"Iraq News" Posted by Samson Friday 10-25-19
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Samson: Parliamentary Assembly: We will try all the heads of corruption since 2003 and until now
2019/10/25 9:12
Member of the "Assembly of the Assembly for the correction and change" MP Intisar al-Moussawi that the Assembly will work to try all the heads of corruption in the governments formed after 2003 and until now.
Al-Moussawi said in a statement received by the Euphrates News agency that "members of this parliamentary group are serious about overthrowing the heads of corruption that have exhausted the state since 2003 and until now to prosecute them," stressing "agreement with the Supreme Judicial Council that".
Moussaoui hinted that "accountability of the corrupt will not be exempted from one," noting that "the gathering warned all its members that any cover-up or concealment of information about the head of corruption is tantamount to cooperation with him." LINK
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Samson: Deputy: Today's demonstrations a revolutionary reaction against cancer of corruption and corrupt
2019/10/25 10:24
MP for the bloc Sairon peace Shammari that the people of all walks of life is determined to correct the situation and face theft and corruption, which necrosis the body of the country and deprived millions of their right.
"What has been witnessing in the country since a period of public outrage is clear evidence that the people will not be satisfied with the persistence of injustice and corruption in a country floating on the riches and riches and the hungry people who do not find their day," Shammari said in a statement. "What is happening in a number of cities and provinces is a revolutionary reaction against cancer that is necrosis in the body of the country.
He appealed to "security forces and demonstrators to deal with civilization to protect the demonstrations who try to disturb the legitimate demands and the demonstrators to express their demands in legitimate and peaceful ways." He warned "against any attempt to harm the peaceful demonstrators, who will find their brothers and their children in the blessed peace companies the decisive response." LINK
Samson: Directing the Protection Regiment of the House of Representatives in case the demonstrators arrive in Parliament
2019/10/25 10:06
Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives Bashir Khalil al-Haddad, on Friday, the importance of rapid government reforms and respond to the legitimate demands of the demonstrators in accordance with specific time limits and in line with the gravity of the stage and believes to overcome the crisis.
Al-Haddad said in a statement, "We directed the Regiment to protect the House of Representatives to deal with civil protesters responsible and protect them in accordance with the principles of human rights, in the event of demonstrations to the building of the Council and not confront them with violence." "We also call on our children protesters to maintain the peaceful demonstration, and on public and private institutions and property."
Al-Haddad called on "the government to seriously deal with the demands of the demonstrators in order to improve the service situation and hold the corrupt to account and provide job opportunities for the youth." LINK
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Samson: Human Rights: Demonstrator and 50 wounded in Baghdad so far
2019/10/25 11:12
Human Rights Commission announced the death of a demonstrator in the capital Baghdad.
"A martyr has been killed and 50 others wounded in the demonstrations in Baghdad so far," UNHCR member Ali al-Bayati said. LINK
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Samson: Demonstrations in Dhi Qar and the declaration of its demands
2019/10/24 22:34
A demonstration took place on Thursday evening in Dhi Qar, organized in the center of Habboubi Square.
Demonstrators demanded, according to a security source "to change the system of government and amend the Constitution and the holding of early elections under the supervision of the United Nations."
One of the demonstrators, in a press statement, that "the formation of the new government under the auspices of the United Nations to get rid of partisan and regional, stressing that the security forces provide protection for the demonstrators, but there are hidden hands are arresting the demonstrators, he said." LINK
Samson: Security forces disperse demonstrators who crossed from Tahrir to the Green Zone
25th October, 2019
Iraqi security forces used water cannons to disperse anti-government demonstrators at the entrance to the Green Zone in central Baghdad, which includes official and diplomatic headquarters. A wave of protests resumed early this month.
After midnight, the demonstrators began to remove the first security barrier over the al-Jumhuriya bridge leading to the Green Zone. They gathered near the first gate of the Green Zone.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Thursday, the state of maximum alert in preparation for Friday's demonstrations, and the protection of institutions and public and private property. LINK
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Samson: Arrested accused of shooting demonstrators in Saadoun
2019/10/25 14:29
Security forces arrested, accused of shooting at demonstrators and security forces in the center of Baghdad.
"The detachments of the Directorate General of Intelligence and Security arrested one of the people in Saadoun Street / Victory Square carrying a weapon (pistol Klok)," said a statement of the security information cell received by the Euphrates News Agency.
"The gunman was shooting at security forces and demonstrators, and he was handed over to the Baghdad Operations Command to take legal action and bring him to justice." LINK
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Samson: The Interior Ministry announces that about 70 security personnel were injured in the demonstrations
25th October, 2019
The Interior Ministry announced on Friday the injury of about 70 members of its security forces during the protests in the capital Baghdad and a number of other provinces with a Shiite majority.
"The forces that dealt with the demonstrators are the law-enforcement forces exclusively," ministry spokesman Khalid al-Muhanna said.
He added that "the number of casualties among the security forces reached 68," adding that "cooperation between the security forces and demonstrators help us diagnose engineers." "We do not interfere in determining where to demonstrate and our mission is to protect demonstrators anywhere in the country's provinces," he said.
As of Friday noon, two demonstrators were killed and dozens injured, including security personnel and journalists, after tear gas was fired to disperse protesters from entering the Green Zone. LINK
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Samson: Human Rights: The number of wounded in Baghdad rose to 966, including 82 security personnel and the rest demonstrators
2019/10/25 16:07
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the number of victims of the demonstrations today, Friday, martyrs and wounded.
UNHCR has documented the following:
1. The number of martyrs of demonstrators has risen to (2) due to suffocation cases.
2. The number of injured persons increased to (966) in Baghdad governorate, including (884) injured demonstrators, (82) security forces, (e) injuries in Maysan province of demonstrators, and (3) injuries in Muthanna province, including (2) security forces. The total number of injuries (974) mostly cases of suffocation due to the use of tear gas.
3 - Burning the headquarters of Asaib and the stream of old wisdom and the Dawa Party and the Bashaer movement and the Virtue Party and Badr organization in the province of Muthanna, burning the headquarters of the Dawa party in the province of Wasit and storming the house of the governor of Wasit, and burning the province of Dhi Qar by demonstrators.
4. The use of rubber bullets and tear gas by the security forces to disperse the demonstrators in Tahrir Square.
5. Thousands of demonstrators gather in front of the governorates of Wasit, Najaf, Diwaniya, Dhi Qar, Maysan, Basra, Muthanna and security forces to prevent them from entering.
6. One of the cadres of the UNHCR monitoring teams was injured in Muthanna province while they were covering the demonstrations. LINK
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Samson: Secretariat of the Council of Ministers : some reform packages will be included in the budget 2020
24th October, 2019
The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, on Wednesday, to include some reform packages in the draft budget 2020, especially the appointment file, indicating that some were funded from the emergency budget and the Central Bank.
"The reform packages launched by the Prime Minister have been divided in terms of funding and implementation," General Secretariat spokesman Haider Majeed told Al-Maalouma.
He added that "some packages funded from the emergency budget in the 2019 budget and others through the central bank government banks."
He explained that "some of the decisions in the government reform packages will be included in the draft budget 2020 with continued and large funding," noting that "the addition of appointments will be among them." LINK