Iraq’s PM is fuming.
He says Suleimani arrived in Iraq to deliver a response to the Iraqis from Iran about a Saudi offer to de-escalate. They was supposed to meet.
Explains why the Iraqi government’s statement was the strongest, even compared to those of clerics Sistani & Sadr
He says Suleimani arrived in Iraq to deliver a response to the Iraqis from Iran about a Saudi offer to de-escalate. They was supposed to meet.
Explains why the Iraqi government’s statement was the strongest, even compared to those of clerics Sistani & Sadr
Regardless of facts, this explosive detail will be understood in many circles in the Middle East as the Saudis played a role in the killing of Qassem Suleimani, a payback to the Iranian attack on the Saudi oil facilities in September.
Saudi Crown Prince called the Iraqi PM today
Saudi Crown Prince called the Iraqi PM today
(Because the Saudi pursue of talks with Iran would be seen as a trap to kill Suleimani, if the tweet wasn’t clear)
Significant — the Iraqi prime minister says that Washington informed the Iraqi government that Israel not the US was responsible for the attacks on the the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMUs) in the last year.
People reporting that the Iraqi parliament voting to end the US presence in Iraq, relax. That’s not what’s happening. Details to follow.
The Iraqi PM Adel Abdel Mahdi says that Iraqis won’t be able to protect international troops in Iraq from potential attacks, and the US won’t be able to do either. He says Iraqi has no US troops between 2011 & 2014, without that affecting the strong relationship with the US.
The Iraqi parliament voted to “ask” the Iraqi government to end the security agreement with the US, end the presence of foreign troops & the international coalition’s mandate against ISIS, even in Iraqi air space “for whatever reason.”
Passing the buck to the gov. Not binding.
Passing the buck to the gov. Not binding.
Sadr issues a statement saying the partial end proposal was weak anyway, with demands:
• close the US embassy
• end security deal immediately
• close US bases in a humiliating way
• protection of Iraq should be handed to the Resistance militias
• boycott of US products
• close the US embassy
• end security deal immediately
• close US bases in a humiliating way
• protection of Iraq should be handed to the Resistance militias
• boycott of US products
Notorious cleric Sadr also calls for an emergency meeting of all Resistance militias across the region (read: Iran’s proxies) to form “the International Resistance Legions”
(He has decided what the meeting will produce, and under what name)
(He has decided what the meeting will produce, and under what name)
We should take these statements as everyone trying to one-up the other. The demands are not realistic.
The US will literally not be able to accept them. Bigger than Iraq, especially the parts about ending the mandate against ISIS and the use of Iraqi air space etc. Crazy talk.
The US will literally not be able to accept them. Bigger than Iraq, especially the parts about ending the mandate against ISIS and the use of Iraqi air space etc. Crazy talk.
Important clarification from @hushamalhashimi for media.
The parliament voted on a decision to end #Iraq’s membership in the international coalition to combat ISIS, nothing in the proposal about the expulsion of foreign forces or about the 2008 agreement with the US.
The parliament voted on a decision to end #Iraq’s membership in the international coalition to combat ISIS, nothing in the proposal about the expulsion of foreign forces or about the 2008 agreement with the US.
Yes the Kurds and Sunnis were absent
More on what just happened in the Iraqi parliament
Here is the bottom line, folks.
Iraqi parliament in a non-biding decision requests for the government to:
• cancel assistance of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition
• expel foreign troops
• state monopoly of arms
• file a complaint about the US
• investigate US bombings
Iraqi parliament in a non-biding decision requests for the government to:
• cancel assistance of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition
• expel foreign troops
• state monopoly of arms
• file a complaint about the US
• investigate US bombings
Hizbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah, in his usual calm tone, vows that the United States will be expelled from Iraq.
Again, Iran isn’t really saying they’re terminating the nuclear deal. Amazing how news circulates and commentary flows for hours or days, only to be based on a misreading of the original news.
Iraq parliament isn’t terminating the security agreement with the US — not yet.
Iraq parliament isn’t terminating the security agreement with the US — not yet.
A reference to paramilitary groups with weapons (pro-Iran militias) but those are now nominally part of the government.
Freudian slip? Hizbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah says that militias backed by Iran will not leave a single Iraqi soldier [then corrects himself to] American soldier in Iraq.
His original wording is what these militias try to do anyway, to completely take over.
His original wording is what these militias try to do anyway, to completely take over.
Check this, about the Iraqi parliament’s “decision” to “ask” the Iraqi government to seek the ending of foreign presence in the country
Here is the content of today’s decision, poorly reported in most media
In the same context — the decision is unrealistic
Moves that sounded strong but not:
• Iraqi parliament‘s non-biding decision to urge the government to end US presence.
• Iran won’t abide by nuclear deal “limitations” but “the steps could be reversed if Washington lifted its sanctions on Tehran.”
theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…
• Iraqi parliament‘s non-biding decision to urge the government to end US presence.
• Iran won’t abide by nuclear deal “limitations” but “the steps could be reversed if Washington lifted its sanctions on Tehran.”
theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…
