IQD CALLS Chat Early Wednesday 1-22-20
IQD CALLS Chat Early Wednesday 1-22-20
Dave ALLAWI thing a bust today.......any good Baghdad news?
Baxter Dave... what do you mean... a bust?
Dave ALLAWI wished not to participate with the corrupt QUOTA system
Baxter isnt he an Iranian
Baxter or pro Iranian
Dave dont know
Baxter I think he is
Dave wanted no part of a corrupt regime
Baxter I dont blame him
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All Down some today. It's more fun watching it go up, but "what goes up must come down" as they say.
Young_SC Lolol@ the GOI Iraq
Young_SC They make everything so complicated
Young_SC Just to choose a prime minister that the citizens like they make it SOOO DIFFICULT
Young_SC Ohhh my goodness lolol
Young_SC Just select a darn PM for crying out loud
Chattels A bloody day in Baghdad, hit-and-run operations between protesters and security forces continue
https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/2101202025
chattels Al-Sadr on Friday million: it will remove every stranger and take off the corrupt injustice
https://www.rudaw.net/arabic/middleeast/iraq/2101202025
chattels Iraqi Nujaba militia warns Iraqi President Bahram Salih not to meet with President Trump.
http://mobp.as/Hi8pq
chattels Iraqi Kata’ib Hezbollah militia warns Iraqi President Bahram Salih not to meet with President Trump at upcoming Davos Conference in Switzerland. http://mobp.as/q37pq
chattels Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Renewed Civil Disobedience As Govt Misses Protest Deadline For Reforms
http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2020/01/renewed-civil-disobedience-as-govt.html
chattels Anyone writing about Iraq needs to understand that Iraq's parliament, even as a whole, has next to zero influence on Iraqi foreign policy. It has some influence on defense purchases through the budget, but the Iran-aligned factions cited in these articles are a minority bloc. https://twitter.com/UticaRisk
chattels Dear Media: these articles relying entirely on quotes from Iran-aligned MPs to say that the Iraqi govt is going to enlist into Russia's military arms system are nonsense. https://twitter.com/UticaRisk
chattels While Iranian-backed factions have a lot of strength on the ground as militias, the two blocs closest to Iran, Fatah & SLC, have 73 seats out of 329 in parl't.
Wilder They can just duke it out with Mike Pompeo.
Wilder Mike Pompeo. We are confident that the Iraqi people want the United States to continue to be there to fight the counterterror campaign, and we'll continue to do all the things we need to do to keep America safe. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/05/mike-pompeo-iraq-iran-troops-093961
Chattels Iraq’s various political blocs have been locked in talks since Abdul-Mahdi’s resignation to nominate a suitable candidate to replace him – no easy feat for such a deeply entrenched elite in such a deeply divided society.
Several names have been put forward for the job, but all of them have been rejected by the protesters in Iraq and its safe haven in Baghdad, Tahrir Square.
The most recent candidates put forward by political parties are Ali al-Shukri, former Minister of Planning from 2011 to 2014 and MP from 2014 to 2018, and Mohammed Toufiq al-Alawi, who served as Minister of Communication from 2006 to 2007, and again from the end of 2010-2012, when he resigned.
The third shortlisted is Mustafah al-Kadhimi, head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service since 2016. He has worked to purge the influence of parties over the institution, and is seen as the least partisan among the candidates. https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/210120201
chattels " ................. Ali al-Shukri, former Minister of Planning from 2011 to 2014 and MP from 2014 to 2018, and Mohammed Toufiq al-Alawi, who served as Minister of Communication from 2006 to 2007, and again from the end of 2010-2012, ........" .............. " have been rejected by the protesters in Iraq and its safe haven in Baghdad, Tahrir Square."
chattels Still no confirmation that President Salih has nominated anyone.
chattels Despite threats bu Hash'd Militia Organizations it appears that President Salih did meet with President Trump " President Trump meets with Iraqi President Bahram Salih at Davos Conference in Switzerland." https://twitter.com/DavidMWitty1?lang=en
Baxter Did I see where Sadr is gonna have another Million People Protest on Friday??
Baxter In Iraq, Muqtada Sadr on upcoming million person protest on Friday: we will remove every foreigner & end the corrupt system.
Baxter That dude takes a mean lookin pix....