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#SRO | URGENT - Abu Murshid al-Bardan, former commander inside #Daraa #FSA S-F Jaysh al-Thawra, has won many things from #Russia, with #Syria'n regime very angry against Russia. Fifth Division to be led only by #FSA leaders with the troops they want to recruit (1).
#Iraq: @AdilAbdAlMahdi was given total freedom to select his team in the future government, free from non-qualified individuals and non-corrupted candidates.
Of course, the new PM will have to take into consideration all political parties. These can present names of candidates +
Of course, the new PM will have to take into consideration all political parties. These can present names of candidates +
If names are inadequate or considered unsuitable by @AdilAbdAlMahdi, he will ask for more names and again more names until he is satisfied. That was the deal.
The new PM @AdilAbdAlMahdi has reconciled with Nuri al-Maliki a couple of days ago. Al-Maliki was unhappy for his party (Da'wa) to lose the position of PM due to the #USA support to Haidar Abadi following his overt manifestation to "abide by US unilateral sanctions on Iran".
in #Iraq, for the first time since 2003, the #Shia #Sunni #Kurds and #Turkmen were all divided this time prior to the selection of the Speaker, the President and the Prime Minister.
#USA pushed for its own candidate/coalition (Moqtada-Abadi).
#Iran pushed for the unity of all coalitions, Shia, Sunni and Kurds, in an attempted to unite all & produce leaders accepted by all. Iran also worked to bring down the US candidate/coalition.
#Iran pushed for the unity of all coalitions, Shia, Sunni and Kurds, in an attempted to unite all & produce leaders accepted by all. Iran also worked to bring down the US candidate/coalition.
The world (including Iraq) didn't realise that "no larger coalition has been nominated".
The reason is simple: Iran wanted to save the face and honor of Moqtada, he who joined a lost coalition, so #Iran Soleimani cam "bring him back" to where he belongs
The reason is simple: Iran wanted to save the face and honor of Moqtada, he who joined a lost coalition, so #Iran Soleimani cam "bring him back" to where he belongs
Just in a month #Iraqis show their new national unity. Few days ago political class shocked by protests acts in #Basra, yesterday Iraqis are unite against killer & instigator of Iraqi female model Tara Faris, while political class still ignore these developments of society (1) 
Since events of #Basra, political class trying to use the old tactics to control on society & ignore the new Iraqis awareness by conflict to form govt without realizing the dangerous security & economic challenges of the country,but these behavior by politicians no longer works(2
For the first time since 2003, there is a rare state of national unity brought after the people are unite during the battles against ISIS, election boycott in May 2018 was the first sign of #Iraqi unity by rejection of political class performance(3)
1. The #Iran Action Group created by @SecPompeo last month released its report. Iran's role in the region, which other administrations overlooked, appears to be under intense scrutiny. #Houthis in #Yemen have been identified alongside groups responsible for attacks against the US
NCRI President-elect Maryam Rajavi on the Roadmap to Freedom, 2018 Iran Uprising Summit, September 22:
1- “I want to stress the path we have chosen and the horizon ahead of us as we strive to reach the Iranian people's grand destination.”
#Iran #FreeIranSummit #Alternative
1- “I want to stress the path we have chosen and the horizon ahead of us as we strive to reach the Iranian people's grand destination.”
#Iran #FreeIranSummit #Alternative
2- “We seek popular sovereignty. We are fighting for the establishment of a republic based on the vote of the people. We consider the people's free vote to be the sole criterion of legitimacy for national officials.”
#Iran #FreeIranSummit #Alternative
#Iran #FreeIranSummit #Alternative
3-“We stress human rights in accordance w/ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, & in accordance w/ conventions adopted by the United Nations. The mullahs' sharia edicts, which make up the legal precedent of the regime's punitive laws, will have no place in tomorrow's Iran.”
1.) Something that has bothered me for quite some time now is how drastically our country changed after 9/11/2001 & the events leading up to & surrounding 9/11.
The Great Lie & NATO Legal framework to start the now 17 year Afghan War in which I lost many Brothers in Arms! 😔
The Great Lie & NATO Legal framework to start the now 17 year Afghan War in which I lost many Brothers in Arms! 😔
2.) Most of us including myself, can remember exactly where we were & the emotions we faced on September 11th, 2001. These images were forever etched into our minds & filled many with pure horror & rage! The thing we don't hear about is what events led up to this attack.
3.)The dust hadn't settled from the day prior at ground zero & the North Atlantic Council / @NATO's Secretary General Lord Robertson issues a statement from Brussels.
nato.int/docu/pr/2001/p…
nato.int/docu/pr/2001/p…
#Iraq
Although the anti-IS camp managed to:
1. remove Haidar Abadi, the US candidate
2. selected the Speaker Mohammad Halbousi
It is incorrect to say Iraq is in the hands of #Iran.
Adel Abdel Mahdi is a potential candidate as a PM and is welcomed by both Iran and #USA. 1/+
Although the anti-IS camp managed to:
1. remove Haidar Abadi, the US candidate
2. selected the Speaker Mohammad Halbousi
It is incorrect to say Iraq is in the hands of #Iran.
Adel Abdel Mahdi is a potential candidate as a PM and is welcomed by both Iran and #USA. 1/+
#Iraq won't go against the #USA and will select, including the anti-US camp, a candidate that doesn't provoke the Americans.
The real problem is here: Will Iraq abide by the unilateral US sanctions? That is the real burden on the future PM.2/+
The real problem is here: Will Iraq abide by the unilateral US sanctions? That is the real burden on the future PM.2/+
By removing Abadi, the US has lost a candidate that was not ready to balance the relationship between Tehran & Washington. That was the US biggest mistake in the last months, trying to impose Abadi (despite US denial). 3/+
No force will attack #Idlib in the near future or the next few months. Talking about millions of internally displaced is displaced as they are not going anywhere.
Jihadists proved to have a substantial weight in Idlib by showing off yesterday.
Read:
ejmagnier.com/2018/09/14/the…
Jihadists proved to have a substantial weight in Idlib by showing off yesterday.
Read:
ejmagnier.com/2018/09/14/the…
Even Jihadists who became " Turkish proxies moderate rebels" are criticising the showing off of al-Nusra, aka HTS, of its flags and jihadists during yesterday's manifestation in the Turkish controlled area of northern #Syria.
#BreakingNews:
Mohammad al-Halbusi, with 169 votes, is the new Speaker of #Iraq. Halbusi was al-Anbar governor.
Hasan Karim and Rashid Jalil are expected to be selected in the next hour as the two vice Speakers.
Mohammad al-Halbusi, with 169 votes, is the new Speaker of #Iraq. Halbusi was al-Anbar governor.
Hasan Karim and Rashid Jalil are expected to be selected in the next hour as the two vice Speakers.
A first official victory to the anti-#USA camp (pro-#Iran): Halbusi was presented and supported by al-Bina' coalition, the Maliki-Ameri (et al) group, even if the vice Speaker will be from the Sadrist (in the next hour).
Hasan Karim was indeed elected minutes ago as a first vice-Speaker of the #Iraq/i Parliament with 209 votes (he is a sadrist).
The number of votes indicates Moqtada and the largest coalition (Maliki-Ameri) have agreed on prior voting.
The number of votes indicates Moqtada and the largest coalition (Maliki-Ameri) have agreed on prior voting.
(1)
Let’s talk about an interesting development in #Iran.
President @HassanRouhani has just appointed recently sacked Central Bank chief Valiollah Seif as his money/banking advisor.
entekhab.ir/fa/news/429369…
Let’s talk about an interesting development in #Iran.
President @HassanRouhani has just appointed recently sacked Central Bank chief Valiollah Seif as his money/banking advisor.
entekhab.ir/fa/news/429369…
(3)
“U.S. Treasury Dept’s OFAC imposed sanctions on the Governor & a senior official of the Central Bank of Iran, an Iraq-based bank & its chairman, and a key Hizballah official, all of whom have moved millions of dollars on behalf of the IRGC-Qods Force to Hizballah.”
“U.S. Treasury Dept’s OFAC imposed sanctions on the Governor & a senior official of the Central Bank of Iran, an Iraq-based bank & its chairman, and a key Hizballah official, all of whom have moved millions of dollars on behalf of the IRGC-Qods Force to Hizballah.”
Excellent analysis by @ThomasWictor on the recent attacks against Iranian Kurdish dissident groups based in Koya, northern #Iraq.
I completely agree with @ThomasWictor's findings.
To help out with the research, here are some facts that I have digged up.
To help out with the research, here are some facts that I have digged up.
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Let’s talk about #Iran’s role in the #September11th attacks.
This individual asked me to “Kindly enlight” about how Iran, being a Shiite-majority country, could have been involved in al-Qaeda’s #Sept11 attacks against the United States.
Let’s talk about #Iran’s role in the #September11th attacks.
This individual asked me to “Kindly enlight” about how Iran, being a Shiite-majority country, could have been involved in al-Qaeda’s #Sept11 attacks against the United States.
(2)
First of all, we should take into consideration that #Iran’s regime is known for supporting a wide variety of Islamic extremist groups, regardless of their Sunni or Shiite backgrounds.
First of all, we should take into consideration that #Iran’s regime is known for supporting a wide variety of Islamic extremist groups, regardless of their Sunni or Shiite backgrounds.
(3)
For example, Shiite militias in #Iraq, dispatching Shiites from Afghanistan & Pakistan to maintain Shiite Assad in power in Syria.
clarionproject.org/iran-supportin…
For example, Shiite militias in #Iraq, dispatching Shiites from Afghanistan & Pakistan to maintain Shiite Assad in power in Syria.
clarionproject.org/iran-supportin…
No one will say this, but on #911Anniversary, #NeverForget that we are still in two wars in #Afghanistan and #Iraq that were begun because of that horrific attack on our country.
These are the longest wars in US history.
2M Americans have been wounded. Thousands have died.
1/
These are the longest wars in US history.
2M Americans have been wounded. Thousands have died.
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The sacrifices made by the same men and women, over and over, the same members of our volunteer army, have continued through three presidencies.
We never talk about it.
Not even on #911Day.
#NeverForget these men and women are trapped in unending war because of 9/11.
2/
We never talk about it.
Not even on #911Day.
#NeverForget these men and women are trapped in unending war because of 9/11.
2/
#NeverForget on this #911Anniversary that the folks in Washington do not care about our military or their families.
They have refused care for the men and women fighting these endless 9/11 wars 17 years later. Thousands of vets are homeless.
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They have refused care for the men and women fighting these endless 9/11 wars 17 years later. Thousands of vets are homeless.
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Haidar Abadi has fallen with the burned walls of the Iranian consulate in Basra ejmagnier.com/2018/09/10/hai…
#Iraq:
How Haidar Abadi has fallen
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If you are interested in in-depth learning how the #USA and #SaudiArabia candidate Haidar Abadi found his way out of prime ministership, read these articles. They tell you the entire story, #Iraq.
Tonight, the 1st of my 2-part series on #ISIS’s resurgence in Iraq airs on @PBS @NewsHour Weekend. In cooperation w/ @theIFUND, I spent 3 weeks traveling across 3 provinces to investigate the extent to which ISIS has regrouped after its official defeat last year.
#BREAKING
Sep 8 - 10:50 am local time - #Iran
Revolutionary Guards units launched a missile attack against a Kurdistan Democratic Party base in Koysinjaq of Iraqi Kuridstan, killing two KDP members & leaving a number of others wounded, reports indicate.
Will keep you posted.
Sep 8 - 10:50 am local time - #Iran
Revolutionary Guards units launched a missile attack against a Kurdistan Democratic Party base in Koysinjaq of Iraqi Kuridstan, killing two KDP members & leaving a number of others wounded, reports indicate.
Will keep you posted.
Sep 8 - Images of civilians wounded, including children, after #Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched a missile barrage on a Kurdistan Democratic Party in Iraqi Kurdistan.
(Some images were too graphic to share)
(Some images were too graphic to share)
Expect my article in few hours on #Iraq, #Basra and the role of #Moqtada. Also, an interview with one of the top leaders of the "Resistance" that seems to spread from the White House :-) to #Iraq via @AlraiMediaGroup and my blog.
Although any unrest between Shia in #Iraq or civil disobedience is in favour of the #USA, Shia leaders won't allow this to happen and you, dear followers, don't listen to so much rubbish around in this regard. My article will give a bit more light on ongoing events.
Just know that I know Moqtada so well, even better than himself (with all due modesty).
He rides the horse of Basra but can't control it at a certain point and doesn't have any strategic objective. More in my article.
He rides the horse of Basra but can't control it at a certain point and doesn't have any strategic objective. More in my article.
#BREAKING
#Basra, #Iraq
Reports indicate Iraqi protesters have set fire to #Iran's consulate in this city as #BasraProtests continue against corruption & Tehran-backed Shiite parties.
#Basra, #Iraq
Reports indicate Iraqi protesters have set fire to #Iran's consulate in this city as #BasraProtests continue against corruption & Tehran-backed Shiite parties.
#BREAKING
More incoming report from #Basra in southern #Iraq indicating protesters storming & torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests
zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-0…
(File Photo from Sep 6)
More incoming report from #Basra in southern #Iraq indicating protesters storming & torching #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests
zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-0…
(File Photo from Sep 6)
#BREAKING
Video of #Basra in southern #Iraq showing protesters storming & torching what is said to be #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests
Video of #Basra in southern #Iraq showing protesters storming & torching what is said to be #Iran's consulate.
#BasraProtests
The US horse fell at the first jump in Iraq ejmagnier.com/2018/09/04/the…
The USA oblivious to the rise of a resistance movement in response to its interference in Iraqi elections ejmagnier.com/2018/09/05/the… … …
A wake-up call to the US in Baghdad: will Haidar Abadi become the Mohammad Morsi of Iraq? ejmagnier.com/2018/09/07/a-w… …
#BREAKING
Al Jazeera reporting intense clashes between Iraqi protesters & security forces in Basra in an attack on the provincial building.
Two are reportedly killed & 11 injured.
Al Jazeera reporting intense clashes between Iraqi protesters & security forces in Basra in an attack on the provincial building.
Two are reportedly killed & 11 injured.
#BreakingNews:
No election of a large coalition today in #Iraq. The parliamentary session is postponed.
No election of a large coalition today in #Iraq. The parliamentary session is postponed.
Those asking me on DM why and if #Iran is interfering in the formation of an #Iraqi government, have a glance at this tweet, said by the same #USA Sec of State:
"#USA forming a strong Iraqi government".
"#USA forming a strong Iraqi government".
