12th Aug: Car bombs in Zafaraniya and Karrada in Baghdad kill eight and injure another 51. Protesters in Karrada attack security checkpoints and force security personnel to withdraw at anger over the bombing that happened earlier.
12th Aug: Viyan Dikhil, MP of the Kurdistan Alliance is injured along with a number of journalists in a helicopter crash near Sinjar Mountain in Nineveh. The Iraqi Air Force evacuates the MP and the journalists to Iraqi Kurdistan for medical treatment.
13th Aug: Two car bombs have reportedly gone off in Baghdad causing casualties. Eleven people are reported killed.
13th Aug: France decides to ship arms to Iraqi Kurduistan unilaterally while the EU is still undecided. The weapons are expected to be delivered soon.
13th Aug: Khamenei throws his support and that of the Islamic Republic of Iran behind Haider Al Abadi: “I hope that the appointment of a new prime minister of Iraq would resolve the crisis and the formation of a new government and seeking to give a lesson to those who indoctrinate strife in Iraq.”
13th Aug: Qatar welcomes the nomination of Haider Al Abadi as the next Prime Minister of Iraq
13th Aug: The UN is reporting the detention and sexual abuse of over 1500 Christian, Yazidi, Turkoman Shia, and Shabak women, girls and boys by Daash. Atrocities include brutal rape, sexual slavery and the burying alive of minorities. May the Curse of God be on the oppressors!
The UN states that another 30000 refugees on Mount Sinjar are still threatened with the genocide.
13th Aug: Maliki criticizes the US and Saudi Arabia on their support for Haider Al Abadi calling his nomination unconstitutional. Maliki has stated that he will remain in his post till his objection has been ruled on by Federal Court. He stated that he was insisting on “his nomination” to defend the decision made by voters.
13th Aug: Peshmerga fighters claim to have killed 14 Daash fighters in their bombardment of Daash positions around Jalawla. The Peshmergas are planning a fresh assault on the town that they lost two days ago.
Daash has meanwhile raided the homes of security personnel in Jalawla and detained over 40. The men have been transferred to an unknown destination.
13th Aug: Haider Al Abadi has started planning and putting together his government to be by consulting with other political blocs.
13th Aug: Moqtada al Sadr of the Ahrar bloc and Osama al Nujaifi of the Motahedoun Bloc express optimism and their willingness to work closely with the new government. Nujaifi thanked Sadr for his willingness to work towards a unity government and called the appointment of Abadi as a remarkable national achievement.
13th Aug: Iraq plans to increase its oil output from the south of Iraq to 2.4 million barrels per day from the 2.2 million that was produced in July
13th Aug: Massoud Barzani requests the UK to follow the US lead and launch airstrikes against Daash in Iraq.
13th Aug: Kurdish MPs are criticizing statements made by the Chairman of Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Al’eddin Boroujerdi on Monday the 11th where he referred to collusion between Kurdish forces and Daash (please refer to further reading section) as being contrary to realities on the ground.
Related:
11th Aug: Where political correctness has brought the UK; Wahabi supporters of Daash distribute pamphlets in Central London: http://rt.com/uk/179968-isis-supporters-uk-extremist/
12th Aug: Sectarian fighting between Shia Houthi rebels and the Islah party in northern Yemen leaves 15 dead. The fighting is on going in the al-Jouf region and both sides are using heavy weapons. The Islah party is believed to be close to the Muslim brotherhood.
13th Aug: Hezbollah calls on the Saudis to stop the trial of Shia Cleric Sheikh Nemer al-Nemer to maintain Islamic Unity.
13th Aug: Daash makes gains in North East Syria and takes over a number of towns around Aleppo: Akhtarin and Turkmanbareh and several villages in the area: Masoudiyeh, Dabiq and Ghouz.
Daash’s takeover of these towns is expected to cut off the supply lines of other rebel groups fighting the Assad regime.
Further reading:
Iranians referring to collusion between the Kurds and Daash early on, before Daash turned its attention east: http://www.shiitenews.com/index.php/iran/11027-us-strikes-against-isil-just-a-show-of-force-iran-mp
Possible Israeli involvement with Daash:
http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930515000176
Thanks for the sitrep, Mindfriedo.
Islamic State Is US Covert Intelligence Operation – Law Professor
http://en.ria.ru/politics/20140813/191982447/Islamic-State-Is-US-Covert-Intelligence-Operation—Law.html
“The Islamic State (IS) is a covert intelligence operation by the United States which aims at setting a predicate for further escalation in Iraq, Francis Boyle, a constitutional scholar and law professor at University of Illinois, told RIA Novosti.
“All the implications so far in the public record are that ISIS [IS] is a covert US intelligence operation,” Boyle told RIA Novosti Tuesday. “Head of ISIS Abu Bakr Baghdadi spent five years in an American detention facility, and also three of the four military commanders were also in detention by the US forces. So, my guess is that ISIS is indeed a covert US military intervention to set precedent for US escalation in Iraq.”
It is very clear that the IS had advanced sophisticated military training that was provided by Pentagon and the CIA, the professor stated.
“The main goal of the operation is to destroy Iraq as a state so that it could no longer stand in the way of the imperial designs of the US and Israel in the region. Second, to control the oil in the region,” Boyle asserted.
Although it was announced earlier by the administration that the US was not going to put ground troops in Iraq, Boyle did not believe it was true and predicted further escalation of the conflict.
“President Barack Obama already sent some 800 special forces over there on the ground that are directing these airstrikes,” he emphasized.
After Professor Boyle gave this interview, the Obama administration announced another round of escalation of US military forces into Iraq, exactly as Boyle had predicted. A senior Defense Department official announced Tuesday that the military has sent 130 advisers to northern Iraq to plan for the evacuation of refugees under siege by IS militants…”
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Iran endorses Haider al-Abadi as Iraq’s new prime minister, spurning Nouri al-Maliki
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iran-endorses-haider-al-abadi-as-iraqs-new-prime-minister-spurning-nouri-al-maliki/2014/08/12/0487f02c-222c-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html
Anyone still criticizing Russia for failing to deliver S300’s to Iran needs to consider just how stupid, greedy, venial and utterly corrupt the Persian state really is.
Now you know why Putin would rather deal with Netanyahu than Rouhani. I can’t say I blame him.
I’m sure the Iranian ‘negotiating team’ has already been handsomely rewarded with massive sums deposited into Swiss bank accounts and Ivy league educations for their kids.
It is difficult to emphasize to degree to which Rouhani and the other war profiteer Iranian oligarch-parasites are willing to sell their own country down the river to the Anglo-Zionists while receiving ABSOLUTELY NOTHING on behalf of their own country. Not only are they receiving nothing they are also doing tremendous long term damage to Iran and the region by setting a precedent that will later be used to carve up Iran. The cynicism and criminality of these people is mind boggling.
Let me emphasize:
The Iranian regime and its leadership is currently working alonside the AZ gangsters in an effort to help dismember Iraq and create an Israel-friedly Kurdistan on their own borders which will subsequently be used to block or control of energy flow from Iran to Europe.
Ha ha — wow!
Iranian leadership is demonically possessed. I can think of no other reasonable explanation.
To the Saker and fellow commentators:
It is profoundly ironic to me that the current situation in which the US tacitly supports the emergence of a ISIS/Sunni entity in the middle of Iraq gets little or no attention from the hundreds of commentators on the events in Ukraine.
Somehow Ukrainian events are easily understood as an attempt by the Empire to gain control over Russia where events in the Middle East are opaque and largely ignored.
Yet it is easily argued that this emerging ISIS entity is a far greater threat to not just Russia, but also China and Iran – while it gives the US
strategic control over oil and gas routes to Europe (ensuring US domination of that arena).
Perhaps the threat of Nato missiles is more comprehensible than economic domination. Still – when ISIS kills more people in one day that are killed in Ukraine in a month – there is hardly concern voiced in the comments.
So how is it, that while rejecting the policy of empire domination of the world, commentators here seem to have adopted Empire values that prioritize European lives over all others.
@Where-Wolf: Iranian leadership is demonically possessed. I can think of no other reasonable explanation.
Dearest Brother Where-Wolf,
Remember you wrote about the combined conciseness while ago, a great write-up of yours, which I will take in my next post to Brother Saker and you.
As far as above is concerned, the Middle East (ME) is going through tremendous changes at present. To understand it fully not only you have to been living in ME for a long while but the following too:
1. Know the ME culture.
2. Know the Islamic culture.
3. Know Islam.
4. Know the two main sects of Islam.
5. Know the Arabs.
6. Know the Persians.
7. Know the Shia.
8. And, know how the Shia bring the best of Arabs and Persians together.
Right now the biggest worry the Shia have is the daily suicide bombings of Shia civilians, almost monthly about 1000 Shia are killed due to these daily bombings. Forget the 3,000 to 4,000 who are monthly severely injured for life.
This has to stop. Haider al-Abadi is from Noor al-Malaki with no difference between them. However, falsely Noor al-Malaki has been accused too many times about sectarianism in the past, so Haider al-Abadi is a good replacement for him.
Haider al-Abadi has been accepted by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.
The Moon of Alabama (MOA) is crawling with Saudi Arabia HASBARA, such as Susan Sunflower, Alexno, Wayoutwest, brian …. The Saudis have learned well from their Masters the Israelis.
Unfortunately, now the Muslim Brotherhood is being demonized. To demonize and persecute any group is EVIL. The Shia and Iran are working very hard for this not to happen.
I hope that I have answered yours and others all the political questions. Being from ME, I don’t like to get into politics too much.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Dearest Saker and Where-Wolf,
Remember Saker while ago I wrote about Sufism, and that they consider Imam Ali (as) as their leader. You asked me why they are not considered Shia and why they are called Sunni.
I replied to you that, “they like to have their cake and eat it too”. The Sunni believe in predestination and the Shia believe in freewill.
The first 3 caliphs of Islam, abu Bakr, Omar and Osman are facts on the ground. According to predestination to deny them is paramount to denying the Will of God. Muslim means, “bowing to Will of God”, thus denying these 3 caliphs is becoming of non-Muslims, therefore the Shia are called, “Rafida“.
Most Sunni are Sufi, even if they are not called as such. They consider Prophet Mohammad (saws), Bibi Fatima (as), Imam Ali (as), Imam Hassan (as) and Imam Hussain (as), these five to be spiritual leaders and higher than the 3 caliphs who are political leaders.
The rest of the Sunnis consider, the 3 caliphs higher than Imam Ali (as).
One of the greatest Hanafi Sunni Sufi leader is Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. He is a Hanafi Sunni.
Please see next post.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Dearest Saker and Where-Wolf,
According to Imam Ali (as) : “the study of wisdom requires spiritual exercise and forsaking the world.”
Ayatollah Imam Khomeini (ra) was one of the greatest Sufi. He was the student of Ibn Arabi. According to Ibn Al-Arabi’s theory, “the being of all things is God: there is nothing except Him. He argued for the doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujud, where certain implications seem hard to avoid. For example: Being and existence are all one and are combined in God; being which is apart from God exists only by virtue of His will, but was, prior to its being made separate, one with God; the perfect human (al-insan al-kamil) is the one who knows oneness with God, who loves God and who is loved by God.”
Wahdat al-Wujud literally means the “Unity of Existence”
According to Mulla Sadra, “A reified, fixed and immutable concept cannot capture the nature of existence, which is dynamic and in flux. Ultimately, essences are privative and, citing Ibn al-‘Arabi, they ‘have never smelt the fragrance of being’. They are merely posited in the mind as modes of making sense and of determining reality as ‘beings of reason’. Unpacking this metaphysical package, one can discern three distinct doctrines of existence that draw upon his intellectual influences, which include Avicennan philosophy, the intuitive philosophy of the ishraqi school associated with Suhrawardi, and the Sufi metaphysics of being of Ibn al-‘Arabi.”
“In more recent times, some of the key thinkers involved in the Islamic Revolution of 1979, such as Ayatollah Khomeini and Mortaza Motahhari, were profoundly influenced by the thought of Mulla Sadra, and some have even attempted to appropriate Mulla Sadra as the ‘philosopher of the Revolution’ despite the distinct lack of an engagement with political philosophy in his work. The contemporary generation of seminary trained philosophers in Iran including the prayer leader of Qum, Ayatullah ‘Abdullah Javadi Amuli (who has a useful ten volume commentary on the Four Journeys), are all students of the late ‘Allama Tabataba’i (d. 1981) who wrote an influential set of glosses on the work of Mulla Sadra. His school dominates the Shi‘i seminary in Iran.”
Saker, I remember you more than once talked about Islamic Philosophy, Mysticism and Spiritualism.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@Everybody,
Please remember to demonize Muslim Brotherhood is to demonize HAMAS. It is nothing but HASBARA.
Who has trained HAMAS, but not Iran, Syria and Hezbollah. They all 3 STILL keep on training them and providing them with all the spiritual, financial and political support.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Muslim Brotherhood is an masonic evil tool of the british colonialism, and recently us imperialism and israeli supremacism. The Muslim Brotherhood is a NWO pawn
Hamas, a Palestinian branch of MB, was created by israel. It’s responsible for atrocities against Syria’s population during current civil war, one of the leaders paid by Qatar has been living in luxury there while his fanatics have been slaughtering civilians in Syria. Great Hafaz al Assad saved Syria by quashing the terrorist uprising by MB in 1980s.
These are indisputable facts.
And now for a real gem, found just today: Aangirfan: MUHAMMAD WAS JEWISH
All pieces are falling into place…
@ProPeace: Muslim Brotherhood is an masonic evil tool of the british colonialism
Wrong! To know Wahhabism and Muslim Brotherhood, you have to go back all the way ibn Taymiyyah.
If you don’t know who is ibn Taymiyyah then you are spouting the Saudi HASBARA.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@ProPeace: And now for a real gem, found just today: Aangirfan: MUHAMMAD WAS JEWISH
You seem to have discovered Santa Claus. I am an Arab and thanks for letting me that I am a Semite.
Yes, both Jesus and Mohammad trace back their heritage to Abraham. Jesus to Isaac and Mohammad to Ismael.
Now if Abraham was a Jew, then who was Adam?
What about Noah and Shem?
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@Mohammed
Re: Iranian leadership is demonically possessed.
Yes. It was hyperbole; maybe too strong given the current environment of anti-Iran and anti-Islam propaganda. I often suspend my facility for thoughtfulness when I want to be harsh. Please note my comments directy target the Iranian “state” and leadership.
I stand by my charge that the Iranian leadership is treacherous and corrupt.
Mohamad, I have been so often impressed by your insight and wit that I could hardly believe you would write that the coup was justified because Haider al-Abadi has been accepted by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.
Surely this must be a reason NOT to support the coup. What deal can you make with the devil that will be profitable in the end? Unity between Iran and the tyranical Gulf Lords, on terms dictated by the Great Satan, will not benefit Islam, Iran nor the Shia. Surely you must know.
You would think given Persian historicism someone like Rouhani would be loath to poke the dying body of the faltering Iraqi beast. You would think but you would be wrong because Iran is also a nation controlled by war profiteer gangster elites, some of whom wear religious garb, and all of whom made their substantial fortunes and reputations in the chaos and the aftermath of that terrible war. I make no comment here against the clerical establishment but I did believe Sistani would be strong enough to block such a move and would have done so if he wished. Obviously I have a very limited view of the situation and can’t even name all the participants or their respective interests but if I have missed something critical please provide a narrative that overturns my own. I would be grateful to receive it because, as you point out, my knowledge of the particulars is limited.
I am no fan of Maliki however Iran has just participated in a coup of the Iraqi government alonside the United States. Shall I repeat that or is your faculty for irony still fully functional?
I’ll repeat it again just for fun:
Iran and the US have conspired along with ambitious Iraqi politicians and overthrown the recently re-elected Maliki (whose handling of multiple regime change operations directed against him resulted in increased support in the recent election).
As always, timing is everything. By providing the critical support necessary to make this coup possible Iran has just handed the Anglo-Zionists a huge victory and taken a tremendous weight off their shoulders at the most critical moment in recent human history and done so without receiving so much as a public promise. Is this because there were no promises at all or is it because promises were made to exclusively benifit a very narrow segment of the Iranian leadership?
Mohamed I believe that Islam is a religion of peace and that you are a proper representitive of that creed at the Saker blog but please allow me to offer some of my own possibly foolish advice. If you should ever find yourself in a struggle to the death, with someone who is determined to destroy you, and by some chance you also find yourself with a knife at their throat, it is extremely unwise to take the knife away from their throat on the promise that they will stand up and shake your hand.
Iranian leadership has set a terrible precedent for the region and done so under extreme duress in a process that is now GUARANTEED to be repeated. Iranian leadership had never been in a stronger position and it was almost entirely due to the sacrifices of external actors. Russia along with the defenders of Syria and Novorussia earned the Iranian leadership an opportunity to make a just accomodation with the West and I still don’t understand what could possess them to throw it away. Very often I get the feeling that the faithful prefer to keep us all goose stepping along the way to some great religious catastrophe rather than dealing with the very basic and very easy determinations we can make right now.
Please excuse my possibly unfair characterizations — and answer my fair questions.
@Mohamed
You also wrote:
To know Wahhabism and Muslim Brotherhood, you have to go back all the way ibn Taymiyyah.
If you don’t know who is ibn
Taymiyyah then you are spouting the Saudi HASBARA
This needs to be explained. You can’t excuse or gloss over the undeniable connection between British fascism and Saudi Wahhabism and the Brotherhood so casually. Not every criticism against you is made by Harbarat.
Out of respect for your history of commentary I have struggled to discern the broader message you seem eager to deliver in your multiple messages.
I’m sorry but I feel like I’m missing something.
@Where-Wolf: I make no comment here against the clerical establishment but I did believe Sistani would be strong enough to block such a move and would have done so if he wished.
Salam Dearest Where-Wolf,
Sistani is on it too, and he has pushed Noor al-Malaki out in favor of Haider al-Abadi. On Thursday, Noor al-Malaki peacefully bowed out.
Maliki steps aside, endorses Abadi as successor
“The party reportedly announced its decision to endorse Abadi after asking Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s opinion on the matter. The top Iraqi Shia cleric said the new premier should have broad national acceptance and be able to work with other ethnic and religious leaders in the country.”
There is no difference between Haider al-Abadi and Noor al-Malaki and they are both the same. This change of face is taken place on the promise of no longer daily suicide bombings.
@Where-Wolf: Mohamed I believe that Islam is a religion of peace and that you are a proper representative of that creed at the Saker blog but please allow me to offer some of my own possibly foolish advice. If you should ever find yourself in a struggle to the death, with someone who is determined to destroy you, and by some chance you also find yourself with a knife at their throat, it is extremely unwise to take the knife away from their throat on the promise that they will stand up and shake your hand.
I don’t know what I will do, I know what my Imam Ali (as) did.
During the time of the Prophet (saws) all the Islamic battles, were in defensive against his uncles, against his own powerful family, who saw him a threat to their money making machine.
In one of these early defensive battle Imam Ali (as) was a young man of 25. Islam was challenged by one of the mightiest warrior. Islam was in its infancy and Muslims were scared. Ali took the challenge, a fight between David and Goliath.
Ali was about to smite the Goliath, when he being under Ali, spit in Ali’s face. Ali suddenly withdrew and let the Goliath get up. The fight resumed again, and Ali had the victory at the end.
People asked Ali why he withdrew at the most opportunist moment to slay Goliath. Ali answer, if I had slew him then, I would have done it for Ali, for Ali’s pride and not for Islam.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@Where-Wolf: This needs to be explained. You can’t excuse or gloss over the undeniable connection between British fascism and Saudi Wahhabism and the Brotherhood so casually. Not every criticism against you is made by Harbarat.
Ibn Taymiyyah lived during the late 13th century. He was a deranged human being who thoroughly hated the progeny of the Prophet (saws). However, due to Petrodollars he has become today the Shaikh of Islam. He was a simpleton whose some of the beliefs were:
1. Quran is literal, therefore in the Quran when God says His both hands are open, it doesn’t mean that God is Generous. It means that God has literally Two Hands. He believed in anthropomorphism, though his adherents, the Wahhabis who believe as such deny that.
2. The Muslims lost the war to the Mongols due to the fact that they have moved away from Salafism, moving away from their “predecessors/ancestors”. A Sahih (authentic) Salaf is from the “first generation” who lived with the Prophet (saws).
Wahhabism which is a RELIGION is based on ibn Taymiyyah was created in middle 19th by our British Masters. Almost all the “Liver Eaters” are from them.
The Brotherhood is a POLITICAL movement which is based on the concept both in Christianity and Islam of “brother’s keeper”. This movement came AGAINST the British Empire. It was started in early/middle 19th century by Hassan al-Banna.
Both The Brotherhood (in Arab countries) and The Muslim League (in India and not Gandhi) were against COLONIALISM. The Muslim League took a different tack with Muhammad Iqbal, but the credit goes to Gandhi.
Where as The Brotherhood, believed that Muslims have moved away from the Sahih Salaf and adopted the ways of the WEST, and thus they have been colonized. To gain back freedom is to go back to the origins. The Brotherhood is NOT a religious movement.
Early this year, The Brotherhood was proclaimed “an terrorists” organization throughout the World by both Saudi Arabia and Egypt. For this reason I said, “Saudi Hasbara”.
Enough said, if you catch my drift.
Mohamed.
@Everybody,
If you all noticed that I have called, the Muslims Brotherhood as the “Brotherhood”, which is the correct translation of the Arabic, “IKHWAN”
Best regards,
Mohamed.