[size=52]Report: Al-Kazemi is a rare man, and the attempt to assassinate him confirms the correctness of his actions[/size]
[size=45]An American report by the researcher at the Washington Institute, Michael Knights, considered that the attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi confirms that he has done something right for Iraq over the past two years, considering that the international community should realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when he is under extreme pressure, The appointment of such a leader to head the next government represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible.[/size]
[size=45]Under the title “Terrorizing Mustafa Al-Kazemi,” Knights wrote a report in which he said, “In the old English language, the word intimidation means a test of patience and flogging, or suffering with a bitter experience, or exposure to temptation and torture, and in the Christian religion, Christ goes through a horrific experience after his death and before his resurrection. He crosses Hell.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Certainly, Prime Minister Al-Kazemi does not claim that he is more than just a man who is doing his best, but he is also going through a terrible experience while Iraq is going through its usual ordeal of elections, arduous political bargaining and efforts to form a government."[/size]
[size=45]The report mentioned dropping bombs on Al-Kazemi’s house on the seventh of November, in an attempt to intimidate politicians of all shades, adding that it is not the first time that the militias have targeted Al-Kazemi and his close associates. The previous process of government formation was in April 2020, when about a hundred armed men from the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia surrounded Al-Kazemi and his bodyguards in the Prime Minister’s Guest House, a type of hotel for government officials and visitors.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kazemi was at that time the head of the National Intelligence Service. "Although his men were well protected, they were helpless against a hundred militiamen, some of whom carried RPGs designed to detonate armored vehicles and bunkers," he said.[/size]
[size=45]He added that "Al-Kazemi's guards had clashed with Kata'ib Hezbollah fighters a few days ago, so Kata'ib Hezbollah took the opportunity to arrest a bodyguard, taunt him, and throw him in prison, with the aim of sending a message to the man who many expected to become the next prime minister."[/size]
[size=45]And the report considered that “this intimidation attempt has failed, for Al-Kazemi has already become prime minister, even after Hussein Mu’nis (Abu Ali Al-Askari) warned that his appointment would be considered an act of war and would “burn what remains of Iraq’s stability.”[/size]
[size=45]The report went back to June 2020 when Al-Kazemi had settled in the position of Prime Minister, but he remained residing in the same villa located on the banks of the Tigris River, which is owned by a famous writer and friend of Al-Kazemi, recalling that when Al-Kazemi ordered the arrest of a “terrorist from the Hezbollah Brigades.” The militia sent another convoy of armed trucks to his home and installed a double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun outside while "negotiating" the prisoner's release.[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "What most Iraqis do not know is that Al-Kazemi did not release the Kata'ib Hezbollah member after these intimidation attempts, and instead, the member was released after several months under an order issued by a judicial body that was subjected to intimidation."[/size]
[size=45]He added that "only weeks after assuming the premiership, and receiving trembling signals from his military commanders, Al-Kazemi was not ready to risk entering into a large-scale war with the militias."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that "Al-Kazemi is better protected today than it was at the time, as his security measures and international support were carefully designed to deter the small army of militia forces available to attack him, which is why they called him a drone instead."[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that it is not the first time that Al-Kazemi’s house has been attacked by a drone. On March 4, 2021, the militias correctly sensed the beginning of negotiations before the elections to marginalize them after the upcoming October 10 elections, and they responded by dropping drones on the homes of senior leaders. Politicians, including Al-Kazemi, and a quadcopter struck his home in advance of the November 7 armed drone attack.[/size]
[size=45]Although the report indicated that Al-Kazemi’s strategy of gradual response against the militias is frustratingly slow because it is limited to replacing an exposed officer from here, arresting one terrorist from there, and one case to combat corruption, he added that the arrests are piling up and the cases brought before the courts are bearing fruit, explaining “ Such work takes a long time, and Iraqis are right to be impatient.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "While any Iraqi prime minister can easily become a dictator and leader of the death squads, Al-Kazemi does not want rivers of blood to flow in Baghdad if the pain of ordinary people can be alleviated by gradually and steadily weakening those militias."[/size]
[size=45]The report considered that "Al-Kazemi is one of the Iraqis who continue to defend the rule of law, and the international community must realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when under intense pressure to do so."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that "the Iranian-backed militias targeted this time the front steps in Al-Kazemi's modest house on the Tigris River, and that it was on these steps in particular that the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, stood to offer Al-Kazemi the premiership in the year 2018, provided that he agreed to submit to Tehran." And he will be the head of its government in Iraq, and when he refused, they chose Adel Abdul-Mahdi instead, and his destructive era lasted for only two years.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Al-Kazemi became prime minister after that, but not thanks to Iran's interference, and despite death threats from Iran and its militias."[/size]
[size=45]And now, the report says, “as Iraq seeks to form a new government after the elections, the militias themselves have drawn a red line that the next prime minister can be anyone except Al-Kazemi. Of course, this behavior conveys a message to us.”[/size]
[size=45]The report mentioned the words of the Iraqi writers Hamza Haddad and Muhammad Al-Waeli in an article published in the “Fikra Forum” (affiliated with the Washington Institute) in 2018, that Iraq needs a visionary leader if the country is to recover,” but the report said that Iraq also needs a leader. Courageous, conscientious and responsible.[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "Under this centralized system, it is necessary to have a good prime minister to keep Iraq on the right track, and that the appointment of such a leader represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible, and that regardless of whether Al-Kazemi becomes prime minister for another term or not, The militia’s efforts to lure and torture him indicate that he has done something right in these past two years, that future prime ministers should follow his example, and the friends of Iraq should support the ideals he set.”[/size]
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[size=45]An American report by the researcher at the Washington Institute, Michael Knights, considered that the attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi confirms that he has done something right for Iraq over the past two years, considering that the international community should realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when he is under extreme pressure, The appointment of such a leader to head the next government represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible.[/size]
[size=45]Under the title “Terrorizing Mustafa Al-Kazemi,” Knights wrote a report in which he said, “In the old English language, the word intimidation means a test of patience and flogging, or suffering with a bitter experience, or exposure to temptation and torture, and in the Christian religion, Christ goes through a horrific experience after his death and before his resurrection. He crosses Hell.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Certainly, Prime Minister Al-Kazemi does not claim that he is more than just a man who is doing his best, but he is also going through a terrible experience while Iraq is going through its usual ordeal of elections, arduous political bargaining and efforts to form a government."[/size]
[size=45]The report mentioned dropping bombs on Al-Kazemi’s house on the seventh of November, in an attempt to intimidate politicians of all shades, adding that it is not the first time that the militias have targeted Al-Kazemi and his close associates. The previous process of government formation was in April 2020, when about a hundred armed men from the Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah militia surrounded Al-Kazemi and his bodyguards in the Prime Minister’s Guest House, a type of hotel for government officials and visitors.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kazemi was at that time the head of the National Intelligence Service. "Although his men were well protected, they were helpless against a hundred militiamen, some of whom carried RPGs designed to detonate armored vehicles and bunkers," he said.[/size]
[size=45]He added that "Al-Kazemi's guards had clashed with Kata'ib Hezbollah fighters a few days ago, so Kata'ib Hezbollah took the opportunity to arrest a bodyguard, taunt him, and throw him in prison, with the aim of sending a message to the man who many expected to become the next prime minister."[/size]
[size=45]And the report considered that “this intimidation attempt has failed, for Al-Kazemi has already become prime minister, even after Hussein Mu’nis (Abu Ali Al-Askari) warned that his appointment would be considered an act of war and would “burn what remains of Iraq’s stability.”[/size]
[size=45]The report went back to June 2020 when Al-Kazemi had settled in the position of Prime Minister, but he remained residing in the same villa located on the banks of the Tigris River, which is owned by a famous writer and friend of Al-Kazemi, recalling that when Al-Kazemi ordered the arrest of a “terrorist from the Hezbollah Brigades.” The militia sent another convoy of armed trucks to his home and installed a double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun outside while "negotiating" the prisoner's release.[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "What most Iraqis do not know is that Al-Kazemi did not release the Kata'ib Hezbollah member after these intimidation attempts, and instead, the member was released after several months under an order issued by a judicial body that was subjected to intimidation."[/size]
[size=45]He added that "only weeks after assuming the premiership, and receiving trembling signals from his military commanders, Al-Kazemi was not ready to risk entering into a large-scale war with the militias."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that "Al-Kazemi is better protected today than it was at the time, as his security measures and international support were carefully designed to deter the small army of militia forces available to attack him, which is why they called him a drone instead."[/size]
[size=45]The report pointed out that it is not the first time that Al-Kazemi’s house has been attacked by a drone. On March 4, 2021, the militias correctly sensed the beginning of negotiations before the elections to marginalize them after the upcoming October 10 elections, and they responded by dropping drones on the homes of senior leaders. Politicians, including Al-Kazemi, and a quadcopter struck his home in advance of the November 7 armed drone attack.[/size]
[size=45]Although the report indicated that Al-Kazemi’s strategy of gradual response against the militias is frustratingly slow because it is limited to replacing an exposed officer from here, arresting one terrorist from there, and one case to combat corruption, he added that the arrests are piling up and the cases brought before the courts are bearing fruit, explaining “ Such work takes a long time, and Iraqis are right to be impatient.”[/size]
[size=45]He continued, "While any Iraqi prime minister can easily become a dictator and leader of the death squads, Al-Kazemi does not want rivers of blood to flow in Baghdad if the pain of ordinary people can be alleviated by gradually and steadily weakening those militias."[/size]
[size=45]The report considered that "Al-Kazemi is one of the Iraqis who continue to defend the rule of law, and the international community must realize how rare it is to find a leader who refuses to unleash brutality when under intense pressure to do so."[/size]
[size=45]The report stated that "the Iranian-backed militias targeted this time the front steps in Al-Kazemi's modest house on the Tigris River, and that it was on these steps in particular that the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, stood to offer Al-Kazemi the premiership in the year 2018, provided that he agreed to submit to Tehran." And he will be the head of its government in Iraq, and when he refused, they chose Adel Abdul-Mahdi instead, and his destructive era lasted for only two years.[/size]
[size=45]He added, "Al-Kazemi became prime minister after that, but not thanks to Iran's interference, and despite death threats from Iran and its militias."[/size]
[size=45]And now, the report says, “as Iraq seeks to form a new government after the elections, the militias themselves have drawn a red line that the next prime minister can be anyone except Al-Kazemi. Of course, this behavior conveys a message to us.”[/size]
[size=45]The report mentioned the words of the Iraqi writers Hamza Haddad and Muhammad Al-Waeli in an article published in the “Fikra Forum” (affiliated with the Washington Institute) in 2018, that Iraq needs a visionary leader if the country is to recover,” but the report said that Iraq also needs a leader. Courageous, conscientious and responsible.[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "Under this centralized system, it is necessary to have a good prime minister to keep Iraq on the right track, and that the appointment of such a leader represents a positive and vital step that makes positive change possible, and that regardless of whether Al-Kazemi becomes prime minister for another term or not, The militia’s efforts to lure and torture him indicate that he has done something right in these past two years, that future prime ministers should follow his example, and the friends of Iraq should support the ideals he set.”[/size]
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