Iraqi General Discussion

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Currently Iraq is trying to form a government among personality and/or sectarian parties.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics-government/iraqs-new-pm-struggles-at-first-hurdle-forming-a-government-idUSKCN1MZ2JR

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Currently Iraq is trying to form a government among personality and/or sectarian parties.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-politics-government/iraqs-new-pm-struggles-at-first-hurdle-forming-a-government-idUSKCN1MZ2JR

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But there is some unison...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-iraq/iraq-will-prioritise-own-interests-regarding-iran-sanctions-new-pm-idUSKCN1MZ299

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I’ll do a write up of Iraqi parties and history a bit later.

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The parties are as following;

Saairun Coalition: Made up of the Sadrist Bloc, various Sunni technocrats, and the Iraqi Communist Party; the coalition teamed up for the national election To rid of corruption and go past sectarianism in Iraq.They oppose both the presence of the United States and Iran. Specifically the Sadrist bloc, run by cleric and former leader of the Shia Mahdi movement Muqtada Al-Sadr, is kind of unpredictable. His uncle and father were both active in bringing about a political Islamic movement in Shia communities, albeit with a more reformist and welfarist bent. As such he has strong influence in the poor Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad, the same places he organized rallies against the NATO forces, the Iraqi government, and now his former allies of the Mahdi movement. While not taking part of the insurgency, the communists also disdain foreign presence in Iraq, making it a common glue that making this alliance a reality. They have 54 seats in parliament and four governorships. In Southern Iraq

Fatah Alliance: Led by Haidi Al-Amiri, the alliance is mainly by the remnants of the Mahdi Army and Popular Mobilization Brigades that are very close to Iran. They are incredibly sectarian, being against former Iraqi Ba’athist from being in Parliament. Wanting an Islamist state led by Shia Muslims, the United States was chafing in the final decision to let the militiamen join the Iraqi Army. The base leadership are similar to Iranian clerics, in that they are fairly wealthy and reactionary to democracy that strips them of wealth and power. Earlier this year there were riots in Baghdad  and Basra against  the Badr organization, of which Haidi Al-Amiri leads, and the more pro-sadrist civilians. I am guessing that since if neither are in charge a new civil war would flare up, they are in the process of running a coalition.Won 48 seats and 7 governorates.

Victory Alliance: Led by former PM Haider Al-Abadi, the coalition is made up of pro-Hader Dawa members and Sunni parties that were close to him. Supportive of U.S. and Saudi presence, a major benefactor to why he lost. Wanting a moderately Islamist yet non sectarian government, they of course were thrown out. Tried to form a government with the Saairun alliance. Won 42 seats and one governorate in Sunni majority Nineveh, containing Mosul.

State of Law: The major loser of the election. Led by the disaster of a man Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqis of all stripes remembered how awful he is. Led the groundwork’s for failure by treating the nation like his property and general sectarianism. Won 25 seats and no governorates.

Kurdistan Democratic Party: A clan-based Party led by the Barzanis, they recently tried to take Kirkuk only to be betrayed and beaten by the other Kurdish party and all of Iraq. They currently have the most support in Kurdistan, yet the loss of oil reserves and American support leads to a murky future for them. Won 25 seats and Erbil and Dohuk, of which most of the Peshmerga is situated.

Al-Wataniya: A secular Sunni party, most importantly won the previous territory of the Barzanis, 2 provinces and 21 seats.

NWM-splinter of Mahdi army supporting nonsectarianism. Won Al-Anbar in northern Iraq and 19 seats.

PUK- Lead by the Talabanis, I suspect they looked at the weather and prepared for a new Iraqi scene. Fought a civil war with the KDP in 1991, in which the KDP was aligned with Iraq and PUK Iran.
19 seats
Uniter for Reform-Sunni Islamist Party, 14 seats

I suspect that at least now everyone is at least trying to avoid violence, but if a government isn’t formed riots will get even more intense.

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So background to the protests. A year after the fall of Mosul to ISIS, the Sadrists started protesting the streets of Baghdad. As stated before the poor Sadrist block, sadr city dubbed by US marines, is by far one of the most volatile regions in Iraq. Soon after, protestors breached the Green Zone, the armored compound where the government was suppossed to be. Al-Abadi soon caved in and kissed Sadr’s Hand. The whole fiasco showed how nonexistant the paper government was after the fall, and showed Sadrists as for the people. Much different than in Neighboring Iran, where no one can touch the Supreme Leader or anyone really, and protests were immediately culled.

Really it is amazing that Shia insurgents didn’t remove the nonexistant government, personally I believe they were too divided among themselves and ISIS. Another things is that it was amazing that no care of the internal unrest of Iraq was explored in depth by US news. Same thing occurred by washing all the insurgents before as islamic terrorists. Really the only ones talking about it are thinktanks on damage control, thinking that there is any possibility to return back to Iraq being a defacto protectorate.

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https://apnews.com/7b9a8ff33b8c40c38deb9f210408608d

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Horrendous that the cults evil will affect generations of people. What world do we live in.