Thread - What we know from #Iraq vs What US media has been reporting.
What we know:
1- In its session to vote on non-binding resolution to eject US troops from Iraq, Iraqi Parliament did not even have a quorum (barely got to 130 of 328) @BilalWahab
What we know:
1- In its session to vote on non-binding resolution to eject US troops from Iraq, Iraqi Parliament did not even have a quorum (barely got to 130 of 328) @BilalWahab
2- Despite Kataib Hezbollah’s (this is the militia of Mohandes who was killed with Soleimani) death threats to lawmakers, they still abstained from attending to vote against the US @BilalWahab
3- Iraqis continued to rally in the streets against parliament, its vote on US troops and against Iran and its militias in Iraq in general. See @AlhurraIraq here:
4- Parliament speaker told lawmakers off-the-record that ejecting US troops means Iraq uses its oil revenue, and state funds will therefore dry up, without which Iraqi economy will collapse. See @AlhurraIraq here:
What NYT, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, MSNBC, CNN have been reporting on #Soleimani
1- #Soleimani had blood on his hands, but killing him was unwise (as if giving Iran money for nuclear freeze without a deal over its regional militias or ballistic missiles is wise)
1- #Soleimani had blood on his hands, but killing him was unwise (as if giving Iran money for nuclear freeze without a deal over its regional militias or ballistic missiles is wise)
2- #Soleimani was so popular that his funeral in Iraq and #Iran was massive, that his death united Iraqis and Iranians against America. Fact 1: Iraqis are still demonstrating against Soleimani and his militias, even after his demise.
Fact 2: Under Saddam, Kim Jung Un, Khamenei, public opinion can never be gauged relying on size of popular rallies. Only weeks ago, Iran cut the internet and its snipers shot anti-regime demonstrators in the hearts and heads, killing between 1,000 and 4,000 Iranians
3- That Iraqi parliament “ordered” US troops to withdraw, when it was a non-binding resolution from a no-quorum session
4- That nuclear deal with Iran, which even by Obama’s standards did not result in trust-building and ending Iranian destabilizing activities around the world (including in Europe), is the silver bullet and should be restored
