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Not just a National Dialogue anymore but a SERIOUS National Dialogue...

Such Epic stupidity & foolishness from the political arena... incessant verbal diarrhea accomplishes nothing.

For gods sake take some action, seat the government, give that toilet paper currency REAL legitimacy - so on & so forth. Enough sandbagging.

Even in my the face of what possibly could be anarchy these fools can't get past their own faults & failings. Double down on failure...sounds like here doesn't it. 😄

 

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The Iraqi Prime Minister announces the "disruption" of the official working hours for one day

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 The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the suspension of official working hours in all official institutions, on Sunday.

And the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi, directed the suspension of official working hours in all official institutions, for tomorrow, Sunday, 7/31/2022, with the exception of security institutions, and that the working percentage be Service and health departments 50 percent.

Al-Kazemi’s decision came hours after the Sadrist movement announced the start of an open sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament, following its storming, on Saturday, by demonstrators calling for the overthrow of the political class.

Thousands of Sadrists stormed the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, and entered the parliament hall, for the second time within days.
According to "Sky News Arabia", intermittent confrontations took place in Baghdad between the demonstrators and the force charged with protecting the Green Zone, noting that the sound of tear gas canisters was heard whenever the demonstrators tried to reach the area.

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Al-Maliki: The legislative authority has fallen.. Al-Amiri calls on Al-Sadr for serious dialogue

The head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, said on Saturday that the legislative institution in Iraq (Parliament) “fell” after being stormed by supporters of the Sadrist movement, at a time when the head of the Fatah Alliance Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, called for a “serious dialogue.” Avoids the country and the people any potential dangers.

Al-Maliki said in a statement that "the repercussions of today's events and the recurrence of the fall of the legislative authority and spreading an atmosphere of terror and fear of the security, political and economic unknowns invite me to address my sincere and sincere appeal to the brothers in the framework and the current to take a responsible position that absorbs the shock and initiates a serious dialogue away from negative influences."

He added that "our public has fallen under the pressure of the crisis, the results of which have become frightening, because it robs them of their security, their future and their decent life, and that the national and legitimate responsibility obliges us all to adopt the path of dialogue and correct paths, in order to launch the process of rebuilding the state of solid constitutional institutions."

Al-Maliki continued, “Trust in God and announce to your masses that you will begin the serious work of understanding and dialogue, to spare the country and the people the dangers of slipping into what will have dire consequences, especially if arms intervene instead of understanding, and after the fall of the legislative institution and the threat of the judiciary, so that everyone knows that he will not stop the deterioration in Iraq unless Dialogue and tolerance between the parties to the political process.

In turn, Al-Amiri said in a statement, “I sincerely call on our dear brother, His Eminence, Sayyid Muqtada Al-Sadr, to a serious dialogue with the brothers within the coordinating framework, to find a way out of the political obstruction that the political process has reached, and to think of possible solutions to spare the country and the people any potential dangers. May God protect Iraq from all evil.”

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Supporters of the Sadrist movement control the Iraqi parliament building Supporters of the Sadrist movement control the Iraqi parliament building

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, on Saturday, a high number of injuries as a result of the demonstrations in the capital, Baghdad, which resulted in supporters of the Sadrist movement storming the parliament inside the Green Zone.

The Iraqi Ministry said that the injuries rose to 125 people, including 25 soldiers, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

And the ministry added in a statement: "Further to the previous statement and until the preparation of this statement, the number of injuries received by the institutions of the Ministry of Health reached 125 wounded, including 100 civilians and 25 soldiers."

And the Iraqi health announced the mobilization of its institutions and facilities to treat and treat the wounded, who were receiving them, against the background of the events that took place in Baghdad since Saturday morning.

After storming the fortified Green Zone and the demonstrators taking control of the Iraqi parliament building, the United Nations expressed concern about what it described as the "continuous escalation."

The United Nations mission to Iraq said in a tweet that "voices of reason and wisdom are necessary to prevent more violence," calling on the various parties to "de-escalate for the benefit of all Iraqis."

In response to the tweet of the United Nations mission, Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, Minister of the Leader of the Sadrist Movement, called on the United Nations to "support the people in order to end their suffering from corruption that has eaten everything."

The demonstrators supporting the Sadrist movement in Iraq had announced the sit-in inside the parliament building after storming it for the second time in three days, according to  the official Iraqi News Agency  (INA), at a time when the "coordinating framework" called on its supporters to "demonstrate peacefully in defense of the state, its legitimacy and its institutions." .

Supporters of al-Sadr gathered in the center of the Iraqi capital, Saturday, before storming the heavily fortified Green Zone amid strict security measures, which resulted in 60 wounded in clashes with riot police, according to preliminary figures announced by the Ministry of Health, before the number of wounded rose to 125.

Iraq is experiencing a political stalemate ten months after the early legislative elections that took place in October 2021, as it is still without a new president of the republic, and has not assigned a new president to form the government yet. 

The Sadrist movement, which has resigned from Parliament after winning the legislative majority, objects to the coordination framework candidate for prime minister and is trying to prevent a parliamentary session to approve the candidate, Muhammad Al-Sudani.

In addition, the correspondent of Al-Hurra channel said that supporters of the prominent Shiite leader, Muqtada Al-Sadr, are still flocking to the Green Zone without resistance from the security forces after they succeeded in removing the cement barricades on the Al-Jumhuriya Bridge leading to the fortified area.

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This might turn into a revolution after all, I was thinking it was going to be a civil war. Now, I think it may turn to a realignment in the region politically without hundreds dead. We still have progress here from the protests last October. The situation is unfolding favorably for Iraq as a whole.

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Revealed An Initiative From Barzani.. The Democrat: Al-Kazemi's Government Will Continue, And We Will Witness New Early Elections

7/31/2022

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Earth News/ Kurdistan Democratic Party member Mahdi Abdul Karim confirmed today, Sunday, that Al-Kazemi's government will continue and new early elections are being prepared, while revealing an initiative by party leader Massoud Barzani to resolve the current crisis.


Abdul Karim said in an interview with Earth News, "The demonstrations and sit-in are a right guaranteed to all the people and a bloc, and for this reason it is an expected and expected result from the Sadrist movement, considering that they had a project, which is the project of the majority and it has not been achieved."


Abdul Karim added, “Things are going to Al-Kazemi remaining as head of the caretaker government from year to year and a half, with approving the budget and preparing for new early elections.” :excl:


Abdul Karim indicated that "there is an initiative by the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Massoud Barzani, during the next two days, through which differences and problems will be resolved by sitting at a common table with everyone.:excl:

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Sadr's followers set up for long sit-in at Iraqi parliament

 

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS   Published: JULY 31, 2022 13:31
Updated: JULY 31, 2022 13:50


Supporters of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather during a sit-in, in a parliament building amid political crises, in Baghdad
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Thousands of the Shi'ite Muslim cleric's loyalists stormed into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday, taking over the empty parliament building for the second time in a week.

         

Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended sit-in at Iraq's parliament on Sunday, in a move that could prolong political deadlock or plunge the country into fresh violence.
Thousands of the Shi'ite Muslim cleric's loyalists stormed into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad on Saturday, taking over the empty parliament building for the second time in a week as his Shi'ite rivals, most of them close to Iran, try to form a government.
"We're staying until our demands are met. And we have many demands," a member of Sadr's political team told Reuters by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to give statements to the media.
"We're staying until our demands are met. And we have many demands."
Member of Sadr's political team
Sadr's social-political Sadrist Movement is demanding that parliament be dissolved, new elections be held and federal judges be replaced, the Sadrist official said.
The current protests broke out last week and have continued through the weekend. The government has set up concrete barriers in an attempt to control the protests; reports say the government has used water cannons.
 

In addition, Nouri Al-Maliki, leader of the pro-Iran Islamic Dawa Party, was photographed waving around an M-16, illustrating that the whole affair could lead to bloodshed. 
Sadr movement
Sadr continues to ride the wave of popular opposition to his Iran-backed rivals, saying they are corrupt and serve the interests of Tehran, not Baghdad.
The mercurial cleric, however, maintains a firm grip over large parts of the state, and his Sadrist Movement has long run some of the most corrupt and dysfunctional government departments.
While Sadr does enjoy a large amount of support in the country, he has been frustrated at attempts to form a government – and has seen pro-Iran parties take advantage of the chaos.
The Sadrist Movement
The Sadrist Movement came first in an October election as the largest party in parliament, making up around a quarter of its 329 members.
Iran-aligned parties suffered heavy losses at the polls, with the exception of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, an arch-rival of Sadr.
Sadr failed to form a government free of those parties, however, beset by just enough opposition in parliament and federal court rulings that stopped him from getting his choice of president and prime minister.
He withdrew his lawmakers from parliament in protests and has since used his masses of mostly impoverished Shi'ite followers to agitate through street protests.
Iraq crises
The deadlock marks Iraq's biggest crisis in years. In 2019, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi resigned after massive protests, in which demonstrators were killed by pro-Iranians. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s current prime minister, has tried to bring stability to the beleaguered country.
Iraqis suffering from a lack of jobs and services took to the streets demanding an end to corruption, new elections and the removal of all parties - especially the powerful Shi'ite groups - that have run the country since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.
In 2017, Iraqi forces, together with a U.S.-led coalition and Iranian military support, defeated the Sunni Muslim extremist Islamic State group that had taken over a third of Iraq.
Government forces and Shi'ite militiamen shot dead hundreds of protesters.
Seth J. Frantzman contributed to this report.

 

https://m.jpost.com/middle-east/article-713543

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Politics is downstream, from culture. Change the culture, change the politics. Computer apps give savvy people the ability to organize online, hold protests, change culture...thus politics. So now we know what Muqtada Al-Sadr was up to, when he suddenly "left politics". But can a guy who takes fashion tips from the 4th Century A.D. really be the one pulling this off? :bananacamel:

I wonder if Silicon Valley and the CIA is assisting this? No doubt. :salute::cheesehead: Enjoy the show...:moneybag:

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Baghdad - Iraq today:

 On Sunday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced the "liberation" of the Green Zone in the center of the capital, Baghdad, while calling on Iraqis to "reform revolution."

Al-Sadr said, in a tweet to him on Twitter, that "the spontaneous, peaceful revolution that liberated the (green) region as a first stage is the golden opportunity for all of the people stigmatized by the fire of injustice, terrorism, corruption, occupation and dependency."

He added: "I hope that the tragedy of missing the first golden opportunity in 2016 will not be repeated. Yes, this is another opportunity to dispel the darkness, darkness, corruption, exclusivity in power, loyalty to the outside, quotas and sectarianism that have permeated Iraq's chest since its occupation and to this day."

Al-Sadr continued: “Yes, a great opportunity to fundamentally change the political system, the constitution, and the elections, which, if rigged in favor of the deep state, have become the best free and fair elections.

Al-Sadr addressed the Iraqi people by saying, "Oh, the free, proud people who love reform, democracy, citizenship, law, independence, sovereignty, prestige, and restricting arms to the hand of a strong, patriarchal state that imposes law on itself before the poor and does not exclude the influential, militias and the like. You are all responsible and all of you are at stake...Either Iraq lofty among nations or a vassal Iraq controlled by the corrupt, vassal and those with worldly ambitions, and even moved by the hands of the outside, east and west.”

Yesterday, Saturday, large numbers of supporters of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, stormed the Iraqi parliament building, in the second storming in two days, and declared an open sit-in until those they described as "corrupt" were expelled.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Top Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday urged Iraqis not to pass up on the “golden opportunity” to demand reform, crush corruption, and expel sectarianism in the country, he said as his loyalists continue a sit-in inside the Iraqi parliament. 

“I hope the tragedy of missing the first golden opportunity in 2016 will not be repeated. Yes, this is another opportunity to eliminate the darkness, corruption, exclusivity in power, loyalty to the outside, quotas, and sectarianism that have dwelled in Iraq,” he stated.

Scores of Sadr’s supporters stormed the streets of Baghdad on Saturday morning for the second time in three days, entering the highly-fortified Green Zone, where government offices, the parliament, and foreign embassies are located, and forced their way towards the legislative chamber in protest of the pro-Iran Coordination Framework’s candidate for the Iraqi premiership. 

The top cleric branded the current protests a “great opportunity to fundamentally change the political system and the constitution,” calling the elections held in Iraq “rigged” and adding that the Iraqi people will shoulder the responsibility of either ensuring the country’s complete independence from foreign influence or letting it slip to a country “moved by the hands of outsiders, east and west.” 

“At that time, I will have no choice but to pray and cry for the end of Iraq, which is near,” he continued. 

At least 125 protestors, including security forces, were injured on Saturday when supporters of the influential cleric flocked into the parliament building. 

Calling on the Iraqi people, Sadr reiterated “do not miss the opportunity, or else there will be a time of regret. Therefore, I call on everyone to support the revolutionaries for reform … not under my banner or my leadership, but under the banner of Iraq and the people’s decision.” 

Iraq’s political impasse has reached unprecedented depths, with the country trapped in a suffocating political turmoil and currently experiencing a record period devoid of a cabinet, at over 390 days. 

The sit-in announced by protestors is in opposition to the nomination of Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, Iraq’s former minister of labor and social affairs, as a candidate for the country’s prime minister position by the Coordination Framework. Sudani is accused of corruption and having close ties to former PM Nouri al-Maliki. 

Several Iraqi officials, including PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi and President Barham Salih, have called for a national dialogue, and the legislature’s sessions have been suspended until further notice as the country struggles to contain the turmoil. 

Sadr was the main winner of the October elections, but withdrew from the parliament last month after failing to reach an agreement with the framework to form a government. However, despite his withdrawal and the Sadrist Movement’s lack of any representatives in the parliament, it remains strong and popular on Iraqi streets. A single tweet from the revered cleric pours thousands of protestors into the streets. 

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