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12. The legacy of US, UK, Australia, Poland and NATO in Iraq

#Iraq #CrimesAgainstHumanity #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstChildren
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"The #Iraqi authorities have closed their NE border w #Syria following the start of the #Turkish military operation.
"All border points near the combat operations in #Syria will remain closed until further notice."
-Iraqi Ministry of Immigration-
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🗣️📢‼️ Attention Iraqis ‼️
#Iraq Daily Roundup: 6 Killed; Shepherds Attacked
By @A7_Mirza
#Iraq
"Investigating Sadr’s New Statement Regarding 25 October Protests

Every part of it smells like a coup against the political and democratic process of #Iraq, a process Sadr benefited of and helped it made in recent years..."
english.iswnews.com/7811/investiga…
@A7_Mirza "#USA forces that crossed into #Iraq as part of a pull-out from #Syria do not have permission to stay and can only be there in transit, the #Iraqi military said on Tuesday."
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"#USA Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, however, that #Washington aimed eventually to bring the troops withdrawing from #Syria back to the #UnitedStates."
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"The #Iraqi military statement contradicted the #Pentagon’s announcement that all of the nearly 1,000 troops withdrawing from N #Syria are expected to move to W #Iraq to continue the campaign against #IslamicState militants & “to help defend #Iraq”.
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“All #USA forces that withdrew from #Syria received approval to enter the #Kurdistan Region so that they may be transported outside #Iraq. There is no permission granted for these forces to stay inside #Iraq,” the #Iraqi military said."
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"#Washington’s objective was for the troops not to remain in #Iraq. The aim isn’t to stay in #Iraq interminably, the aim is to pull our soldiers out & eventually get them back home.”
-Mark Esper-
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"#Esper said the details had not yet been worked out on how long the #USA troops would stay in #Iraq and he would be having discussions with his #Iraqi counterpart on Wednesday."
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"It is unclear whether the #USA troops will use #Iraq as a base to launch ground raids into #Syria and carry out air strikes against #IslamicState #terrorists."
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"The #USA troops that recently withdrew from #Syria will have 4 weeks to leave #Iraq, the #Iraqi Minister of Defense Najah Al-Shammari told The Associated Press on Wednesday."
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"According to Al-Shammari, the #USA troops that withdrew from #Syria do not have permission to remain in #Iraq; however, the country will give them a four-week-long grace period for ‘transiting’ purposes."
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"Al-Shammari made the remarks following a meeting in #Baghdad with visiting #USA Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who arrived as #Iraqi leaders chafed over reports the #USA. may want to increase the number of troops based in #Iraq, at least temporarily.
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"While the #USA has a military presence inside of #Iraq, #Baghdad has been wary about letting more #American troops stay in the country for purposes of deterring #Iran in the region."
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#Baghdad Warns #USA Troops Withdrawing from #Syria Not Entitled to Stay in #Iraq
Senior MP: #USA Deployment of Forces Meant to Restore #ISIL/#ISIS/#Daesh in #Iraq
Senior MP Strongly Protests at Relocation of #USA Forces from #Syria to #Iraq
DON'T STAY HERE: #Iraqi Armed Forces Demand #American Soldiers from #Syria to Leave
#Iraq Daily Roundup: Federal Police Major General Among 16 Killed
Unidentified Drones Attack #Iraqi Militia on #Syrian Border
Drones came from direction of #Kurdish #YPG territory
#Iraq Daily Roundup: 16 Killed; Three Officials Assassinated in Diyala Province
Al Jazeera English: "#Iraqi police open fire to disperse protesters on #Baghdad streets"
aljazeera.com/news/2019/10/i…
#Iraqi demonstrators march towards Green Zone in #Baghdad as top cleric urges calm
"#raqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi unveiled on Thursday more reforms, warning that the resignation of the government without constitutional alternative will lead to chaos."
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"A senior Iranian political analyst warned that the recent violent unrests in #Iraq & #Lebanon are being misused by certain foreign states to turn the people's peaceful protests for restoring their legal rights into a ground to attain their ominous goals."
"The protest in the regional states have 2 dimensions:
🔴is the protests of average citizens & ordinary people & unions for their living difficulties & expenses;
🔴Foreign hands can be seen & they want to misuse the rallies of people to their own benefit."
"...People in #Lebanon have held peaceful protests & the govt has heard the people's voice but a series of norm-breaking images were displayed & slogans were shouted in the protests that turned them into political rallies"
-Seyed Afqahi-
"Thousands of protesters have gathered in the streets of #Lebanon since mid October, blaming the faltering economy on widespread corruption a& abuse of privileges among politicians. The rallies were peaceful at first but suspiciously turned violent."
"🇱🇧PM al-Hariri stated that the cabinet has approved a raft of economic reforms, including halving ministers' wages, & agreed on the 2020 budget in a bid to tackle fiscal crisis & put an end to the nationwide demonstrations that have entered the fifth day"
"Meantime, in #Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Seyed Ali Sistani warned against the infiltration of agents with malevolent intentions into public protests in the #Arab country, calling upon demonstrators & security forces to keep anti-occupation rallies peaceful."
“Don’t let those with vicious intentions to infiltrate among you and attack security forces,” the official representative of Ayatollah Sistani in #Iraq Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai said on Friday, conveying a message of the senior cleric."
"al-Karbalai added that public protest is a right enshrined in the Constitution, & warned that, however, protests should not be used as a pretext for vandalizing public properties or injuring security forces."
"In the first round of public protests 3 weeks ago, analyses revealed that 79% of hashtags about protests in #Iraq on Twitter originated from #Saudi & only 6% were from #Iraq, in a stark contrast w claims that the demonstrations were popular & spontaneous"
"#Iraq has been rocked by a new wave of public protests, and different sources and media activists belive that unemployment and lack of proper public services are the main causes of the recent unrest in the Arab country."
"A leading Arab newspaper said the #UAE & #SaudiArabia have for several months been plotting to launch a coup against #Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul #Mahdi."
"Since Abdul Mahdi was entrusted with formation of a cabinet in #Iraq & the al-Fatah & Sa'eroun coalitions gained the most seats in the #Iraqi parliament, attempts have been made by Abu Dhabi and Riyadh to overthrow Abdul Mahdi's government."
"The coup plot was designed in the #USA, the #UAE & #SaudiArabia, adding that the #UAE was the center for masterminding the scheme, and a number of officials... have been responsible for planning the coup."
"It added that #SaudiArabia has invested a sum of $150mln in the planning and implementation of the coup project, and said the plot has been implemented by #Iraq's civil society which receives the financial support of the #USA embassy."
"The newspaper reminded the remarks made by former #Saudi Ambassador to #Baghdad Thamer al-Sabhan who had said that #Iraq will be different in #October, saying that al-Sabhan had cautioned that a major incident would rock the country's political process."
"#Iraqi Interior Ministry Spokesman Khalid al-Muhanna said police & security forces have not resorted to the use of force or firearms against the country's protestors during the recent rallies."
"Baghdad al-Youm news website quoted al-Muhanna as saying on Saturday that the #Iraqi security forces safeguarded security of protestors & places in which protest rallies were held & did not use ammunition or force against protestors at all"
"He added that during the protests, several #Iraqi security forces were wounded and even killed by some individuals who attempted to misuse the peaceful protests and hurled stone and fired shots at security forces."
"Meantime, #Muhanna noted that heavy damage has been inflicted on government buildings, schools and public places, criticizing the protestors who misused the peaceful protests and attacked government centers in #Baghdad."
"The Arabic-language al-Akhbar paper wrote on Saturday that it has gained access to a security document which shows the #USA mission's role in organizing a secret formation to add fuel to the flames of unrests in #Iraq last month."
"According to the newspaper, the #USA embassy has formed a high committee of protests, which coordinated field activities during the protests a& the embassy provided it with intelligence & a number of politicians & government workers supported it."
#Iraq
#Lebanese Paper Reveals #USA Mission's Role in October Protests in #Iraq fna.ir/dd34ag
According to the newspaper, the #USA embassy has formed a high committee of protests 😡👇🏼
#Iraq: Video obtained by Press TV shows a gunman #shooting at crowd during protests near #Tahrir Square. The footage shows the gunman filming the incident before being arrested."
#Iraq protest deaths: 12 people killed inside building torched by #demonstrators
Washington, Tel Aviv, Riyadh Taking Advantage of #Iraqis' Demands
By @r_u_vid
😬#ISIS leaflet dated October 15th, in which militants urge prisoners who fled from camps in northeastern #Syria to take part in #Iraqi protests.
@r_u_vid "As anti-government unrest in #Iraq continues, authorities have ordered a counter-terrorism force to help restore security in #Baghdad. The turmoil is the latest political crisis to hit #Iraq after the #USA-led invasion in 2003."
@r_u_vid In 2003 there were 1.5 million Chaldeans & other Christians in #Iraq. Today only 250,000 remain. Yet, many in Western media, govts, think tanks want more war not less. #StopEndlessWars
@r_u_vid @southfronteng By @AlSuraEnglish
#Iraqi Counter Terrorism Forces deployed in #Iraq's smaller
provinces after masked gunmen began firing on security forces near protestors. Proximity between security forces, gunmen and protestors has many fearful of large death tolls.
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish “Let’s go burn his house”
The demands of protestors turn into criminal vandalism by mob
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish The very ‘peaceful’ protestors attack a man in ambulance!!
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish Shocking video!
#AbuAzrael the social media sensation who who fought #ISIS terrorists for years was attacked by the mob as he joined the #Iraqiprotests
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish On Friday #AbuAzrael was w/ the protestors telling them to “stay strong & keep it peaceful”but later on the day he was attacked & is now in intensive care!
#IraqXXV25 turns+bloody by criminal gangs of vandals targeting peaceful protestors & security forces
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish A video is gone viral in social media that shows how some unknown gunmen are scaring people by shooting at them & causing chaos. As can be seen in the video,the person shoots at somewhere & record it.

Are they spontaneous or planned?
#Iraq
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish The very "peaceful" protesters burned two men alive in an ambulance !!
#Iraq
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish #Iraqi Defence & Interior Ministers stand next to AAH leader Qais Al-Khazali during funeral of Wisam Aleyawi who fought #ISIS terrorists but was killed by violent mob in #Maysan
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish These armed criminals are not protestors, they are hijacking the protests to settle scores or undermine the protest movement.
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish WHO BENEFITS FROM CHAOS IN #IRAQ?

#Iraq has been rocked by days of nationwide protests and there are growing indications that ‘foreign hands’ have been trying to sabotage the peaceful demonstrations.
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish "A senior member of the #Iraqi parliament said the #USA has killed #ISIS ringleader Abu Bakr #al_Baghdadi to prevent disclosure of secrets related to the #terrorist group which was created by #Washington"
@r_u_vid @southfronteng @AlSuraEnglish 🗣️📢Attention #Iraqis.
🗣️📢Be careful, you do not let outside forces take advantage of your struggle🤨👇🏼
"Commander of police in Basra announced that his forces have detained several #ISIS/#ISIL/#Daesh #terrorists among the protestors in the #Iraqi city."
"General Rashid Falih told reporters on Sunday that the security forces have arrested a number of #ISIS/#ISIL/#Daesh #terrorists who had worn masks, set fire at buildings and provoked people into violence."
"The #ISIS/#ISIL/#Daesh #terrorists had also set up safe hideouts & houses, they received salary in dollar & targeted the police forces with Molotov cocktails."
-General Rashid Falih-
"General Rashid Falih also said that 17 police forces were injured in Molotov cocktail attacks launched by the #ISIL-affiliated #terrorists."
By @moezx
Police chief in basra: police carried out arrests on #ISIS elements that admitted involvement in public property destruction and possible assassination of asaib ahl al haq leader alaliyawi.
@moezx By @medeabenjamin
With Al Bagadai’s death, maybe it’s time for some reflection? Why did ISIS/Al Bagdadi emerge? The US invasion of Iraq. Where did they start organizing? The US prison Camp Bucca in Iraq.
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@moezx @medeabenjamin "4 #Iraqi parliamentarians resigned on Sunday in anger at the govt’s perceived failure to respond to mass protests, piling more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi."
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@moezx @medeabenjamin "#Iraq’s parliament voted on Monday to revoke the privileges for the three political heads and several senior politicians as it sat to discuss protesters’ demands."
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@moezx @medeabenjamin "#Iraq has declared a curfew in the capital #Baghdad from midnight to 6 a.m. local time “until further notice,” state television quoted the Baghdad Operations Commander as saying on Monday."
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@moezx @medeabenjamin "Populist Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Monday called on #Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi to announce early parliamentary elections overseen by the #UnitedNations & without the participation of existing political parties."
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@moezx @medeabenjamin "#Trump on #Iraqi oil is "like a Bond villain who tells you his master plan before he tries to kill you. He's a recruiting sergeant for #ISIS" + "#ISIS did not exist in #Iraq until the #USA invaded #Iraq, illegally, in 2003."
@moezx @medeabenjamin "An #Iraqi security source says three mortar rounds have hit a military base north of the country's capital, #Baghdad, where #USA troops are deployed."
@moezx @medeabenjamin "The #Iraqi parliament has taken steps, including changing the country’s Constitution and ending official perks, in order to meet the demands of anti-government protesters and prevent growing violence in the country"
#Iraqi police hold presser elaborating on recent unrest
#Iraq Daily Roundup: 23 Killed; Strikes Against #ISIS in North
At Least 74 Killed as #Iraq PM Orders Elite Troops to End Protests
Key cleric Sadr threatens to force #Iraqi PM out of office
"#IraqProtests against corruption & bad economic conditions are rapidly hijacked by violent reactionaries, who share #USA & #Israeli - anti-Iran & anti-resistance - agendas."
"Masked gunmen (#Daesh #Mossad #Cia) have opened fire on #Iraqi protesters in the Shia holy city of #Karbala, killing at least 18 people & wounding hundreds"
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#Karbala shooting: #Masked gunmen (#Daesh #Mossad #Cia) opened fire at #Iraqi protesters, 18 killed
"The #Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced in a statement that the 7th Infantry Division, led by the commander Brigadier General Raad Mahmoud Abdel-Bashir, has begun a qualitative operation in the Wadi Ja’al, Sin al-Dhib, & Wadi Houran areas of W Al-Anbar."
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"The airborne force came under the command of the division commander for the purpose of this search-and-destroy mission. They have already clashed with the #IslamicState (#ISIS/#ISIL/#IS/#Daesh), which resulted in three #terrorists killed."
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“The force seized two explosive belts, Kalashnikovs, M16 rifles and two motorcycles, and returned without incident,” the Ministry of Defense announced."
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🤬SERIAL KILLER
Chris Kyle was a #USA Navy SEAL sniper & served several tours in the #Iraq. In his autobiography in 2012, he claimed to be the most prolific sniper of all time & it is generally agreed upon that he has killed 160-300 people, mostly #Iraqis.
"Amid the grandstanding and partisan bickering, no one wants to talk about the decades of #USA policy that helped give rise to #ISIS and #Al_Qaeda.

#USA policy opened a Pandora’s box in #Iraq & #Syria."
theintercept.com/2019/10/30/ame…
Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib, and the Rise of Extremism in #Iraq
by Kathy Kelly
#Iraq Daily Roundup: 52 Killed or Found Dead; Masked Men Attack Security Personnel
At Least 20 Killed in Bloody Crackdown on #Iraq’s Karbala Protesters
Govt denies anyone was killed, insists attack didn't happen
"An mortar shells a& rockets landed inside of #Baghdad’s Green Zone, causing several explosions near the #USA embassy. one mortar shell hit an #Iraqi military checkpoint in the Green Zone, killing at least one soldier near the #USA embassy."
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LIVE: #Iraq’s president addresses nation amid ongoing anti-govt. protests
#Iraq Daily Roundup: #USA Soldier Among 3 Killed; Hundreds Wounded in Protests
#Iraq protests enter 2nd month, top cleric warns foreign actors against interfering
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