IRAQ SITREP 6th to 12th Aug
This is a partial SITREP as time did not allow to fill in more details, will post missed or overlooked news in subsequent SITREPs
6th Aug: Fighting breaks out between Iraqi Security Forces backed by Shia militias and Daash fighters in Ouja and Tigris south of Tikrit. The fighting followed separate Daash instigated assaults/attacks on both towns.
6th Aug: Fighting between Peshmerga forces trying to regain control of terrertory lost to Daash in Sinjar and Zammar results in casualties on both sides. The Kurdish forces were being backed by Iraqi helicopters.
6th Aug: The Human Rights Commission in Iraq stated that after having transferred over 500 women from Sinjar, Daash has also kidnapped Turkoman Shia women from Tal Afar airport and has offered them to its fighters as slaves.
6th Aug: The Iraqi army has taken control of two areas north of Ramadi, Anbar and killed 12 Daash fighters in a confrontation that is ongoing.
6th Aug: The Iraqi army aviation reports bombing and killing Abu Anas al-Muhajir, a judge in Mosul in charge of a juvenile prison. The bombardment of the complex helped the 300 detainees being held there escape.
6th Aug: Waves of refugees are making their way toward Kurdistan from areas that have been taken over by Daash: Sinjar and Zammar.
6th Aug: Peshmerga forces report attacking and taking control of a Police academy in Mosul and some intersections. The Peshmergas were backed by Iraqi Helicopters. Losses on both sides are unconfirmed.
7th Aug: Ali Jassim al-Maytoti, an MP from the Iraqi Forces Coalition blames the United States for civilian casualties that resulted from air strikes in Sinjar that the Iraqi Air Force. He blamed faulty intelligence for the loss of civilian life.
7th Aug: Daash is preventing residents of Saadiya from leaving and is reportedly using them as human shields against Iraqi Airstrikes. Daash is using residential housing as its command posts after government buildings were bombed last week resulting in casualties.
7th Aug: Iraqi security forces are reporting having cleared a number of villages in the road between Tuz Khurmato and Amerli in Salah id Din. The fighting is now intensifying around Yakenja village where Daash fighters are taking shelter. The security forces plan to free the village and advance towards Amerli. They are being backed by air strikes.
7th Aug: Peshmerga fighters attack Daash fighters in Do Kri and liberate the area near the Syrian Iraqi border.
7th Aug: Fighting between Peshmergas and Daash around Mosul Dam has resulted in the death of Chechen Daash Commander Abu Omar al-Shishani also known as Tarkhan Batirhvili. The Kurds are stating that they still control the Dam and that they have so far repelled assaults by Daash to take over the dam. The dam is now under Daash control.
7th Aug: Fuad Masum meets with Abdul Karim al-Samarrai, the Minister of Science and Technology and Ali al-Adeeb Minister of Science and Higher Education and discusses government formation with them.
Faud Masum expects the largest bloc of representatives (the Shia National Alliance bloc) to nominate Ibrahim al Jafari as its next Prime Ministerial candidate.
7th Aug: Three Kuwaiti nationals have been sanctioned by the US Treasury for supporting Jihadists in Syria and Iraq by collecting and transferring funds to them.
8th Aug: The Iraqi Security Forces raid and arrest a number of Former Iraqi Army officers and young men from different parts of Baghdad. The men are suspected to be part of a fifth column that planned an uprising that would have occurred prior to a concerted push being made by Daash led rebels on Baghdad.
8th Aug: Jamal Kojer, a member of Kurdistan Alliance, states that the Peshmergas are more than capable of taking on Daash and that they can regain all lost ground but would be in need of Iraqi Air Support.
8th Aug: The US carries out air strikes on mobile artillery belonging to Daash firing at Peshmerga forces near Erbil.
The US also airdrops relief supplies to refugees in and around mount Sinjar.
9th Aug: The government in Baghdad airlifts supplies to Kurdish forces in Erbil. The consignment consisted of mainly small arms needed by the Kurds to fight Daash.
9th Aug: The US starts to airlift additional emergency supplies to refugees in and around mount Sinjar. 7s packets consisting of 28000 meals and 1500 gallons of water are airdropped on refugee positions.
9th Aug: America carries out another two sorties against Daash elements firing mortars on Kurdish positions around Erbil. A Daash vehicle convoy is also targeted.
9th Aug: Daash launches a pre dawn attack on Tuz Khurmato from two different directions. The Peshmergas repel the assault. Both sides resorted to the use of artillery and heavy equipment. Civilians in the assaulted area flee the fighting. Casualties are unknown.
9th Aug: The Iraqi air force bombs a concentration of Daash fighters north east of Baqouba and kills 30 Daash fighters. Iraqi Security personnel are seeing a change in the tactics employed by Daash to avoid airstrikes: most movement is pre dawn and involves single vehicles as opposed to convoys.
9th Aug: Zervani forces of the Peshmergas ascend parts of mount Sinjar in an attempt to save stranded Iraqis from Sinjar.
9th Aug: Satee Abdullah al-Afri, a local commander of Daash in Mosul. The attack is being claimed by a little known group called the al-Ramah battalion. Another attack near Kirkuk by the group resulted in the death of Muhammad Jakh, another commander.
10th Aug: A leader within the Awakening movement is reporting the mass fleeing of over 100 Daash fighters west of Kirkuk. The Daash fighters in al-Zewiya and Sedira villages threw their arms away and fled to unknown parts. The entire area is suddenly devoid of terrorists.
10th Aug: Three Mortar shells fired by Daash Terrorists land 200 meters from the Al Askari shrine in Samarra.
10th Aug: Sustained airstrikes by US Aircraft and land assaults by Peshmerga forces have resulted in Daash fighters withdrawing from Makhmor and Al Kwer areas south of Erbil. The Daash fighters have withdrawn from nearby villages as well. The Peshmergas are being cautious and “not rushing to death” out of fear of ambushes and counter offensives. The Peshmergas enter and free Kwer area south of Erbil.
10th Aug: Iraqi Army troops are fighting Daash fighters to the east of Mosul. The Iraqi Air Force has targeted Daash in Solaiman Beck, al-Thabetiya, and al-Nebaee.
10th Aug: Peshmerga forces are reporting that they repulsed an assault on Jalawla by Daash. The assault was from three directions and was a major push for the town. Kurdish forces were being supported by the Iraqi Air force. Jalawla later fell on the 11th to Daash forces after two days of fighting. Ten Peshmergas were reported killed and 80 wounded. Daash had attacked the town with car bombs, suicide bombers and men dressed in Peshmerga uniforms and taken control of the centre of town. The Peshmergas are now planning a counter offensive. The Peshmergas are fighting street battles with Daash and shelling Daash positions in the southern parts of the town with artillery.
10th Aug: Daash fighters are using mortars to shell villages in Berwana sub district in Haditha, Anbar. The al-Jegheva tribe residing there has been resisting Daash and appears to be the target of the intense shelling carried out by Daash.
10th Aug: A government air strike on a Sharia Court in Al Karma, Anbar, reportedly kills 45 Daash fighters
10th Aug: Maliki makes a speech condemning the Iraqi President Faud Masum. Troops loyal to him then fan out across the green zone and take over key intersections. For those wanting to know more about Maliki’s ouster please refer to the links provided in the further reading section.
11th Aug: The National Allaince nominates Haider Abadi as its Prime Ministerial Candidate. The National Alliance is the largest coalition of mostly Shia parties in Iraq and, so far, also includes Maliki’s State of Law Coalition.
11th Aug: Fuad Masum, President elect of Iraq, nominates National Bloc nominee Haider Al Abadi as the Prime Ministerial Candidate. Outgoing PM Maliki (and current hopeful) criticizes the President of Iraq as having taken an unconstitutional step and threatens to resort or refer the matter to Iraq’s Federal Judiciary. Pro Maliki Security Forces are reported to have taken control of key intersections and points within the Green Zone in Baghdad.
12th Aug: Obama refers to the appointment of Haider Al Abadi as “a promising step forward.” The U S Secretary of State John Kerry hints at providing additional material support once Iraq has a new government: “We are ready to study additional political, economic and security choices as Iraq begins the formation of the new government.” Kerry went on to ask Abadi to form a “unity” government. He stated that the delivery of humanitarian supplies to Iraqis and resupplying the Kurds with arms had been undertaken on Baghdad’s behest.
12th Aug: Hoshyar Zebari pays back Maliki in kind (Maliki had earlier dismissed Zebari as Foreign Minister) states that any armed attempt by Maliki to hold on to power will be a disaster for Iraq and a coup. He stated that Maliki has lost the support of his allies and of “four” major political forces: the US, Iran, the religious authority (Sistani) and the UN.
12th Aug: Curiouser and curiouser: The Department of Defence states that the US will restrict its airstrikes to try and protect its interests (personnel) in Erbil and to help trapped Yazidis in Sinjar, but it will not bomb any further Daash targets or attempt to change the balance of power. The US has also stepped back from any attempt to open up a humanitarian corridor to trapped Iraqis in Sinjar and has instead stated that the focus of its mission is to ensure the safety of its air assets delivering aid to the trapped Iraqis.
12th Aug: Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and representative of Iran’s Supreme leader Ali Khamenei states that Iran supports “legal procedure paved for choosing the new Iraqi prime minister.” He has requested all Iraqi groups to unite behind the Iraqi Government.
12th Aug: The German Foreign Minister welcomes the appointment of Haider Al Abadi by Fuad Masum as the new Prime Minister in waiting. It also hopes that a national unity government will deprive Daash of its much needed political instability. The Italians also express hope in a future Iraq headed by Abadi.
12th Aug: The Iraqi PM in waiting, Haider Al Abadi, requests all political factions and people to unite behind the armed forces of Iraq and help them fight sectarianism in all its forms.
12th Aug: Brigadier Ghulam Askar Krimean, of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards warns Daash that any assault on Shi’ite Shrines in Iraq will not be tolerated and will be responded to. He has referred to Daash as a “counter revolutionary group” (not his exact words) that has attempted to weaken the resistance.
12th Aug: Kurdish Peshmergas are building up their forces on the outskirts of Jalawla and Saadia in preparation of an assault on the two towns. Inside the town, Daash fighters are preventing residents from leaving (a general curfew), they have raided the homes of security personnel, and have moved in heavy earth moving equipment to build earthen fortifications against any assault.
Kurdish political forces are drawing up plans to prevent any further loss of territory to Daash. Daash’s all on assault on Kurdish positions across a wide area is being seen as a reaction to their withdrawl under fire from areas around Erbil.
12th Aug: A group of men trading in “spoils” that Daash had looted from the people of Iraq in the north of the country have been arrested in Najaf. The group was selling the loot and allegedly repatriating profits to Daash.
12th Aug: Vian Dakhel, a Yazdi MP of Iraq, has stated that the fate of 600 Yazdi girls being held by Daash in Badush prison in Nineveh. He went on further to state that Yazdi families stranded on mount Sinjar are still in danger and are besieged by Daash. Daash has given the Yazdis a choice of converting or death.
12th Aug: The Iraqi Air Force bombs the former headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Sinjar. A number of Daash fighters are reported killed including Ahmad al Warshan, the newly appointed DI of Daash governor of the city.
12th Aug: Masoud Barzani has said that he supports the new Prime Minister in waiting of Iraq. Saudi Arabia and Turkey have also welcomed the news of Haider Al Abadi being nominated for Prime Minister.
12th Aug: Government claims for the day:
Four airstrikes launched on Daash fighters and their vehicles in Amerli, south of Tuz Khurma, East of Tikrit. Exact number of Casualties unreported.
12th Aug: US claims for the day:
A Daash mortar position firing on Peshmergas evacuating refugees in Sinjar has been bombed
Related:
12th Aug: The al-Shaaitat tribe in Deir Ezzor Eastern Syria is continuing to fight Daash despite the latter having resorted to terror tactics to try and subdue the tribal fighters. Daash has also tried to convince the Gharanij Brigades to stop supporting the tribe but has so far failed. The Syrian Air Force has dropped leaflets in the area welcoming the tribal revolt against Daash. The Syrian Tabaqa military airbase is the last government held territory in the area and it is coming under increased Daash assaults. The assaults have so far been repulsed.
12th Aug: The Lebanese army intelligence raids Syrian refugees in Koura
12th Aug: The Syrin army ambushes and kills militants fleeing the Lebanese town of Arsal for Qalamoun
12th Aug: Saad Hariri states that the $1 billion he brought back from his “masters” in Saudi Arabia will be used to buy modern military equipment for the Lebanese army
Further reading:
An Image of a Daash fighter who allegedly married a seven/nine year old girl in Iraq and his after death photo; an example of an anti Daash tweet, both pro and anti Daash tweets and messages abound:
http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/isis-militant-announces-his-marriage-to-terrified-7-year-old-in-occupied-city-syria/
From Pessimism:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-winning-its-war-on-two-fronts-militants-conquered-sunni-regions-of-iraq-and-are-now-consolidating-hold-on-northeast-syria-9641167.html
To Optimism:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraq-crisis-american-intervention-against-isis-boosts-kurdish-morale-as-president-obama-launches-more-air-strikes-9659493.html
For those wanting details of Maliki’s ouster:
http://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/235024632-maliki-defies-sistani-as-his-party-abandons-him/
and
http://foab.org/2014/08/feeling-heat-maliki-warns-sistani-against-opposing-third-term/
Like I said, they are all in cahoots to bring the Muslims together, including the sponsors of the “Liver Eaters”.
Haider Al Abadi has now the support of both Saudi Arabia and Turkey, so there won’t be any sectarian claims from these two.
Haider Al Abadi is a right hand man of Noor Al Malaki and Haider is from Malaki’s party.
The Fat Lady is about to sing, maybe within a month. And, then Daash will disappear in the middle of the night, to reappear when needed.
Thank you “Liver Eaters” for doing the Muslims a favor.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
I didnt read the article but how come obama can sovereignly decide to overthrow legal government of iraq AGAIN??? With maliki out? Sovereign decision for airstrikes in another sovereign country? Sovereign decision for humanitarian aid without red cross? Sovereign decision to arm kurds wich are not the official government? Support a new country emerging kurdistan? But yet on the other hand… Ukraine novorossiya hmm nothing is possible for russia hmm no training no funding no military aid no humanitarian aid no new country etc etc hmm hypocrisy double standards breaking international law while crying out loud slander propaganda sanctions threats to prevent others to the same for the right reasons in the right way hmm, and who trained armed and funded mujahideen alqaida isis??? That too… Divide and conquer evil illegal destructive war policy
Syria is safe and Assad has won another 7 years. All the sectarian is past.
Iraq is safe with both Saudi Arabia and Turkey supporting the nomination of Haider Al Abadi as the Prime Ministerial Candidate, a right hand man of Noor Al Malaki and from Malaki’s own party. All the sectarian is past.
Lebanon is safe, as they will have a President soon too. Hariri is baaack in Lebanon. All the sectarian is past.
Iran is safe, as it is negotiating a Nuclear Treaty with Empire.
Gaza and Hamas are safe too. The blockade on Gaza will be lifted soon.
Egypt mufti slams Takfiri ISIL militants for Iraq, Syria atrocities
Both Netanyahu and Israel are in real shit. War Crimes!
World couldn’t get any better.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
UN Names Gaza War Crimes Probe Panel
Thank you, thank you “Liver Eaters”!
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Q. How to setup Netanyahu and AIPAC?
A. Put a black man as President of the USA.
Hilary is dreaming to become the next President of the USA, by being in LOVE with Netanyahu, Israel’s new lawyer: Hillary Clinton
I guess if Monika Lewinsky can be in LOVE with Bill Clinton, why can’t Hilariously Hillaary be in LOVE with Netanyahu.
It can’t get any better!
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Fwd from Canuckistan:
For those that may not have access to the CBC’s Power and Politics, Harper’s Ambassador to Iraq has declared on-air that the “Country” (Kurd controlled Iraq) has opened it’s “borders” to various refugees from Syria and Iraq fleeing IS (ISIS) and desperately need more humanitarian, etc. assistance.
Is this an admission (Freudian Slip?) that Kurdistan is indeed its own country and if so, how and why do they have any say and/or seats within the Iraq Government.
For those that have access, either watch the repeat at 6pm EDT or later tonight when it is posted online unless they (neocons) notice it and can’t post it due to some technical (neocon) issue. It is near the end of the interview, but at the beginning of the broadcast itself.
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Politics/Power_&_Politics/
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Politics/Power_&_Politics/
@Everybody
Apologies for the typos and incomplete sentences. If something needs clarification please ask.
The SITREP comes across as if the Iraqi government and Kurds are winning. On the contrary, they have just suffered a major setback. Daash nearly did to the Peshmergas what it had done to Baghdad earlier in June. However, the govt and the Peshmergas are starting to fight back and will come out temporarily stronger.
@Penny, I’m afraid I can’t help you much.
“Turkey is constructing a ‘refugee’ camp. This is familiar, except they are building them in cooperation with the Kurds”
I have no knowledge of this. Nor have I come across this before. Even if they did not have sinister motives their obvious inhuman ones are appalling. The official reason given by Turkey to build these camps on Iraqi Territory is “Our policy is that suffering Iraqi citizens take shelter in secure regions within Iraq and maintain their life there.”
Regular commentator Michael Collins is very well informed about Turkey and may know more.
“ISIS to my knowledge has no air force of any sort
Have you any info to the contrary?”
There were reports of Daash having captured a few Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopters in Mosul. There were also reports on the 10th or the 11th of June of them attempting to fly one of these to ferry supplies. However, nothing since then has been reported of Daash flying anything, not even paper kites.
But your question is to do with the no-fly zone. There is obviously no need for any such a no-fly zone over Kurdish territory to protect them from Daash. Completely illogical and suspect. But if others start questioning this, I won’t be surprised at Daash suddenly developing air capabilities. They seem to be doing everything that helps US interests. Including scaring everybody to do exactly as the US asks while the US behaves aloof of the one region it covets the most.
“The Kurds have also requested military assistance from the US, I believe they are attempting to create a back door for US/Israeli entry into Iraq, against the wishes of Baghdad”
The Kurds are not part of the resistance arc. They have no bones to pick with the US or Israel. On the contrary their relations with both are excellent. The Daash threat could have been built up to make the Kurds dependent on the US and become instruments of the latter’s policies.
“FWIW: I believe the Kurdish Pashmerga and ISIS to be joined at the hip to the American/Israeli evil twins”
If the Peshmergas are a part of/joined to the evil twin Daash, then they are definitely clueless about this. They will be unwitting pawns.
The video by Daash of Abu Bakr Baghdadi in the mosque in Mosul and the mental capacity of its fighters makes it look a lot like Jundullah, and hence an American patsy.
kind regards
Mindfriedo
Thanks for updates
“12th Aug: Curiouser and curiouser: The Department of Defence states that the US will restrict its airstrikes to try and protect its interests (personnel) in Erbil and to help trapped Yazidis in Sinjar, but it will not bomb any further Daash targets or attempt to change the balance of power. The US has also stepped back from any attempt to open up a humanitarian corridor to trapped Iraqis in Sinjar and has instead stated that the focus of its mission is to ensure the safety of its air assets delivering aid to the trapped Iraqis.”
That sounds like the USA is limiting their airstrikes so as not to hurt their “al ciada” spin-off’s ops, but still give an image of fighting against them for the PR and political effect.
Thanks for the update, Mindfriedo.
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by limiting their air strikes they are very specifically protecting their interests…
Iran is in agreement that Maliki must go… not that he was their favorite anyway, but is this the price fr American agreement on things nuclear for Iran?
The implications seem to be that Iran is acquiescing on the temporary existence of the ISIS entity, and giving up on the gas pipeline through Iraq and Syria – given their experience with western sanctions, they probably prefer to send the gas east to India and China – especially now that others are resisting the pressure to go along with American sanctions.
Ironically, it is Europe that pays the price – Iranian gas would have been a cheap alternative to Russian gas and would have given them a measure of independence.
So with ISIS in central Iraq the US gets:
1) European dependence
2) Iranian separation from European gas markets
3) A base to send terrorists into southern Russia, Kazakstan, China and Iran
4) Breaks the Shi’ite arc(Iran, Iraq, through Syria and Lebanon) which in turn breaks Shia control of those huge oil resources and allows Hezbollah to be isolated.
5)Transfers control of the regions largest oil reserves to (US puppet) Kurdish hands.
6)Perpetuates a base for destabilizing Syria
7)Perpetuates the Media image of Muslims as the embodiment of evil – in this way generating an acquiescence to the Empire’s rule as the only civilized alternative.
Not bad when everyone else pays the price!
What war planes is the Iraqi Air Force using?
Russian? American?
@Mohamed I would agree with you, since I learned in Jan 2013 that it was the plan – but for what price? Abysmal collateral damage and all these things mentioned by “les” above… Daash disappearning – let’s hope so… (Granted, Syria is united as never before, though, can be the template for the rest of the world Resistance: Iraq, Palestine, Donbass,…)
OT, but a nice bust of a deserving war of a company of criminals.
Guardian accused of pro-Israel bias over anti-Hamas ‘child sacrifice’ ad
http://rt.com/uk/179796-guardian-israel-bias-gaza/
“Britain’s Guardian newspaper has been accused of pro-Israel bias after publishing a widely condemned advert paid for by Jewish group This World: The Values Network, which accused Hamas of “child sacrifice”.
The advert previously ran in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post but was rejected by The Times in London. The paper said: “The opinion being expressed is too strong and too forcefully made and will cause concern amongst a significant number of Times readers.”
The ad, headlined: “Jews rejected child sacrifice 3,500 years ago. Now it’s Hamas turn,” was written by Elie Wiesel, a Nobel Peace Laureate and Holocaust survivor. “In my own lifetime,” Wiesel wrote, “I have seen Jewish children thrown into the fire. And now I have seen Muslim children used as human shields, in both cases, by worshippers of death cults indistinguishable from that of the Molochites.”
Wiesel proposed the battles occurring today were not of Jew versus Arab or Israeli versus Palestinian but a battle between “those who celebrate life and those who champion death. It is a battle of civilization versus barbarism.”…
The Jewish zionists who own and run the Guardian defended their decision to run the bigotry as the usual canards, “balance” and “press freedom”. Unfortuately, the RT article is light weight, probably from the result of their own problems with zionist Jewish infiltration.
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Iraq Kurds Laud Iran Support In Confronting ISIL
Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq have thanked the Iranian government for its role in supporting the fighters who are currently engaged in fierce battles with ISIL Takfiri terrorists, Press TV reports.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
OIC censures Israel for ‘war crimes’ against Gaza
“The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decried the Israeli regime’s “war crimes” against Palestinians of the besieged Gaza Strip.
The 57-member group released a statement following a ministerial meeting in the Saudi city of Jeddah, condemning, “in the liveliest terms,” “the occupying force, for war crimes it doesn’t stop committing in the Palestinian territories.””
Best regards,
Mohamed.
@ ProPeace: Mohamed I would agree with you, since I learned in Jan 2013 that it was the plan – but for what price? Abysmal collateral damage and all these things mentioned by “les” above… Daash disappearning – let’s hope so… (Granted, Syria is united as never before, though, can be the template for the rest of the world Resistance: Iraq, Palestine, Donbass,…)
Salam ProPeace,
No doubt, the cost was/is very high. Empires are always Empires and they usually demand a heavy price, but seems like the Empire has reversed course, though the cost will continue.
Best regards,
Mohamed.
At les, while I agree those are exactly the US/Israeli objectives, I’m pretty sure that they will fail and I doubt Iran has acquiesced to any of them. The US ability to harm Iran by sanctions is quickly receding. The US has never had so little leverage over Iran as now. Maliki is not Assad. He is not at all indispensable to Iraq and has not unified the country as Assad has. He has not even united the Shiites. Sadr and Sistani have both dropped him.
@Lysander: Maliki is not Assad. He is not at all indispensable to Iraq and has not unified the country as Assad has. He has not even united the Shiites. Sadr and Sistani have both dropped him.
Dear Lysander,
Well said, including Iran too!
Iran endorses transition in Baghdad
“Tehran has since come out openly endorsing the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as the new prime minister of Iraq. The Iranian stance has been articulated at several levels — foreign ministry, here, secretary of Supreme National Security Council, here, advisor on international affairs to the Supreme Leader, here, and the speaker of the Majlis, here.
This means three things. One, incumbent PM Nouri al-Maliki is bound to get the message loud and clear that it is time to throw in the towel and quit.”
Best regards,
Mohamed.
Fwd from Canuckistan:
Here is a direct link to the clip previously mentioned Freudian Slip(?) about the “country” of Kurdistan by Harper’s Ambassador to Iraq.
While there is a lot of neocon politco mumbojumbo wordplay spin at play, a couple of nuggets emerged as well in this 7min interview. Noteworthy are where and who the Canadian aid will be distributed and that at least half of the humanitarian aid dropped was destroyed when it landed…
Politics | Aug 12, 2014 | 7:09
Canadian ambassador to Iraq
Bruno Saccomani describes the challenges in delivering humanitarian aid to people surrounded by ISIS militants in Iraq.
http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/Politics/Power+%26+Politics/ID/2487472575/
Baboo says, Yes thanx for the update Mindfriedo. I should have studied brain sugery instead of poli sci. IS, backed by the AZ’s is attacking the Kurds backed by the AZ’s. But wait, now Iran is supporting the Kurds but not Maliki. Headspinning
The REAL Reason for New U.S. and French Military Involvement In Iraq is to protect the world’s 9th largest oil reserves.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-08-12/real-reason-new-us-and-french-military-involvement-iraq
It is instructive that ISIS was a US sanctioned and armed force trained and equipped in Turkey using military arms captured after destroying Libya while being allied with Al-Qaeda. ISIS was heavily funded by Qatar and Saudia Arabia with the money laundered via Kuwait
http://www.infowars.com/the-united-states-biggest-allies-are-funding-isis/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/14/america-s-allies-are-funding-isis.html
After being beaten badly by the Syrian armed forces in NW Syria the ISIS applied blitzkreg strategy to capture masses of US arms in Iraq. The items list captured is classified but it is known that it includes 52 155 artillery pieces and about 1200 humvees. Tanks (M60?) helicopters, and surface to air missiles (about 100) are also part of the ISIS booty.
This is blood for oil Blowback from the US trying to overthrow Syria so that Qatar can build a gas pipeline.
I’m pretty sure Putin loves this development as it keeps the Americans busy somewhere else. Also, the US has stopped barking against Russian ally Iran. Would not be in the least surprised if the Clouseaus from Washington would start to consider starting to support Assad soon.lol
Let’s summarize… in the nineties there were in the US a group of Jews/neocohns, who wrote two documents: Clean Break and PNAC. The USSR was dead, so now the banksters wanted the entire world for the Chosen. The policies as defined in both docs are being implemented as we speak, after said people organized 9/11 first to initiate these policies, creating the ‘terrorism’ meme. The CB policy doc foresaw a clean breakup of the entire ME and regime change in many countries, that were not yet meek members of the US global empire, like Turkey, Egypt and Saudi-Arabia. Targets, ordered in declining urgency: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya. The original goal was democratization. But democracy in essentially tribal societies means that the largest tribe was brought to power, like happened in Iraq.
The biggest blunder of the Zionist losers was that they did not foresaw that if you remove half secular, social-nationalist Baath rulers, that something else is going to fill the power vacuum, and no it is not democrats, but fundamentalist Islam. What America did was give the nod to entities like Qatar, that started to function as a rent-a-terrorist temping agency and hired jihadis for freshly printed 50$/day, no doubt a lot of money came directly from the printing presses in NYC, the capital of the new Comintern. But as soon as the jihadis acquired a lot of Syrian territory, mission creep set in and they spilled over into Iraq and filled the Sunni power vacuum there. Now the genie is out of the bottle and the magic word is launched: Caliphate! The Caliphate is accepted by every devout muslim. Now the Islamic State starts to function as a magnet for jihadis all over the world and now the sky is the limit in a target rich environment: Jordan, Lebanon and main price Saudi-Arabia.
Oh, and then there is Turkey. You can bet your last dollar that Erdogan secretly loves ISIS. The historic mission of ISIS is to roll back the European-colonial Sykes-Picot borders in the ME. Once that has been accomplished Turkey will use its huge army and step in, take over from ISIS and restart a slightly more sophisticated version of the worldwide Caliphate with capital Istanbul. Another sure thing is that Turkey and Iran will try to reach an understanding about the division of SA between them, along the Sunni-Shi’ite divide. Forget about the effectiveness of air-strikes. As soon as a 42 year old A10 will take-off from Kuwait on it’s 90 minute journey to northern Iraq, it will become visible on Turkish radar. Expect the Turks to signal their ISIS buddies that a plane is coming and prepare for it. Perhaps Russia and China can deliver Stinger-lookalikes/SAMs, just like the Americans did to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The West is losing, the multipolar world order is next.
Kind regards,
Dutch
There is a thing that People should know with regards to Crimea, and that Russia did not annex Crimea.
Crimea had the Status of an Autonomous Republic under the Ukrainian Constitution, and the word to understand is Republic.
The Ukrainian Constitution allowed this Autonomous Republic of Crimea to hold any Referendum that the Autonomous Parliament of Crimea wanted, and so they exercised their Legal and Democratic Right to hold a Referendum to leave Ukraine.
A Country’s Territorial Integrity is Defined by its Constitution, and Ukraine has no Constitution until the Legal and Legitimate President in exile Viktor Yanukovych is returned as President of Ukraine.
What is referred to as the Government in Kiev are the ones who Conspired to engage in a Coup of the Democratically Elected Ukrainian Government, and now these Nazis in an Allegedly Democratic Paradise want to censor the News, because they learned this from Nazi America at http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2014/08/13/ukraine-to-impose-draconian-media-restrictions/ .
As such, these Unconstitutional Coup Junta in Kiev, if they were legitimate should offer themselves to be put on Trial for High Treason, but they do not do that, because the Constitution does not exist for them, and this means that Ukraine’s territorial integrity does not exist.
This is because it is Dependent on a Country having a Constitution, because the Country’s Constitution Defines the Country’s Territorial Integrity.
The Nazi Coup Junta in Kiev has already disqualified themselves to Eastern Ukraine by conducting a Coup, and then by downing the Passenger Plane.
We will see if this Global Display of Nazism will render any perceived legitimacy to the World as totally nonexistent by denying Humanitarian aid to those they claim are their fellow Countrymen, and who have long been the Victims of the Nazism of the Coup Junta in Kiev.
We know that Nazis have No shame, not even in Post WW 2 Europe, and we know that the Nazi Coup Junta in Kiev is taking their orders from their Puppet Master who is Nazi America.
There is a Video that says that it provides Evidence that the Ukrainian Airforce shot down what is known as MH 17, and which is said by some People to be another Passenger Plane, and the Video is Titled: PROOF MH17 SHOT DOWN BY UKRAINE FIGHTERS – MH17 FALSE FLAG at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMFfBsxug0U&list=UU3xHAfZZqbMMWjc1ed1ajow .
Nazi America keeps supporting the Coup Junta in Kiev even after they downed the Malaysian Passenger Plane to Wrongly Blame Russia in order to further America’s Evil Agenda for WW 3 at http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/08/09/mala-a09.html .
There are Many Americans who are Investigative Journalists, who know what really happened.
There is a Video made by an American Investigative Journalist who says that Ukraine is Responsible for the crash of the Passenger Plane, and the Video is Titled: Russian Proof Ukraine Staged Malaysian Jet To Start WW3 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruyZWtvU6Tg .
Nazi America is against Humanitarian aid, because they are Nazis do not like doing what is Good, and this is why America is really Nazi America.
Watch this to understand further the mind of Zionist Jews and their obsessive and paranoid quest for vengeance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJ2v19o46A
The film maker of this documentary is an Israeli Jew –Yoav Shamir
“Defamation” won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 2009 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.