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Hamdi Malik, PhD.

6 Aug, 10 tweets, 3 min read

1. The election war between Kataib Hezbollah and Asaib Ahl al-Haq is full on! Today Jawad al-Talibawi, the military spokesman for AAH attacked the KH commander and Hashd’s chief of staff, Abu Fadak al-Muhammadawi for appointing the son of Iraq’s defence minister…

2. ...Juma Inad as the commander of a regiment in Sunni Hashd. Talibawi said in a message: “tbeing the Hashd’s chief of staff and a successor for the martyr leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis bear you a bigger responsibility to take the right decisions and avoid…

3. ... appeasing [others] when it’s at the cost of the blood of the martyrs, or even worse to the benefit of enemies of Hashd. Let me be frank with you! Your decision to appoint son of someone who accused the holy Hashd of having a secondary role in liberating Iraq from ISIS…

4. ... is a decision that can [only] be taken by a politician who wants to appease the corrupt at the cost of the interests of the nation…I pray to God to help you avoid falling into such mistakes again and if you do so accept similar remarks from us…”.

5. To give you context about the row over Inad, when in May the Hashd sieged the IZ after the arrest of Hashd commander Qasem Muslih, Inad warned the militias and downplayed their role in defeating ISIS. This infuriated the militias and rendered Inad an enemy of the muqawama.

https://twitter.com/HamdiAMalik/status/1422620246024900615?s=20

6. But now things have changed. KH decided to establish a political wing and run for elections. Their mantra. is:
political performance of other muqawama groups (mainly Badr & AAH) was disappointing…

https://twitter.com/HamdiAMalik/status/1422620246024900615?s=20

7. ...because they moved away from a principlist approach and chose to appease the corrupt for their own gains. Now, KH seems busy building electoral alliances with the Sunnis, including via Inad. Talibawi is firing back at KH, saying you guys are appeasing the corrupt, not us.

8. That is why he chose to publicly criticize Abu Fadak to send a message to Hashd supporters. To make sure everybody understands that this is AAH’s position (as opposed to Talibawi’s personal view) AAH’s TV al-Ahad posted the message on its social media platforms.

9. Abu Mzeal, a KH social media personality, criticized Talibawi for publicizing the difference, while AAH’s al-Faqar called it “a brotherly critical letter”. AAH is really scared of losing its 15 parliamentary seats. KH is doing better than AAH in almost everything.

https://twitter.com/HamdiAMalik/status/1422619488055345154

10. Parliamentary politics was the only area KH was not competing with AAH. After the establishment of KH’s Hoquq movement, that has changed and AAH is already feeling the pressure.

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1. Kataib Hezbollah’s senior leader, Hossein Mowanes has established his own party (Harakat Hoquq-the rights movement) and intends to run for elections. This is big news, as it’s the first time a KH leader runs for elections. This could potentially disperse votes of the muqawama.

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1. Muqawama groups stopped attacking U.S. interests after the anniversary of Soleimani/Muhandis. They have however stepped up their attacks against Iraqis. In the last 10 days there has been an attack almost every day. Last one a few hours ago against a liquor store in Baghdad.

2. The main group behind these hits is Ahlo al-Marouf (people of virtue). They are one of the newly created street vigilante groups. In this statement they claim responsibility for tonight’s attack. These hits jeopardize Iraqi citizens' human rights and undermine the Iraqi state.

3. They aren’t just violations of Iraqi law - they have implications for Iraq’s international human rights obligations. Iraq is a signatory of both the international covenant on civil and political rights and the International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.

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1. Muqawama platforms are trying to create a public persona for Abu Fadak al-Mohammedawi (aka al-Fatemi) chief of Hashd staff and to present him as the rightful successor to Muhandis. Here the poem reads: “father of Hashd [fighters] left, but their khaal [uncle] is still here”.

2. But they have a hard time selling this notion. For starters, he seems to be afraid of talking in public. He hasn't talked publicly since assuming his role a year ago. He even failed to capitalize on the first anniversary of Muhandis/QS, only stood by & listened to Ameri.

3. This is the only clip in which one can hear him talking relatively clearly. He is sending a thank you message to Hashd fighters who provided security for Arba’een pilgrimage. He seems very nervous, note his body language at 40” when he makes an error.

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1. Having seen their strategy’s success in silencing a senior advisor for the Iraqi PM, the muqawama threatens all government officials and news outlets via Sabreen news: “...next time any government official or any news outlet crosses the red lines, will be treated differently”.

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