, "We will defend the votes of our candidates and voters with full force."

Yesterday, the Electoral Commission announced the preliminary results of the parliamentary elections, which showed a significant setback for the Al-Fateh Alliance.

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The Islamic Party announces its rejection of the election results and confirms their fraud and the mistake of recognizing them

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{Local: Al-Furat News} The Iraqi Islamic Party announced, on Tuesday, its rejection of the election results, while confirming their falsification and the mistake of recognizing them.

The party confirmed in a statement that {Euphrates News} received a copy of it, that "the results announced by the Electoral Commission are incorrect, stressing that its candidates did not lose, but were excluded by joint efforts between various parties at home and abroad who do not want its national and Islamic project to have a presence in the arena. Iraqi". 

And the party stated in its statement that "its targeting came to politically undermine the representation of the national Islamic identity, saying: We reject the results that were completely announced and we stress that they were falsified in advance and with a measure apparently intended to reshape the Iraqi political arena for certain purposes." 

The party indicated that "recognizing these elections, which are surrounded by doubts and suspicions from beginning to end, is a big mistake that we must not fall into and the political forces should not yield to it, declaring its support and standing with the coordinating forces that reject the election process and the resulting fraudulent results." 

He also cautioned that "the audience of the Islamic Party and its organizations has been stable for several cycles, and despite the increase in this audience and we made sure that it went out for the elections and voted for our candidates, we did not find these votes in the results of the commission, which reinforces the doubts that are raised about the election process, its conduct and its outputs." 

He continued, "It became clear that there is a scheme behind our exclusion from the political scene because of our adoption of the national line, and our commitment to avoid sectarian alignments and end regional and international dependency," explaining that "many electoral centers did not deliver their tapes, and our observers were not allowed in many stations." From monitoring the elections, we retain evidence that the announced numbers are inaccurate." 

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The Islamic Party: We did not lose the elections, but rather excluded our candidates

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On Tuesday, the Iraqi Islamic Party revealed that its candidates were excluded from the Iraqi elections.

The party said in a statement, "The results announced by the Electoral Commission are incorrect," stressing that "its candidates did not lose, but were excluded by joint efforts between various parties at home and abroad that do not want its national and Islamic project to have a presence in the Iraqi arena."

And he indicated that "his targeting came to strike the political representation of the national Islamic identity, saying: We reject the completely announced results and stress that they are forged in advance and with a measure apparently intended to reshape the Iraqi political arena for certain purposes."

He pointed out that "recognizing these elections, which are surrounded by doubts and suspicions from beginning to end, is a big mistake that we must not fall into and the political forces should not bow to it," declaring "his support and standing with the coordinating forces that reject the election process and the resulting fraudulent results."

He noted that "the audience of the Islamic Party and its organizations has been stable for several sessions, and despite the increase in this audience and we made sure that it went out for the elections and voted for its candidates, it did not find these votes in the results of the commission, which reinforces the doubts that are raised about the election process, its conduct and its outputs."

He continued, "It has become clear that there is a scheme behind our exclusion from the political scene because of our adoption of the national line, and our commitment to avoid sectarian alignments and end regional and international dependency," explaining that "many electoral centers did not deliver their tapes, and our observers were not allowed in many stations." From monitoring the elections, we retain evidence that the announced numbers are inaccurate."

 

 

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After disappointing results, Iran's arms in Iraq are "paralysed"

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Pro-Iranian factions dealt a heavy blow in Iraq elections

In what appears to be the first reaction of the political forces and armed factions close to Iran to the results of the parliamentary elections in Iraq, a number of the leaders of these forces announced their absolute rejection of the results, and affirmed their quest to do “everything” to cancel them.

According to observers of the intertwined scene, it may mean that Iran and the forces close to it may begin a phase of escalation inside Iraq, to bypass the results of the parliamentary elections that may remove it from power completely.

The semi-official preliminary results of the elections that took place on Sunday in Iraq, resulted in a resounding defeat for the parties, forces and personalities that consider themselves the political wings of the popular mobilization factions and armed organizations loyal to Iran, and revealed a significant decline in the parliament seats obtained by Tehran’s arms, without even achieving the minimum level. which she was expecting.

The Fatah Alliance, led by Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, obtained only 14 parliamentary seats, after 48 seats in the previous parliamentary formation. Backed by the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, the most hard-line faction of the crowd, it only got one parliamentary seat.

In a brief statement, Al-Amiri announced his rejection of the preliminary results of the elections, after describing them as "fabricated", declaring that "everything is possible to cancel these results."

He said, "We do not accept these fabricated results, no matter the price. We will defend the votes of our candidates and voters with full force."

In the same context, the military spokesman for the Hezbollah Brigades, Abu Ali Al-Askari , raised the level of rejection of the results, to the point of definitiveness that "what happened in the legislative elections, in fact, represents the biggest fraud and deception of the Iraqi people in modern history."

The spokesman called on the military and political forces to "prepare to take direct steps on the ground." He commanded them to prepare to defend their sacred entity.”
In an interview with "Sky News Arabia", the Iraqi researcher and writer Erez Baglan sheds light on the motives and dynamics active in this escalation, which is practiced by the political and military forces close to Iran inside Iraq .

 

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The Sadrist movement leads the Shiite forces in the new parliament

 

Baglan said: "There is overwhelming popular discontent with the behavior and practices of the armed factions on the ground, as they interfere in every detail of public life, and the elections were a major inventory however, and after the factions lost their parliamentary and political power, they expect more popular pressure on them. It rejects the election results in preparation for the escalation you expect."

Baglan added: "There is also a silent struggle between the armed factions and their political forces, and the Sadrist movement represented the other side of the other organizations, and with its sweeping victory and after the firm statements announced by the movement's leader Muqtada al-Sadr , in which he affirmed the movement's quest to withdraw weapons from the hands of the factions, the rest of the factions Rather, they are preparing to warn that this is not an easy thing, and it could lead to a direct confrontation between all parties.”

According to the preliminary results of the elections, it is expected that a political alliance will be formed between the Sadrist movement, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Progress Alliance, led by Parliament Speaker Muhammad al-Halbousi, who can secure a parliamentary majority for him, and consequently form a government without any participation from political forces or armed factions close to Iran, including This includes the State of Law coalition led by former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

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Things are about to get very interesting....reaching for my gallon tub of buttered popcorn and Scotch... ya just can’t write this stuff.

 

Hopefully, there’s a RI/RV in our very IMMEDIATE future. Not holding my breath just yet, however.

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Al-Fateh coalition demands the trial of the Prime Minister’s advisor

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The Al-Fateh Alliance called on the Iraqi judiciary to try the Iraqi Prime Minister's advisor for electoral security, Muhannad Naim, for his confession that he was charged with "entering the electoral process and destroying special electoral files targeting certain blocs."

 

The coalition said in a statement today, Tuesday (October 12, 2021): "We demand the Iraqi judiciary to prosecute the so-called (Muhannad Naim), advisor to the prime minister for electoral security, for his confessions with a leaked audio recording that he is charged with entering the electoral process and destroying special electoral files targeting certain large blocs."

 

 

An audio clip of Muhannad Naim was spread on the Internet, in which he says that it is his duty to enter the electoral process and dismantle it and the traditional forces to make room for ordinary forces and independents.

 

The Al-Fateh Alliance affirmed that it will hold a "difficult reckoning" for anyone who seeks to harm Iraq, its sovereignty, and its constitutional institutions that were built with the blood of its men, noting that "we will stand against anyone who tries to bring down the democratic process in Iraq."

 

It is noteworthy that the Al-Fateh Alliance expressed its rejection of the preliminary results of the elections announced by the Independent High Electoral Commission, on Monday (October 11, 2021), questioning their validity.

 

A member of the Al-Fateh Alliance had said earlier to announce the electoral results that the alliance won 41 to 43 parliamentary seats, noting that it came second only to the Sadrist movement.

 

However, the preliminary results announced by the Electoral Commission revealed different numbers, confirming that the coalition won only 16 seats.

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Now that's the good news I wanted to hear.

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British website: The forces rejecting the results of the Iraqi elections were expecting to lose them, but they intend to escalate

by Editor Iraq news 2 Hours ago

A leader in the Al-Fateh Alliance led by Hadi al-Amiri revealed that the Shiite forces, which reject the election results, intend to escalate against what they considered a coup by al-Sadr, backed by a British-American plot.

Middle East Eye quoted the leader as saying that they intend to escalate the situation so that al-Sadr and Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi understand that what happened will not pass without consequences, noting that the proposals of some political leaders to proceed with legal procedures and work to form a bloc larger than Saeroon, were met with an angry and sharp rejection by the Brigades. Hizb allah. The leader revealed that they expected to lose seats in the elections, but the size was much worse than what was expected.

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Iran is the biggest loser in the Iraqi elections, and this is what must be done "immediately."

 

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Shafaq News/ The American "Foreign Policy" magazine, in its reading of the parliamentary elections that took place in Iraq last Sunday, concluded that the biggest loser in them may be Iran, and that the other loser is the "Iraqi democracy" itself. 

 

And the magazine indicated in a report, that although the final results have not been announced yet, it seems that the biggest losers are the armed groups loyal to Iran, which announced that they would reject the result and issued veiled threats of violence.

 

The report stressed that "the other loser in the elections is the faltering Iraqi democracy itself," noting that 60 percent of eligible voters did not go to the polls believing that their system is being tampered with. 

 

The magazine talked about the technical and procedural problems that affected the electoral process, although things went relatively smoothly, and there were no violent incidents, and electronic voting cards and biometric registration were used with pledges to combat fraud that undermined the last elections in 2018.

 

She explained that the Iraqi government and the Independent Electoral Commission promised to announce the results within 24 hours after the polls closed, but instead, the results of only 10 provinces were announced on Monday.

 

And she added, "When the Electoral Commission announced the preliminary results on the Internet, its website was disrupted, while the Iraqis rushed to see the results," noting that the delay in the electronic counting of votes meant that some of the boxes had to be counted manually without the presence of external observers, which is What "further undermined the confidence of Iraqis." 

 

After the magazine indicated that "the atmosphere is still tense," it said that rumors were reinforced that Iran and its proxies would tamper with the results of the news of the arrival of Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani to Baghdad, explaining that Iran had every reason to be dissatisfied with the poor performance of its agents in the elections. .

 

She mentioned that prominent pro-Iranian figures criticized the elections and their results, such as Hadi al-Amiri, whose Fatah alliance lost many seats, and the leader of the Hezbollah Brigades, "Abu Ali al-Askari," who implicitly threatened violence against the Electoral Commission. 

 

The magazine described Muqtada al-Sadr as "the most powerful political force in Parliament" by obtaining 73 seats, and that he will determine who will form the next government, but in the absence of a majority, he will have to form a coalition. 

 

She considered that the path the country will take depends on how the Iraqi security forces and other political parties deal with threats of violence after the elections, adding that the failure to limit the capacity of the factions would undermine not only the electoral process but also the security infrastructure and governance in Iraq.

 

After the magazine dealt with possible parliamentary alliances to agree on the prime minister, the president of the republic, and the speaker of parliament, it concluded that there are three immediate needs for Iraq now: 

 

First, the HEC must announce the final results immediately to maintain transparency on how the votes are counted. 

 

Second, al-Sadr must be clear about his intentions about forming a coalition and naming the next prime minister. 

 

Third, the security forces must be vigilant and prevent any violence against the Electoral Commission or the candidates or activists who could be targeted by the factions trying to assert power that they did not obtain through the elections.

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Iraqi voices reveal division over Iran's role and influence

 

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Shafaq News/ The Iraqi Shiite factions linked to Iran received a blow in the parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday in Iraq, while Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who pursued a greater national policy, emerged as the strongest political winner, according to a report by the American "Associated Press" agency.

 

The report, which was published in English and translated by Shafak News Agency, considered that the election results showed the growing division over Iran's influence in Iraq, and the weakness of Tehran's Iraqi allies, while the Iranians seek to revive their nuclear agreement with major countries, and negotiate with their regional opponent, Saudi Arabia.

 

The report continued, that the results also show the existing tensions between the Shiite factions, which contributes to exacerbating the complexities of the Iraqi challenge in order to achieve balance in its alliances with the Iranian and American rivals.

 

The report stated that "the Iranian-backed militias refused, yesterday, Tuesday, to recognize the (not final) results after it became clear that the Al-Fateh coalition that represents them witnessed a decline in its seats in parliament from 48 to 14 seats only."

 

As for the alliance of Sayyid al-Sadr, according to the analysis, it greatly enhanced its seats by obtaining more than 70 seats, noting that the leader of Al-Fateh Hadi Al-Amiri and a leader in the Hezbollah Brigades announced their rejection of the results and questioned them.

 

And he indicated that "Al-Sadr, despite enjoying close relations with the Iranian political and religious leadership, publicly criticizes both Iranian and American influence."

 

In the past years, the analysis says, Al-Sadr "criticized the flow of Iranian weapons to the Shiite militias in Iraq, as he fought the US forces in the past, and in the past years he sought to portray himself as an Iraqi nationalist struggling against corruption and poor government services."

 

He pointed out that "his Peace Brigades have also fought against ISIS in the past years."

 

"The results of the elections will give al-Sadr a greater say in the path of forming a government," the two analysts said.

 

As for the “Iranian-backed Shiite militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, as the analysis puts it, they have gained great popularity and influence after they played a major role in defeating ISIS militants, and the Al-Fateh Alliance came in second place in the 2018 elections, which is This was seen as an indication of Tehran's growing influence in Iraq."

 

The report continued, "The armed groups are considered a threat to the authority of the state, and the issue of weapons outside the control of the state has become a controversial issue," adding that "Shiite militias participated in the suppression of demonstrators who were protesting against corruption and Iranian influence, and activists accused the militias of being involved in a series of Kidnappings that targeted protesters and youth.

 

Masked militiamen carrying automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades also participated in displays of military force, which the agency described as "ominous" in central Baghdad, reinforcing the image of the increasing threat posed by rogue militias loyal to Tehran to Iraq.

 

It quoted the independent candidate in the elections, April Al-Zayer, as saying that "the parties that claim to represent the popular crowd were punished by the public because of their stances against the Tishreen movement."

 

Al-Zayer competed on the list of the extension movement emanating from the protest movement, and obtained more than 22,000 votes in the southern governorate of Nasiriyah, a flashpoint in the demonstrations.

 

The report indicated that "the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and the leader of the Popular Mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, in January 2020, led to new divisions within the militias, making them undisciplined and highly disparate."

 

The report quoted political analyst Ihsan Al-Shammari as saying that "the election results sent a strong message to Iran that its political arms are rejected by the Shiite street, even if Tehran does not abandon its armed militias."

 

The report concluded by saying that "the outcome of the elections will have repercussions at the internal level, and will go a long way in determining Iraq's relationship with its neighbors and the United States over the next four years."

 

However, the report considered that "Iran still enjoys great influence with many Shiite blocs and personalities, and will seek to exert pressure on the negotiations, while the United States and the Gulf countries will continue to monitor in order to see whether the current Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi will be able to secure a mandate." a second".

 

 

 

The report concluded that saying that Al-Kazemi, supported by Washington, and who succeeded in balancing American and Iranian interests in Iraq, hosted several rounds of negotiations between the two rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, in an attempt to ease tensions, adding that these negotiations are now hanging in the balance, while deciding Muqtada al-Sadr, whether he will choose Al-Kazemi again as a compromise candidate.

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Iraq elections end to Iran’s influence

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UNDOUBTEDLY, the recent Iraqi elections served as a difficult test for all political forces, especially Iran’s agents who tried from the beginning to prevent it from taking place.

However, their attempts clashed with the Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s insistence on holding the elections in a bid to get out of the tunnel that sectarian militias took the Iraqis into after they endured the popular uprising that has been ongoing for nearly two years. This is a great sign of the rejection of their dominance over the joints of power since 2003 enabled by the Iranian-American cover.

 

In this regard, the interests of the two sides intersected at certain points, and conflicted in others. This prompted Iraq to step into an unbearably bad situation in terms of livelihood and security.

 

There is no doubt that Al-Kadhimi, throughout his tenure as prime minister, walked in a minefield. This prevented him from fulfilling all the pledges he made to his people. However, he also achieved a lot that could be built on, especially with regard to returning his country into the Arab embrace, and clipping Iran’s nails in preparation for limiting its role.

The decline in the power of the Mullahs influence did not stop at the borders of Iraq. It also suffered a major setback in Syria. As for Yemen, it is on the verge of death. The courtship messages sent by the new Tehran Foreign Minister Hussein Abdollahian to the Arabian Gulf states are nothing but attempts to revive his Houthi gang, which is popularly rejected regionally as well as internationally.

The scene, whose features have become clear in Iraq, seems to be mimicked in Lebanon, where Hezbollah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah are trying to escape from confronting the reality of their involvement in the explosion at the Beirut Port, which was the most terrible disaster the country has witnessed in the past three decades, by seeking to bribe the Lebanese with diesel smuggled from Iran. This is an attempt by Nasrallah to improve his situation in the elections, which will be held after six months.

Perhaps the Mullahs regime should have looked closely at the outcome of the disruptive events that its gangs triggered in Bahrain during the outburst of the so-called Arab Spring, which ended with the defeat of its project of hegemony over the kingdom, in implementation of the historical ambitions inherited from the era of the late Shah.

This comes without saying that the people of the region, even those who belong to the Shiite sect, will neither accept the domination of invaders carrying vengeful ideas that are thousands of years old, nor be deceived by the lies of victimhood that the Tehran regime conceals to market a project called “exporting the revolution”.

Based on these data, the results of the recent Iraqi elections were the most clear message of the rejection of Iranian interference in the region, and the determination to cut off the hand of Persian terrorism in Iraq, which is the vital sectarian artery for feeding Mullahs’ intervention under the banner of enabling people to determine their own destiny.

The truth, however, is that the regime itself has a big problem with the majority of Iranians in terms of its continued systematic repression to prevent any real democratic transformation that would end the 42-year-old dark era in Iran.

By Ahmed Al-Jarallah

Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times

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October 14, 2021  

Pro-Iran Movement Loses Iraqi Elections, Cries Fraud

No party possesses a majority, so it remains unclear who will become prime minister after the results are finalized.

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Iraq’s parliamentary election, the fifth in Iraq’s post-2003 history, was marked by popular discontent and a low turnout rate, estimated at 41 percent. However, the official results indicate significant turnover within Iraq’s government, marking a coup for unorthodox Iraqi cleric-turned-warlord-turned-politician Muqtada al-Sadr—and a serious blow to the country’s pro-Iran parties, who saw their share of seats significantly decreased. 

 

Consequently, Iran’s pro-Iran faction has denounced the election, describing the results as a “sham” and pledging not to recognize them. The groups also indicated that they would unleash their militias, contained within the umbrella Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) movement. 

 

One of the largest parties in the Iraqi parliament, the pro-Iran Fateh (“Conquest”) Alliance, saw its seat share decrease from forty-eight to around twelve, according to the Agence France-Presse. Conversely, al-Sadr’s movement, which currently holds thirty-four seats, will likely see its share increased to seventy-three, making it the largest party in parliament.

Fateh has also pledged to appeal against the results, suggesting in a joint statement that it would “take all available measures to prevent the manipulation of votes.” 

 

Kata’ib Hezbollah, a powerful Iran-backed militia, insisted that the election was “the biggest scam and rip-off the Iraqi people have been subjected to in modern history” and claimed that the result had been rigged by elites opposed to the PMF.

 

The PMF militias, which were formed in 2014 in response to the rapid rise of the Islamic State, played a critical role in containing them, and the units’ military power translated to political power after the Islamic State’s territorial defeat, to the frustration of many Iraqis. However, pro-Iran forces and politicians were targeted during the October 2019 protest movement, which resulted in the resignation of then-Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.

Abdul-Mahdi’s replacement, interim Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, appeased protesters by moving Iraq’s election forward from 2022 to 2021, although many expressed their ongoing discontent in the run-up to the vote, contributing to low turnout. 

 

Not all pro-Iran parties faced losses. One surprising result from the election was the re-emergence of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose sectarian rule over the country from 2006 to 2014 was widely described as one of the factors that led to the rise of the Islamic State. However, al-Maliki’s State of Law Alliance was able to secure thirty-seven seats, potentially making it the second- or third-largest party in parliament.

No party possesses a majority, so it remains unclear who will become prime minister after the results are finalized. However, it is unlikely to be al-Kadhimi, a political independent first appointed in an interim capacity.

 

Trevor Filseth is a current and foreign affairs writer for the National Interest.

Image: Reuters

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3 hours ago, yota691 said:

Iraq elections end to Iran’s influence

Great news! 

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Iraq's 2021 elections: political forces reject the results and warn of a "negative impact on societal reconciliation"
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Political forces and Shiite factions in Iraq rejected the results of the parliamentary elections, warning of "negative consequences for the democratic process" in the country.

The so-called "coordinating framework", which includes the "Al-Fateh" coalition, "State of Law", "Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq", "Hezbollah Brigades" and other currents, issued a statement holding the Independent High Electoral Commission "full responsibility for the failure of the electoral process."

The statement stated: "We had hoped that the Electoral Commission would correct the major violations it committed during and after counting the votes and announcing the results, and after its insistence on the contested results, we announce our complete rejection of these results and hold the Commission fully responsible for the failure of the electoral process and its mismanagement, which will negatively affect the democratic process." and societal harmony.

The Iraqi authorities had announced the completion of the manual counting of votes in the legislative elections in all polling stations.

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9 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Iraq's 2021 elections: political forces reject the results and warn of a "negative impact on societal reconciliation"

It looked like someone (???) in a high rank official Cheated by giving a bribe to iraqi citizens to choose a particular candidate in order to win the election unfair.

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19 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Iraq's 2021 elections: political forces reject the results and warn of a "negative impact on societal reconciliation

Does iraq has to run another election again for the second time in order to get a fair result that satisfy everyone in iraq? Wasting monies and time.JMO

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Bennett hopes to 'liberate' Lebanon and Iraq from Iran's 'fist'

 

Duty Free / Agencies - Dubai

October 17 2021

 

 

Bennett: Every place Iranians enter faces a "vortex of violence and poverty."

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett expressed his hope that Lebanon and Iraq would be "liberated from the stranglehold of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard."

Bennett's comments come in the wake of the defeat of pro-Iranian militias in the Iraqi parliamentary elections, as well as the outbreak of armed battles in the streets of Beirut last week, which resulted in the deaths of seven people, according to the Associated Press.

In the results of the Iraqi elections, the share of the Al-Fateh bloc, which represents the armed factions and the Popular Mobilization, decreased significantly, obtaining only about 18 seats.

Bennett said, in a speech to Israeli lawmakers during a weekly cabinet meeting, that his country sees "developments and trends that are already emerging for powers that are sufficiently subject to Iranian control and influence."

He considered that every place Iranians enter is facing a "vortex of violence, poverty, instability and failure."

The confrontation erupted in the Tayouneh area of the Lebanese capital, last Thursday, due to the investigation into the port explosion case that occurred on August 4, 2020, which made little progress in light of a smear campaign against the investigating judge of the port explosion, Tariq Al-Bitar.

The violence in Beirut on Thursday, which erupted as protesters gathered to participate in a protest called by the Hezbollah militia, against the investigating judge, was the worst in more than ten years, and brought back memories of the sectarian civil war that the country witnessed from 1975 to 1990.

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7 hours ago, rvmydinar said:

Does iraq has to run another election again for the second time in order to get a fair result that satisfy everyone in iraq? Wasting monies and time

Nothing in any article state anything about another election...it just sore losers

 

Barzani's alliance: The loss of the political blocs in the elections is not the responsibility of the Commission

political| 02:49 - 10/17/2021

 

 

 

 

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party, led by Masoud Barzani, saw, on Sunday, that the Electoral Commission does not bear the responsibility for the loss of the political blocs.
Member of the coalition, Mayada Al-Najjar, told "Mawazine News", "Legally, every candidate who has evidence of the disappearance of his votes has the right to demand a re-counting and manual counting," noting that "it must be recognized that the electoral process included some mistakes, but it was very fair and many The countries that oversaw the elections praised them.
She added, "The loss of the political blocs is not the responsibility of the Commission or any other political party."
Al-Najjar stressed, "The objection and appeal is a legitimate right, but it does not justify the re-counting and sorting of all of Iraq, as the stations in which a technical or suspicious defect occurred must be returned because the procedures this time are fair." Ended 29 / A43

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Iraq

ISRAEL COMMENTS ON THE IRAQI ELECTIONS

 

 

Sunday, October 17, 2021 2:45 PM

Baghdad/National News Center

At the start of the cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that "Iranian influence is behind the recent events in Lebanon and Iraq."

Bennett's statement came in reference to the recent events of Tayouneh in the capital, Beirut, amid demonstrations organized by "Hezbollah" and "Amal Movement" against the investigative judge in the Beirut port explosion, Tariq Al-Bitar, and the Sadrist bloc's winning of 73 seats in the Iraqi elections.
Bennett said: “We are following developments in Lebanon and a little bit east of Iraq.. In both cases, we see a trend coming from below, of forces simply tired of the control and influence of Iran, whether it is Hezbollah in Lebanon or the “Shiite militias” in Iraq, which have been affected. strongly in the elections that took place there last week,” noting that both were the result of “the Iranian touch.”
The Prime Minister said: “Everywhere the Iranians go, they enter into a cycle of violence, poverty, failure and instability,” expressing his hope “for the Lebanese and Iraqi peoples to liberate themselves from the “stranglehold” of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and build a better future for themselves, as he put it.

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24 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Nothing in any article state anything about another election...

Thanks for your clarification yota691.

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The Iraqi Hezbollah calls for the trial of Al-Kazemi: complicity in rigging the elections

Military: We must act as soon as possible to restore the rights of voters

Hassan Ramadan

 

02:20 AM | Monday October 18 2021

Members of the Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq

• The spokesman for the Iraqi "Hezbollah Brigades", Abu Ali Al-Askari, called for the trial of the country's Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, against the background of the results of the early elections that took place on October 10, according to the Russian "Russia Today" news network.

On October 10, the country witnessed the first early parliamentary elections since 2003, and Iraqis voted to choose 329 members who would form the new parliament, and 3,249 candidates competed in the elections, including 950 women.

And the Electoral Commission in Iraq announced that the percentage of participation in the elections reached 43%, adding that the total number of voters who voted in the elections exceeded 9.6 million, while the leader of the "Sadr movement", Muqtada al-Sadr, announced that the Sadrist bloc is the largest electorally, pointing to The election results should not be controversial.

Al-Askari: The farce that took place a few days ago is the biggest fraud and deception against the people

Al-Askari said, in a statement on the micro-blogging site “Twitter”, that “the farce that took place a few days ago, entitled the legislative elections, is the biggest fraud and deception on the Iraqi people,” adding that “ Al-Kazemi must be tried for his actions, the latest of which is high treason.” Which he committed in collusion with the enemies to rig the elections.”

A spokesman for the Iraqi "Hezbollah Brigades" indicated that work must be done as soon as possible to restore the rights of voters and their candidates, otherwise things will have dire consequences, according to his post.

The Iraqi parties loyal to Iran, escalated their protests against the results of the parliamentary elections, and demonstrations and blocking of roads erupted in Diyala province, east of Baghdad, in protest against the election results.

A security source said that the demonstrators blocked the Husseiniya road to protest the results of the recent elections, while Iraqi media indicated that groups had closed a vital road northeast of the Iraqi capital, "Baghdad", in protest against the election results, according to Al-Arabiya news channel.

Yesterday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, called for overcoming partisan or personal differences and jurisprudence, stressing that the new parliamentarians have a duty to restore people's confidence in political work and democracy, according to the "Sky News" network.

Al-Kazemi called on the security services to protect the demonstrators and never attack any of them.

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Iraq: "Iran's allies" brandish the streets and arms

Al-Sadr blocks the way for his opponents with 7 conditions to open up to America

Monday - 12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1443 AH - 18 October 2021 AD Issue number [15665]

 

 

Supporters of pro-Iranian factions block a street in Basra with burning tires yesterday (A.B.)

Baghdad: «Middle East»

A day after the so-called “coordinating framework” of the main Shiite forces in Iraq, with the exception of the Sadrist movement, announced its rejection of the preliminary results of the elections that were completed after conducting the counting and sorting operations manually, the so-called “Coordination of Resistance”, which represents the pro-Iranian factions, ordered its supporters to take to the street and demand By canceling the election results in which the parties of these factions suffered a severe defeat.

Yesterday evening, the supporters of the factions spread in the streets of Baghdad and other cities in the center and south of the country, burning tires and blocking roads, amid fears that matters will worsen if the protesters commit abuses that require a response by the security forces, especially that the “Resistance Coordination” warned in a statement of the possibility of resorting to Weapon in case protesters are attacked.

In addition, and in what appeared to be a response to skeptics about the integrity of the elections, the outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi attacked “attempts to blackmail, lying, fraud, conflict and deceiving people.” We are inspired by all the lessons and lessons of the past, and we have to put our hands in each other’s hands, and transcend differences and partisan or personal jurisprudence.”

In addition, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, who won the highest seats, announced his move to form the government as the largest bloc, setting at the same time conditions for the possibility of dealing with the United States after the formation of the government. Al-Sadr cut the way for his opponents by setting 7 conditions for establishing normal relations with Washington, knowing that he had so far refused to deal with the Americans.

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Protests against the results of the Iraqi elections

Iraq and Al-Kazemi

The Iraqi Hezbollah militia alleges the existence of an American and regional conspiracy

A spokesman for the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades indicated the rejection of the US military presence in Iraq

 

 

Dubai - Al Arabiya TV

Published in: Oct 18, 2021: 01:56 AM GSTLast updated: Oct 18, 2021: 04:13 AM GST

On Sunday, the Iraqi Hezbollah militia claimed that there was a conspiracy to exclude it from parliament, and said that its supporters' movement against the election results had begun.

The Kurdish media network, Rudaw, quoted a spokesman for the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, on Sunday, as saying that there is an American, regional and local plan to exclude representatives of the "popular mobilization culture" from parliament.

The spokesman, Muhammad Mohie, said: "There is an American and regional plan and will, and some local forces, to exclude the forces that represent the culture of the popular mobilization and the mobilization factions, which defend the mobilization, and demand the removal of the American forces, from the parliament dome."

From the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades

He added: "Manifestations of fraud in the elections and the imposition of wills were clear, and there is a wide spectrum of political forces and diverse and different segments complaining about these operations, and therefore we are facing a large phenomenon that cannot be ignored and ignored."

He continued: "Signs of mass movement began on Sunday evening, and these demonstrations and protests will continue, and they are peaceful and will be on a wide scale."

This is accelerating events in Iraq regarding reactions to the results of the parliamentary elections , and is heading towards further escalation. On Sunday, Iraqi media reported that groups were blocking a vital road northeast of Baghdad in protest against the election results.

Pro-Iranian parties escalated their protests, as the Iraqi Al-Ahd channel reported the outbreak of demonstrations and roadblocks in Diyala province in protest against the election results.

The channel also indicated that there were protests rejecting the election results in the Iraqi city of Basra.

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said that politics has become for some people meaning blackmail, lying, conflict and deceiving people.

He added in a speech he delivered on Sunday at the celebration held at Imam Abu Hanifa al-Numan Mosque on the occasion of the Prophet’s birthday: “Today we fulfill our pledge before our people to hold early and fair elections, and the people chose their representative, and these new representatives will exercise their role in the new parliament.”

 

 

He stated that "the new representatives have moral and patriotic duties towards their people. Rather, they have a duty to restore people's confidence in political action, and restore confidence in democracy."

Al-Kazemi explained that the current government has gone through difficult circumstances, including financial, economic and health crises represented by Corona and a large number of other challenges, but we have overcome them.

The Al-Fateh coalition, which includes the majority of Iraqi militias, rejected the election results. And he promised to respond unless the commission retracts these results.