Iraq s Tishreen Uprising: From Barricades to Ballot Box
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Who Killed Ihab al-Wazni, The Leader Behind Iraq s Protest Movement?
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Liquidation of Iraqi protest leaders continues in anticipation of elections
Analysts believe the upcoming battle for the protest movement is likely to be with the Shia parties that are exclusively loyal to Iran. After the killing of Wazni, an Iraqi reporter was seriously wounded Monday.
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Mourners hold up a poster showing assassinated Iraqi anti-government activist Ihab al-Wazni during his funeral in the central holy shrine city of Karbala on May 9, 2021. (AFP)
KARBALA, Iraq - The assassination of Ihab al-Wazni, a prominent member of Iraq’s protest movement, was a premeditated provocation by Shia militias that prefer to resume confrontation with protesters in the street rather than hold early elections with no guaranteed results for them or for the parties affiliated with them.
Iran’s regional chess game exposes US confusion
Nadim Shehadi
January 27, 2021 23:25
Negotiators of Iran and six world powers face each other at a table in the historic basement of Palais Coburg hotel in Vienna, April 24, 2015. (Reuters)
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On the day that Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in Baghdad last January, he was a field commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), moving across borders between Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, which for him were the same theater of operation. In fact, what seem like failed states in the region can be considered successful IRGC operations. In Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen, what seem like unrelated organizations operate under the same banner. They gain control using similar methods, including assassinations, paralysis, economic collapse, a constant state of crisis, and ideologically fueled violence. By ignoring the actions of the IRGC in negotiations with Iran, Tehran c