Posted on 11/27/2019 6:58:14 PM PST by BenLurkin
Anti-government protesters in Iraq burned down an IranianConsulate Wednesday, as unrest continues to grow against Iraqi lawmakers and Tehran's growing influence in Iraqi affairs.
The consulate building in Najaf was torched and the Iranian flag was removed and replaced with an Iraqi one. Staffers inside were not harmed and escaped through a back door.
One protester was killed and 35 were wounded when police opened fire to prevent them from entering the facility. Protesters previously attacked an Iranian consulate in Karbala earlier this month. No one was harmed in that attack.
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Abdul Mahdi also condemned protesters for insulting Iraqi leaders and tearing down posters of them. Protesters have targeted photos of Hadi al-Amiri, a head of the Fatah Alliance and have also targeted photos of Iranian leaders. The protesters have burned an Iranian consulate.
In 2017, then-US secretary of state Rex Tillerson had said the militias should go home. Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the militias were the hope for the future of Iraq. Abdul Mahdi has now indicated similar sentiments. The militias are a key part of the pro-Iranian influence in Iraq.
The writer is Iraqi. How does she write about Iranian brand of political Shiism and never mention Khomeini? It is Khomeinism.
Key points from Ayatollah Sistani’s statement dated 20.12.19 (thread)
https://twitter.com/mhusain313/status/1207966018410369025
good ideas, kick out the Iranians
During his religious leadership, Sistani has articulated a secular political doctrine, the “civil state,” in opposition to velayat-e faqih. He also has supported the idea of separation between the state and the religious institution. A senior cleric close to Sistani told Al-Monitor that Najaf seminary supports liberal secular democracy and it is opposing all types of theocracy. He added if you follow Sistani statements and speeches you will find a clear direction toward the west and opposite to the direction adopted by the Iranian regime.
In Lebanon, the mass protests are supported strongly by clerics influenced by Iraq’s Najaf seminary.
Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/12/iran-iraq-lebanon-protests-secularism.html
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