Tag "SITREP Iraq"
Link: http://middleeastobserver.net/iraqs-sistani-to-irans-leader-the-great-general-soleimanis-role-against-daesh-was-unparalleled/ Description: Iraq’s highest religious authority Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani’s consolation message to Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei over the assassination of General Qasim Soleimani. Source: Al-Ahed News Date: 06/01/2020 Transcript: Sistani: In the Name of Allah the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Surely we belong to Allah, and to Him we will return Your eminence, dear Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Khamenei (may your life be prolonged) Peace
By Aram Mirzaei for the Saker blog Iraq’s influential cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, has released a statement saying that if US troops do not leave the country, Iraq will turn into a new Vietnam for Washington. Sadr, who leads the largest bloc in parliament, said in a letter to the assembly that a parliamentary resolution calling on the government to end foreign troop presence did not go far enough. “I consider
Link: http://middleeastobserver.net/iraqs-shia-factions-to-meet-within-hours-to-announce-united-anti-us-military-campaign/ Description: Nasr al-Shimri, the deputy-Secretary General of the al-Nujaba movement, comments on the latest developments surrounding the US military presence within Iraq and the region. The Nujaba movement is a key faction of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units. Source: Al-Mayadeen TV Date: 06/01/2020 Transcript: – Washington has failed to shake Iraq’s relations with its strategic ally Iran – Iran is a strategic ally that stood with Iraq in the most difficult of
Link: http://middleeastobserver.net/sheikh-khazali-us-forces-must-leave-iraq-immediately-or-we-will-expel-them/ Description: Latest statements by Sheikh Qais al-Khazali, leader of the Asaib Ahl al-Haqq movement, a key faction of Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Units: Source: Al-Mayadeen TV Date: 06/01/2020 Transcript: – We will take revenge for Hajj Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and his companions and we will not accept anything less than the expulsion of US forces from Iraq – the Iraqi parliament decision today is one of the most important decisions it has
