2nd July: Iraqi Parliament got delayed when Najiba Najib, a Kurdish lawmaker, asked that dfederal funds withheld from Kurdistan be released. This was asked when the speaker was being decided. This angered Kadhim Al Sayadi of the state of the law coalition who responded by threatening to crush the Kurds in their bid for independence. Sunni MPs left when mention of the DI of Daash was made. Most of the Sunni and Kurdish MPs did not return after the interval.
2nd July: The clashes in Karbala have reported to have started when the local police tried to remove concrete barriers installed around cleric Hasan al-Sharkhi’s office in Saif Saad neighborhood south of the city. The police were confronted by the supporters of the cleric and on ignoring their protests were shot at. Two policemen were then killed. The police returned fire. Supporters then spread out in Karbala and armed reinforcements were sent from Najaf by Maliki. The police later arrested over 100 followers of the cleric. The cleric is reported to have fled.
2nd July: Massoud Barzani has met with the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, on Wednesday.
3rd July: Supporters gather outside the Kurdish Parliament in Kurdistan in support of Barzani’s call for a referendum. Kurdish authorities are insisting that they will go ahead with their bid for independence with or without “American” approval. Massoud Barzani has arrived at the Kurdish parliament and is expected to give a speech shortly. Latest: Barzani calls for independence.
3rd July: State of Law coalition, which is headed by Nouri Al Maliki, has stated that it will not allow Osama Al-Nujaifi to occupy any of the three presidencies (President, Prime Minister, Speaker) and that alternatives should be considered. Their spokesperson, Mohammed al-Sayhood, stated “our belief is that Nujaifi has failed the political process in Iraq.”
Nujaifi’s party, the Motahedoun, has rejected the candidacy of Maliki and has asked the National Coalition to propose some other candidate.
3rd July: Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the head of the National Alliance meets with members of the National Coalition to discuss government formation.
3rd July: US adds to pressure, state department spokesperson, Marie Harf, “time is not on Iraq’s side” when referring to law makers adjourning parliament.
3rd July: America’s 300 give their first assessment of Iraqi forces: Iran is doubling its efforts to train Shiite militias. The Baghdad airport is ill prepared with only eight apache gunships.
3rd July: Turkoman refugee families in Iraqi Kurdistan have had their movements restricted to the camps. Those wanting to travel to the south of Iraq are finding it impossible on account of the roads being held by Daash. The airport and the entire city of Erbil have been put off limits by Kurdish authorities.
3rd July: Saudi news channel Al-Arabiya claims that the Iraqi army withdraws its patrols and forces from the Iraq Saudi Border in the province of Karbal, forcing the Saudi army to deploy 30000 troops along the border. The claims are later denied by the Iraqi Army.
3rd July: Daash has released 32 Turkish drivers it had abducted in the beginning of June. They are now with Turkish authorities in northern Iraq.
3rd July Shannon Maureen Conley, a 19 year old American is arrested in Colorado while trying to board a flight to Germany. She was on her way to fight for Daash in Syria. She is being interrogated by the FBI.
3rd July: An IED has exploded in the south west of Kirkuk city killing one Peshmerga fighter and injuring another five. Iraqi government aircraft have targeted Daash fuel tankers that were loading fuel in Al-Safra village south of Kirkuk. The airstrike destroyed three tankers and damaged six.
3rd July: Peshmerga fighters clash with Daash militants in Jalawalaa district, north east Baqouba. Casualties are being reported amongst the Daash fighters.
3rd July: Atta/Government claims for the day:
Some areas of Jurf al-Sakhar district in Babel province have been cleared of Daash fighters/Rebels
The air force has bombed the Mayor’s building in Shurqat, Salahuddin province
Abu al-Oula al-Shami, a Daash commander responsible for recruiting, has been killed by Security Forces in Anbar
Related:
2nd July: An EU court has scrapped sanctions that were imposed by the EU on the Sharif University. The University was placed under sanctions for supporting Iran’s nuclear program. The sanctions were scrapped for lack of evidence.
3rd July: Iran and P5 enter final stages of the Iranian nuclear negotiations.
3rd July: Sunni Bangladeshi migrant workers returning from Iraq complain of being beaten, insulted and their cleric tortured by Iraqi Security Forces for being pro rebel/Daash. The 21 labourers said that the abuse had been widespread. One laborer was allegedly stripped naked, those with long beards were singled out for abuse.
3rd July: Obama talks to the Saudi King Abdullah about the security situation in Iraq. The Saudi king offers 500 million USD aid to those displaced in the fighting. The money will be channeled through the UN (and not the regular Daash channels).
3rd July: Zahran Alloush, head of the Syrian Islamist militant group Jaish al Islam (Army of Islam) is seriously injured in a suburb of Damascus when a meeting of his fighters was struck by mortar shells fired by Daash fighters. He had earlier referred to the Daash in a YouTube video as being “Kharjities” and destroyers of Jihad.
Short Analysis:
The Telegraph, UK, today stated the glaringly obvious. The only asset the Americans did not supply the Iraqi leadership with was air power. It states that even a rudimentary air force of Second World War aircraft would have prevented Daash from making rapid advances corroborating what Maliki had claimed earlier. It also goes on to state that the F-16s promised would have been ill suited for ground attack missions.
The inability of the Iraqi forces to stop the Daash/rebel advance on the roads, is now forcing them to fight a costly, in terms of men and money, urban confrontation.
Osama al Nujaifi today claimed that “he had received confirmation from the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the ‘need for change’ in the country. Maliki is now the past.” He also justified the Kurdish call for independence by referring to it as an outcome of the “marginalization” policies of the government in Baghdad, which as the speaker of Parliament, he was part of.
Further reading:
Must watch, Shia militias trained in Syria fighting in Iraq
http://edition.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/world/2014/07/02/pkg-damon-iraq-shrine-militia.cnn.html
Video by BBC on the mobilization of Shia militias in Baghdad
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28142802
Bhadrakumar’s piece; Iran’s efforts to fight Daash and spot the odd man out:
http://blogs.rediff.com/mkbhadrakumar/2014/07/01/iran-preparing-to-vanquish-isil/
What is Jarba, the known Saudi agent
president of the Syrian expat Opposition, doing with Barzani?
Are the Saudis plotting with the Kurds for a regime change in Iraq that would be favorable to the Syrian opposition?
“2nd July: Massoud Barzani has met with the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, on Wednesday.”
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“Osama al Nujaifi today claimed that “he had received confirmation from the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the ‘need for change’ in the country. Maliki is now the past.” He also justified the Kurdish call for independence by referring to it as an outcome of the “marginalization” policies of the government in Baghdad, which as the speaker of Parliament, he was part of.”
And no doubt that new “Kurdish state” would be very friendly to the terrorists operating against Syria and the ones planned to be operating against Iran.
Mindfriedo, thanks for the sitrep.
The Saudi involvement in 9/11 was part of a deal with the neo-cons, according to some.
So, the logic of that leads to war with proxies against Iran. Later, they will underwrite more insurgency against Russia.
Nothing is beyond the logic of oil price, religious hegemony, destabilization and evil.
One hand is Zionist evil, the other Sunni evil. Pick or choose, it all deserves its place in hell.
Hegemonic America or Islamic radical hegemony?
The only two peace-seeking nations are Russia and China. They have capitalism as their engine and religion and Daoism as ballast.
Considering what the state of their nations were just a few decades ago, they are doing very well for their people and for world cooperation and rule of law.
Naturally, that makes them the target of the psychopathic and sociopathic ideologies of their opponents.
The world faces a hydra head of evil. At least we have Putin who is not inscrutable and who is an activist for good, for equitable relationships and who chooses diplomacy over war. But he does know how to win wars, defeat sworn enemies and pacify the wild and wicked.
@Anonymous 1-3 of 3.
That caught my eye as well, “2nd July: Massoud Barzani has met with the head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition, Ahmed al-Jarba, on Wednesday.” Thanks Mindfriedo.
The Syrian opposition is a US-Saudi franchise. Barzani is not to be trusted and,perhaps, once again the Kurds have grasped defeat from the jaws of victory.
In Turkey, the jailed Kurd leader Oclan is helping Erdogan win the presidency.
The Kurds are on the wrong side of history, to say the least.
Another excellent analyse by Thierry Meyssan:
http://www.voltairenet.org/article184499.html
Finally East meets West in the most positive way. The ideas of the European Renaissance of the sovereign modern nation state based on scientific progress, which hitherto had been the greatest contribution to the progress of humanity is now combining in China with the greatest gift of Asian civilization, Confucianism. This was the meaning of Chinese President Xi Jingping’s recent addresses like the one he gave on June 28th. “Just like rising water lifts all boats, and more water in the tributaries make a wider river, all will benefit when everyone develops…the sky, earth, and world are big enough to allow the common development and prosperity of all countries.” Coming from China this is a revolution. China has decided to finally take responsibility for the future of mankind, not just the exclusive future of the Chinese people. China is now ending its insularity and indifference to the world outside of the “middle kingdom.” With this perspective a rapid consolidation of a partnership with India is now occurring around mutual development. I firmly believe that the work of the LaRouche’s and the Schiller Institute have played a major role in this coming together of East and West at the highest level of what is best in both.
In the context of this spectacular situation of a positive concept of humanity, the Group of 77 representing over 130 nations have enthusiastically backed Argentina against the vulture funds and the insane rulings in the U.S. Judiciary to eliminate the ability of any nation to restructure its debt with its bond holders. The Group of 77 represents over 130 nations and with China and Russia included you have 80% of the world’s population solidly opposing the imperial debt/speculation monetary system. Most of these weaker nations of the Group of 77 have lain prostate before the debt collectors of the empire for decades without any recourse but suffering, poverty, degradation, and death. With China, Russia, and India coming on to the scene as a counter force to this, the Argentina situation has brought 80% of the world together. They are all one, and Argentina is now calling the bluff of the Obama administration which has weighed in with full support for the vulture funds. In its defense Argentina has made the LaRouchian claim that this battle is not between debtors and lenders, not between rich nations and poor nations, but rather it a battle between those who loot through speculation and those who produce.
In response to these developments the British and Obama are unleashing from the bowels of hell the shortest path to thermonuclear war. That is the Islamic State in the Levant, ISIS. This ISIS, which has just declared themselves the Caliphate for all Islam, the only legitimate form of government allowed in the Koran, with its most brutal mass killings of defenseless people, the non-believers, and with its aim to kill the non-believers and never stop killing the non-believers till they submit to the Caliph — this Obama sponsored and nurtured Satanic beast is about to massacre millions. If this is not bad enough, this same beast is being used to justify further U.S. military intervention into the area. Not to mention the Ukraine situation,the Russians will not allow the intended victims of this, Syria, Iran, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Russia and China to be destroyed. It is Russia which is rushing equipment and manpower to help the beleaguered Iraqi government.
Not surprisingly a war to remove Obama is breaking out in the U.S.
“Anonymous said…,
This ISIS, which has just declared themselves the Caliphate for all Islam, the only legitimate form of government allowed in the Koran ,…”
Dearest Anonymous,
Excellent Post! ~:)
I don’t think that you will find Caliphate in the Holy Quran, nor such form of government called Caliphate ever discussed in the Quran.
When God created Adam, God said that I am putting My caliph (representative) on earth. This is the only reference to caliph you will ever find in the Holy Quran.
The rest is history and the manipulation of the Holy Quran.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
“Anonymous said…,
Not surprisingly a war to remove Obama is breaking out in the U.S.”
Dearest Anonymous,
I hope not. I believe that both Obama and Putin are in cahoots.
I have been saying this on this blog for months now. You might think that I have lost my marbles.
But think? When God(dess) proclaimed Caliphate, they made the whole world their enemies, including the Muslims’ world too.
Best regards,
Mohamed.