Intelligence sources: the Gulf scramble seeks to establish a "lobby" controls the Iraqi political sc

Intelligence sources: the Gulf scramble seeks to establish a "lobby" controls the Iraqi political scene



Recent developments in the Iraqi political scene come in the Gulf States and their attempts to converge with Baghdad to increase fears of Saudi-UAE attempts to get into this scene and try to influence the Iraqi street through figures with purely national positions.



The State of Law Coalition has described the visits of Sadr's leader Moqtada al-Sadr to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as political visits.



"We can determine the nature of the visit of the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr to the UAE and Saudi Arabia accepted that they are political and electoral," said a member of the House of Representatives for a coalition of state law, saying that "there are reports that promises to the Gulf countries to be allies of the lists supported by those countries Next elections ".



She pointed out that there is a big Gulf move in order to win Shiite clerics and politicians to join the axis of opposition to Iran and Russia, to be with the US-Gulf axis, offering her advice to Sadr and any politician visiting the countries of the region and the world to preserve Iraq's sovereignty and not to allow those countries to intervene on Iraq, Crossing the red lines to Iraq and the Iraqis.



The committee on foreign relations confirmed on Monday that the main reason behind the recent Gulf rapprochement with Iraq is the "four-way alliance" and the Gulf countries' position on Qatar.



A member of the committee, Louis Caro, said in a statement to the «Journal News» that "the four-party alliance, which included (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Qatar) may not follow the recent position of Qatar and the boycott of the Gulf States and some other Arab countries to them, Fit ".



He added that "Iraq has the elements that prompted the Gulf countries to restore relations with him, including how to manage the war on terrorism and dealing with him for years with the dangers of terrorist organizations."



"Iraq has experience in how to deal with terrorist gangs, and it is possible that the Gulf countries will benefit from expertise in this field, especially that the da'is has become a global threat to all countries in the region." In response to the recent Gulf rapprochement Iraq will distance its neighbor from Iran, Karo said that "despite the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran is a neighbor and supporter of Iraq, it does not prevent the return of Iraq to the Arab axis and its relations with regional countries, mutual respect".



He added: "There is general agreement in the Arab countries neighboring and the Gulf in particular on the need to activate the role of Iraq, especially after the recent victories achieved by the terrorist organizations in Mosul."



In turn, called "Abbas al-Moussawi," adviser to Vice President "Nuri al-Maliki," political leaders to realize the size of Iraq in their foreign policies before taking any step, warning that the foreign visits not considered by some of the "internal division" does not praise its aftermath.



Moussawi said in a statement to the "Journal News": "must be the basis of foreign relations to be topped by respect for the state we deal with human rights, especially that the outbreak of crises in any country will reflect negatively on the security reality in Iraq," criticizing " Baghdad because Bahrain is a country that does not respect human rights, arrests journalists and abuses women and children. "



And the convergence of some Gulf countries with the leader of the Sadrist movement, "Moqtada al-Sadr," said that "Saudi Arabia seeks to make Iraq a trench to confront Iran, and political leaders to recognize this dangerous endeavor."



He added: "Iraqi political interest requires that it be away from the alliance with countries that use Iraq to strike another country."



For its part, acknowledged the Liberal bloc in the House of Representatives that the message carried by the leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada al-Sadr to the UAE is the same that carried to Saudi Arabia, and at a time when the coalition of the rule of law this visit as an electoral policy, a researcher in political and strategic affairs, the importance of this visit to the UAE Of the status of the Arab world and the Gulf Cooperation Council.



A member of the House of Representatives for the Liberal bloc Abdul Hadi al-Khairallah that the visits by His Eminence Mr. Moqtada al-Sadr to both Saudi Arabia and the UAE is of great importance for the return of Iraq to the embrace of the Arab in general and the Gulf in particular.



Al-Khairallah said in a statement to the "Gulf News" the Arabs, especially the Gulf countries, the responsibility for the break with Iraq over the past years, in addition to the negative attitudes towards him as if Iraq is not from the Arab Ocean and the State of the region and the Islamic world, noting that the Gulf visits will be a gesture and a good opportunity For the stability of Iraq because of the presence of these countries of an important presence within the Arab system, and expressed the hope that these visits to restore relations and normalization with Iraq.



Al-Khairallah said that the message that Al-Sadr carries to the UAE is the same that he carried to Saudi Arabia, without disclosing more than the message of the first visit to the Kingdom. He said that the choice of the UAE was because of its presence within the Arabian Gulf to open new horizons of cooperation And to fight the extremism in the region, and try to heal the rift between the regional countries within the region, describing what his dream and what his Eminence's dream to those countries is important, both in the visits he has conducted previously or now or the next countries.



Al-Khairallah ruled out that there would be a government intervention in this visit. The UAE has invited the person exclusively, stressing that the choice of Muqtada al-Sadr among other political figures to invite him to visit these countries is because of their sense of wrongdoing Iraq's boycott during the last stage, The personality of His Eminence is a transient sectarianism and represents all the components of the Iraqi people not a specific component, which has created an atmosphere of interaction and dialogue with him by the Gulf States.



The coalition of state law, led by Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, a mediation requested by Saudi Arabia from Prime Minister Haider Abadi to resolve outstanding problems with Tehran. Jassem Mohammad Jaafar, a member of the coalition, said in a statement to Saudi Arabia's Al-Jazeera News that Saudi Arabia had asked Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to intervene in solving outstanding regional problems between the two countries during Abadi's recent visit to Riyadh.



Jafar, who is close to the prime minister, said that "the victories achieved by the security forces against the organization" calling "the terrorist returned Iraq to its natural position between the countries, stressing that" Saudi Arabia asked Abadi to mediate to resolve outstanding problems with Tehran and bring the views closer. "



Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi visited Saudi Arabia on a one-day visit at the start of a Middle East tour that also included Iran and Kuwait as part of diplomatic efforts to promote regional reconciliation.



The MP accused the Liberal bloc Majid al-Gharawi political parties inside Iraq to adopt the spread of lies for political purposes conciliatory. "Al-Gharawi told the Journal News that" Sadr's visit to Saudi Arabia is an internal affair and no country can intervene in it, "pointing out that "The Islamic Republic of Iran has not issued any comment on the visit and that Sadr has positive relations with Iran." He pointed out that "Sadr's visit falls within the interest of Iraq, especially as Sadr discussed international political and economic files."



According to political analysts, the visit of Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa has many dimensions, including to promote the opening of the Gulf to Iraq and influence the religious authority in Bahrain to end the conflict and away from political action.



"The visit of the Bahraini foreign minister comes to strengthen this openness and calm the situation in Manama," said political analyst Abdul Amir al-Hungary.



"The foreign minister of Bahrain will ask Iraqi officials close to Najaf's authority to influence the Sistani authority to address the references in Bahrain, to stay away from political action and to end the conflict in the kingdom," he told the Journal News.



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