Out of Maliki's frying pan into the fire of Abdul Mehdi!?

Aug 30 | Alborz Taha

[Alborz Taha]

Who is Adel Abdul Mehdi? A 'Shiite Moderate' or another Iran's Puppet? Regarding the man after Nouri al-Maliki in Iraq, Bobby Ghosh of Time Magazine wrote on Aug. 22, 2007 : "The Shi'ite coalition's most likely candidate is Adel Abdul-Mahdi, a French-trained economist and political chameleon. Having been, at various points in his career, a communist, a Ba'athist and a secular liberal democrat, he has switched directions so many times it's hard to know which way he's going. These days, Abdul-Mahdi represents the Shi'ite-fundamentalist Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), which, like Maliki's Dawa Party, is beholden to Tehran. Twice in the past two years, Abdul-Mahdi has told journalists he was on the verge of quitting the SIIC to form his own party, only to change his mind — likely because he knows he has no grassroots support or street cred of his own. As Prime Minister, he would be little more than a puppet in the hand of Iran's ayatollahs, and would be unlikely to do more than Maliki has done to accommodate the Sunnis." Abdul Mehdi is a top official of Supreme Council of Islamic Revolution in Iran (SCIRI or SIIC) who joined this entity in late 90s. SCIRI was formed in Iran under the supervision and command of the Quds Force.

After joining SCIRI, he was assigned by Iran as a key agent in Iraqi Kurdistan to coordinate activities and affairs among groups associated with Iran such as SCIRI, Badr Corps and Kurdish groups. To this end, he had close relations with Quds Force commanders in Kurdistan; among whom were Muhammad Karami, Mesgari and Majid Qaemi. Qaemi an IRGC high ranking officer was one of the Iranians captured in Irbil by US forces.

During Abdul Mehdi's stay in Kurdistan, one of his activities was to select and recruit agents for Iran. He also advocated Islamic fundamentalism and the Iran's ruling system (velayat-e-faqih) in Kurdish cities.

Following Saddam's Army raid on Irbil in 1997, Abdul Mehdi fled to Iran and lived there for a while. Later on, he was sent to France as the representative of SCIRI. He returned Iraq after the fall of Saddam and continued his activities in the SCIRI as deputy to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, head of SCIRI. Before the war in 2003, Adel was in France and among his other jobs he was in charge of recruiting young Shiite men from various countries including Algeria and sending them to Iran. Abdul Mehdi regularly travels to Iran. He had 7 visits to Iran since June 2006 up to June 2007. In his visits, he has had meetings with top Iranian officials, especially from Intelligence Ministry(MOIS) and Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).

Conclusion Back to Bobby Ghosh comment on him as "it's hard to know which way he's going", one should say that it is quite clear which way he is going; he is absolutely playing Iran's card in who-is-after-Maliki game. If he wins this game, which is the win of Iran's mullahs, not only the U.S. has lost the whole Iraq game, but also many other states in the region that are thirsting for democracy. That would be "Out of Maliki's frying pan into the fire!"

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This guy's name is interesting. The Imam Mahdi is the Anti-Christ, I believe. Photo typical of Pro-Caliphate demostrations held in Britian, Indonesia, Judea

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The Army Of Black Flags

The Mahdi’s ascendancy to power is said to be preceded by an army from the east who will be carrying black flags or banners of war.  Sheikh Kabbani states:

Hadith indicate that black flags coming from the area of Khorasan will signify the appearance of the Mahdi is nigh.  Khorasan is in todays Iran, and some scholars have said that this hadith means when the black flags appear from Central Asia, i.e. in the direction of Khorasan, then the appearance of the Mahdi is imminent. ¹⁷

Another tradition states that:

The Messenger of Allah said: The black banners will come from the East and their hearts will be as firm as iron.  Whoever hears of them should join them and give allegiance, even if it means crawling across snow. ¹⁸

In Islam there are two flags.  One is white and one is black.  Written across both flags in Arabic are the words, “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger”.  The white flag is called Al-Liwaa and serves as the sign for the leader of the Muslim army and is the flag of the Islamic State.  The black flag is called Ar-Raya and is used by the Muslim army. It is also called the flag of jihad, and is carried into battle.  One flag is governmental and the other is a military flag. ¹⁹ When Muhammad returned to his home city of Mecca after being exiled for eight years, he returned as a conqueror.  With him were ten thousand Muslim soldiers.  They carried with them black flags.  On the flags was one word written in Arabic: punishment. ²⁰ 

I was once talking to a group of young Muslim men and asking them some questions.  I asked them if the obvious superior militaries of America and Israel compared to the militaries of any Islamic nations were a source of difficulty for many Muslims.  One of these men then became very angry at my question and snapped out, “You Americans and Zionists better get ready, because the black flags are coming!”  At the time, I had no idea what he was talking about.  Later I learned the meaning.