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  • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
    8·
    2 months ago

    Regarding the arrest of various Iraqi officials last night

    🇮🇶Iraqi security forces have detained at least 15 high-ranking ministers, politicians, business and security figures in their overnight raid on Baghdad’s Green Zone. Among them were:

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    Muhammad Al-Halbousi, leader of the Sunni ‘Taqaddum’ party and former Parliament Speaker, Farhan Al-Fartousi, former Director General of the General Company of Ports for Iraq (GCPI), Ibrahim Al-Sumaidaie, advisor to former Prime Minister Shia Al-Sudani, the Iraqi Minister of Construction, Housing, Municipalities and Public Works, Bengen Rekani, prominent pro-Iranian Iraqi politician and longtime member of Iraq’s Council of Representatives, Alia Nassif.

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    https://t.me/SimurghRes/6465?single

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    They arrested 47 person only 15 ministers were published.

    They were either pro Iran, Iran aligned or at least not stupid enough to be against Iran as far as I know.

    From those who could be against Iran could be politically against Iran are Muhammad al-Halbousi (Sunni leader) & Bengen Rekani(Kurdish leader) But the Kurds didn’t do much against Iran. USA interfered in Iraq just like in Lebanon. Instead of Frangieh we got Aoun and Iraq got Al-Zaidi.

    Please correct me if I’m wrong.

    https://t.me/SimurghRes/6461?comment=402415

    I still don’t know what to make of this situation.

    • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
      5·
      2 months ago

      ❗️Over two dozen arrested in major Baghdad raids amid ‘corruption’ probe

      Iraqi counterterrorism and special forces carried out pre-dawn raids in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, arresting over two dozen politicians and senior figures, including former ministers, government officials, advisers, security personnel, and businessmen.

      Security operations and searches were also conducted in the Shaab, Yarmouk, Zayouna, and Mansour districts.

      The government of newly appointed Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi described the operation as an anti-corruption campaign, saying the arrests were carried out under judicial warrants linked to an ongoing investigation.

      The timing of the operation, ahead of Zaidi’s first foreign visit to the United States in July, has led some observers to interpret the raids as a possible political purge targeting officials perceived to be close to Iran amid reported US pressure. However, this has not been confirmed.

      https://t.me/thecradlemedia/62938

      • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
        9·
        2 months ago

        If that’s the case I very much doubt it will work out. The Iraqi resistance is not a threat that can be dealt with lightly, similiar to Hezbollah in Lebanon.

        It would also bring back a lot of traumatic memories of the first Iran-Iraq war, which makes me assume Iran will be significantly more mobilized to fight it.

    • Malkhodr @lemmygrad.ml
      4·
      2 months ago

      🇮🇶 Tanks in the Green Zone: Iraq’s “Anti-Corruption” Raids Hit Resistance-Aligned Politicians Days Before PM’s Washington Trip

      Iraq’s Green Zone was hit overnight by a major security operation — armored vehicles, gunfire reported, and at least seven politicians arrested, including five sitting MPs whose parliamentary immunity had been lifted just for this. The official story: an anti-corruption sweep tied to a deputy oil minister arrested last month after authorities seized a record $86 million in cash from him.

      But look at the timing. The raids landed the same day Iranian FM Araghchi arrived in Baghdad, visiting the site where Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were assassinated before heading to the Foreign Ministry. And a Baghdad-based diplomat told AFP plainly that the operation is “part of Washington visit preparations” — PM Ali al-Zaidi, installed in May “with the blessing of the United States,” travels to Washington this month and needs to show he’s serious about dismantling Iran-aligned groups, which is exactly what the US has been pressuring Baghdad to do since the hostilities ended.

      Several of those arrested are reportedly linked not just to corruption files but specifically to Iran-backed political and armed factions — the same Resistance factions that struck US bases around Iraq when Washington and Israel attacked Iran earlier this year.

      It’s essentially a US backed political cleanup that conveniently removes Resistance-aligned figures right before the new PM needs to prove his loyalty in Washington.

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