[Centraal] Irak en IS #131 Maliki is een baas

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Turkish soldiers supply two ISIS with ammunition

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Iraq's Turkmens and Christians have slammed a controversial US Congress bill that seeks to directly arm Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis in fighting ISIL Takfiris, Press TV reports.

The Iraqi Turkmens and Christians have stressed that such a move would be the first step toward dividing Iraq, which could jeopardize Iraq’s future.

“If this country is divided, we as a minority, our fate is unknown,” Aydin Saleem, a Turkmen Iraqi lawmaker, told Press TV.

The northern and western parts of Iraq have been in chaos since ISIL started its campaign of terror in early June 2014. The terrorists are in control of the second-largest city of Mosul and have swept through parts of the country.

“Turkmens in Iraq mostly live in Kirkuk, Tal Afar and Mosul, all regions in north Iraq currently threatened by ISIL. We as Turkmens support an accord which allows all of Iraq’s religious and ethnic components to take part in a political process,” the MP added.

Yaacoub Korkees, an Iraqi Assyrian parliamentarian, also opposed the US bill, stressing that a united Iraq is the demand of all Iraqis.

All Iraqi minorities “in general are against the division of Iraq. We want Iraq to remain united as it has been throughout history,” the Assyrian lawmaker said.

“However, if they want to divide this country into Sunni, Kurdish and Shiite states, then we will call for a fourth state, that is a Christian state,” he demanded.

The draft of the US annual defense bill, which was released on April 27 by the House Armed Services Committee, urges the US government to recognize separate Kurdish and Sunni states and provide them with at least 25 percent of the USD-715-million aid money allegedly planned to be given to the Iraqi government to help it fight the ISIL terrorist group.

The draft bill also says the figure could even amount to 60 percent of the money, about USD 429 million.

The bill mandates that “the Kurdish Peshmerga, the Sunni tribal security forces with a national security mission, and the Iraqi Sunni National Guard be deemed a country,” adding that doing so “would allow these security forces to directly receive assistance from the United States.”

Iraqi politicians and clerics are opposed to the idea, saying that only the Iraqi people can decide about the future of their country.

In a phone conversation with US Vice President Joe Biden, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi denounced the bill, saying he is opposed to such a plan which is aimed at weakening the unity of Iraq.

“This scenario is not new, it goes back to 2007 and 2008 when [then Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee] Joe Biden said that Iraq must be divided into three states; Kurdish, Shia and Sunni. Now other countries are trying to impose this project and control this situation in Iraq,” Najem Qassab, an Iraqi political analyst, told Press TV on Saturday.

Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has warned against the bill , saying that if the bill is passed, Iraq will no longer be a safe place for the US, and its interests will become the target of attacks by the Iraqis who will never accept the “division of their country.”

"We are obliged to lift the freeze on our military wing … and begin hitting US interests in Iraq and outside it,” said Sadr, who once led the powerful Mahdi Army and still enjoys huge influence among the Shia population.

Iraq’s army has been joined by Kurdish forces, Shia volunteers and Sunni tribesmen in operations to drive the ISIL terrorists out of the areas the Takfiri militants have seized.

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In June 2014, Islamic State militants took over the second largest city in Iraq, Mosul. They achieved a quick advance towards other cities, controlling vast Iraqi territory. This made shockwaves across the globe. The ISIS threat to Iraqi territory was terrifying, especially for Shia. According to ISIS ideology, Shia must be killed wherever they are found because it considers them heretics beyond redemption.

After the fall of Mosul, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani issued a fatwa (religious edict) to fight ISIS alongside Iraqi army. He said, “For all those who can fight, and they aren’t students, employees or have an illness, they should join the war to defend Iraq as much as the army needs, this is a must”. Hours later, thousands of Shia Iraqis volunteered. There was no room for complacency, because formost Shia, ISIS was an existential threat, either they fight and stop ISIS or ISIS will come and have them slaughtered.

At that point, it was obvious that Iraq had lost a 10-year war on terror. Terrorists won, and Iraq – as a state – was moving towards an unknown fate. Meanwhile, Americans – who were obligated to defend Iraq according to the “strategic framework agreement” between U.S. and Iraq – watched from the sidelines. They didn’t offer help while thousands of Iraqis were being massacred in Speicher, Badoosh and Tel Afar. It took the U.S. months to react.



Unlike the United States, Iranians offered their services immediately. Three hours after the fall of Mosul, they sent military experts, tons of weapons and ammo, and even medical and humanitarian help. They trained thousands of Iraqi fighters. Today, hundreds of Iraqi soldiers are receiving treatment in Iran.

Just as it was a safe haven for Iraqis escape Saddam in the past, Iran was there to help 2014. America, which has the greatest army in the world, didn’t do anything, while Iran did. This gives an impression to most Iraqis that Iran is a good ally; it doesn’t let its allies down.

Iraq’s alliance with Iran is not necessarily out of love, it’s out of necessity. Iran was the only one to help us in our time of need. Iranians managed to show how committed they are to their allies and they proved that they should be trusted.

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MustafaNajafi twitterde op donderdag 07-05-2015 om 18:35:58 Kurds Abuse Arab Civilians While Harbouring Arab TerroristsYet no one seems to mentions these crimes! https://t.co/VXKMwnKiOG reageer retweet

Kurds Abuse Arab Civilians While Harbouring Arab Terrorists

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IraqiSecurity twitterde op vrijdag 08-05-2015 om 14:52:22 #Iraq: Double suicide bombing kills at least 18 Shi'a worshippers in Balad Ruz, #Diyala http://t.co/kOGO5g6vqz - #ShiaGenocide continues. reageer retweet

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HamudiMD twitterde op donderdag 07-05-2015 om 17:20:05 Compare NYT paragraph with Reuters' sensationalist headline of "Wave of Looting and Lynching" http://t.co/PAGZTyCSep http://t.co/kb30I1OcJ1 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 8 mei 2015 20:50 schreef Djibril het volgende:

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Geschreven door een puber in Bagdad wiens uni waarschijnlijk betaald wordt door Sijitische milities. Goed bezig, reza. PressTv was blijkbaar alleen maar een beginnetje.

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Op vrijdag 8 mei 2015 21:02 schreef Djibril het volgende:

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Kritiek mag altijd, maar onzin dat mag niet

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Op vrijdag 8 mei 2015 21:55 schreef PizzaMizza het volgende:

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Irak en Koerdistan gaan daar over, met Amerika.

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Op vrijdag 8 mei 2015 22:07 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:
Pas maar op, straks Vigen weer op de kast

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Op vrijdag 8 mei 2015 22:11 schreef UpsideDown het volgende:

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Als hij maar niet weer de kant van de Baathisten kiest

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