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2021-05-23 Iraq

[ARABNEWS] Mass public gatherings have been rare in Iraq since security forces and militia groups stifled anti-government protests last year and amid regular government curfews to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Nevertheless, thousands hit the streets last week to denounce Israeli military action in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
despite government calls for Iraqis to stay at home during the extended Eid break. Such a gathering en masse, flouting government restrictions, and anti-imperialist in its sentiment, could have come at the behest of only one man — Moqtada Tater al-Sadr

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...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
Since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003, Iraqi political life has been a constantly revolving door. Few have made any impact, fewer still have remained politically relevant after circumstances have pushed them out. Sadr, however, has done the complete opposite. Having assumed the religious leadership of his forebears, he became an important figure in the Iraqi resistance to the invasion, then again to thwart the rise of ISIS, and today is the only Shiite leader with strong relations across the Arab world, and now it would seem may be warming to America. With successive Iraqi governments lacking the political support to improve the lives of Iraqis and to break free from the influence of Iran, Sadr’s role as kingmaker continues to grow, and with elections on the horizon and a Saudi-Iranian peace deal mooted, his political hour may have come.

The Sadr name had been traditionally associated with almsgiving, and Moqtada al-Sadr’s strongest support still comes from the class of dispossessed Shiites, as in the Sadr City area of Baghdad. To many Iraqis he is a powerful symbol of resistance to foreign occupation against a background of venal and entirely interchangeable post-invasion political figures who often led rather dubious lives in exile.

A man of contradictions, he has been vocal about Iran’s undue influence in Iraq, yet at moments of great personal insecurity he has sought refuge in the city of Qom. His holy manal credentials have always been dubious given his reticence to complete the studies necessary to raise him to the station of ayatollah. Leading million strong anti-corruption demonstrations in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square has not stopped him from being at the forefront of South Korean conglomerate Daewoo’s successful bid to develop the Iraqi port of Faw. The leader whose militia acted as death squads targeting Sunni civilians surprised many when he visited the crown princes of Saudi Arabia

...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were, to inclid Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
and Abu Dhabi. Now, withthe remaining 2,500 American troops in Iraq shortly on their way home, the specter of Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
filling the void is all too great and Sadr finds himself in an opportune position once more.

If elections in Iraq take place as scheduled in October, there will be fierce competition between state forces and nonstate actors, particularly Iranian militias. With Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi keen to build bridges, he is aware that without the support of leaders such as Sadr, his government could be held to ransom by armed militia backed by Iran, and large scale protests. For many Iraqi political forces and parties, only Sadr, not the state, has the capability of standing up to nonstate actors. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes...
the June election in Iran will simultaneously allow the regime to switch gears and seek to come to terms with the Biden administration. Whether judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi or former parliament speaker Ali Larijani is elected president, peace with the P5+1 will be a precursor to coming to terms with America’s Gulf allies. Iraqi mediators have been working behind the scenes to try to bring about a diplomatic rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Given Sadr’s critical position in the Iraqi political fabric, and indeed his relations on both sides, his anti-Iranian stance in Iraq could be central to agreeing to a peace that would limit Iran’s influence in the Arab world.

For many in Tehran today, the opportunity to be a regional economic power far outweighs the appeal of exporting the 1979 revolution. There is no doubt that rapprochement would be to the benefit of both sides. There are doubts, however, about Sadr’s reliability, and his ability to shift on key issues makes him a troublesome ally. Though he is for many the spiritual father of all armed Iraqi militias, his problematic relationship with Iran has put him in the complex position of "no war and no peace" — a position which, in true Sadr style, could change at any time. Peace in Iraq and the wider region will no doubt be dependent upon some movement from previously entrenched positions. What Iraq’s new Arab allies must be aware of is how much movement Sadr is politically capable of, given the colorful career of a man who is not yet 50.

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#1 why is this POS still breathing?

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