Nominated candidates for each dist Organized supporters to vote for them Had phone app for followers Other parties ran multiple candidates for same district State of Law and KDP also prepared for new system resulting in better results Fatah had each member of alliance run own candidates
New system ended transferring extra votes to candidates within same party Before parties would run multiple candidates in same areas they were popular so could use excess votes in other areas to get members elected Sadr planned well for election
#Iraq Oct 22 2021 Report 36% of eligible voters took part in election Lowest since 03 Sadr’s Sairoon went from 54 seats in 2018 to 73 in 2021 Fatah went from 48 to 16 seats Fatah won more votes 670,000 than Sadr who got 650,000 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...
#Iraq Oct 22 2020 MP said parliament rejected request by Kazemi govt to borrow money Govt in financial crisis due to drop in oil prices and COVID Couldn’t pay its monthly bills musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...
#Iraq Oct 22 2020 Report Telegram text messages leaked about media cell run by Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Baghdad Promoted positive stories about Hashd and Iran Criticized protests musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...
#Iraq Oct 22 2020 Fatah MP said govt didn’t know how many govt workers there were Said due to corruption Said up to 600,000 ghost employees Didn’t include KRG Said some govt workers got 3 salaries musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...
#Iraq Oct 22 2019 Report 15 villages along Diyala-Salahaddin border in Metibijah basin abandoned due to IS Insurgents were attacking Edheim dist in same area musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
#iraq Oct 22 2019 Report Were no big protests in Basra like 2018 Activists scared of violence Were beaten tortured arrested got death threats in 2018 Many signed pledges not to protest again Was protest start of Oct Broken up by police musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
Were accused of working with US or Israel 6 TV stations attacked by Saraya al-Khorasani and Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Media Comm warned TV stations to shut down for covering protests Were then attacked Asaib Ahl Al-Haq tried to attack Al Forat offices but driven off Later bombed building
Govt blocked Internet Oct 2-6 to try to stop organizing Human Rights Comm said 257 people arrested disappeared Many believe taken to Kataib Hezbollah secret prison in Babil’s Jurf al-Sakhr Activists and journalists threatened Many fled to KRG or left Iraq
Coordinated suppression of street & snipers 1 sniper from Kataib Sayid al-Shuhada arrested Reuters reported head of Hashd Security Dir from Kataib Hezbollah coordinated Hashd ops to suppress demonstrations Leaked est of 400 protesters killed 247 disappeared 6200 wounded
#Iraq Oct 22 2019 Report Iran Rev Guard set up crisis cell in Baghdad to help put down protests Cell included Gen Suleimani PM Abdul Mahdi’s chief of staff Natl Sec Adv Fayad Abu Muhandis Dep Head Hashd Comm other Hashd leaders musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
Checked phones and if saw pictures of protests people were arrested Human rights activists warned and threatened not to protest Reports of wanted lists of activists People fled as a result of threats Abdul Mahdi govt said it gave no orders to shoot at protests
ISF shot at ambulances Entered hospital and threatened staff and questioned wounded protesters Activists had houses raided and arrested without warrants Oct 5 5 TV stations in Baghdad raided Journalists arrested and threatened Oct 7-8 ISF went through coffee shops in Sadr City
Then began shooting at crowd Protests Oct 2-5 also shot at by ISF Protests in Sadr City attacked police station Army acknowledged they used excessive force vs protests UN had evidence of snipers Oct 1-5 19 protesters killed in Dhi Qar when people tried to burn buildings
#Iraq Oct 22 2019 UN report Interior & Def Mins put in charge of dealing with protests Oct 1 3000 protested in Baghdad Tried to get into Green Zone Started throwing stones and water bottles at ISF ISF responded with water cannons tear gas rubber bullets musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
#Iraq Oct 22 2019 Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said govt report on violence against protests was disappointing Said it lacked facts Didn’t blame any perpetrators Asked how Iraqi forces could shoot at protesters and not be stopped by their commanders musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
Police chiefs in Babil Dhi Qar Muthanna Najaf Qadisiya Wasit and several other officers should be fired punished or investigated for crimes Did not blame PM Abdul Mahdi other politicians or Hashd Both were involved
Also 19 killed in Dhi Qar 7 in Diwaniya 6 in Maysan 5 in Najaf 4 in Wasit 1 in Babil 70% of those killed were shot in head and chest Said Baghdad Operations Command Commanders of army’s 11th Div Fed Police 1st Div
#Iraq Oct 22 2019 Govt released report on violence against protesters Blamed ISF Said commanders lost control of forces 149 killed Most 107 killed in Baghdad 4,207 wounded most in Baghdad 3,458 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-mahdi-g...
#Iraq Oct 22 2018 Report KDP and PUK gave their peshmerga multiple voter cards to cheat in KRG election 1 party member bragged he got 200 voter cards musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...
