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    The Washington Institute: Al-Sadr and Al-Maliki are competing for leadership of Iraq's Shiites.

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    Baghdad / Obelisk: A US report published by the Washington Institute stressed that letting the emerging democracy in Baghdad manage its affairs on its own has become a great risk.
    The report, prepared by the director of the Arab Politics Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David Schenker, confirmed that the approach adopted by the Biden administration later, which is based on non-interference in the process of government formation, has strengthened Iran's influence.
    "For some unclear reason, it appears that Iraq - where the United States has fought two major wars in recent decades - is no longer a priority for Washington, but it is a priority for Tehran," the report added.
    The obelisk publishes the report according to:
    In light of Tehran's relentless efforts to reverse the effects of the setback it suffered in last year's elections, letting the emerging democracy in Baghdad manage its own affairs has become a huge risk.
    About six weeks ago, US President Joe Biden boasted during an interview with The Washington Post that the Middle East had become "more stable and safer" than it was when he took power from his predecessor, Donald Trump. Among the examples he cited was Iraq, where the number of missile attacks against US soldiers and diplomats declined. While he is right in terms of the decrease in the number of attacks targeting Americans, this measure alone is not sufficient to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] his claim to the stability of the region. By almost all other measures, Iraq is less stable today than it was in January 2021—and threats to American interests there have only intensified.
    It is a remarkable turn of events. Just 10 months ago, Iraq did not seem ready to form a government. Today, Iran's political allies in Iraq have the upper hand, the country's fragile democracy is more threatened than ever, and for the first time in a decade, the potential for violence even among Shiite groups is emerging.
    But the situation could have been different. Muqtada al-Sadr was the biggest winner in the parliamentary elections that took place last October, and he is a cleric who called during his election campaign to build a [free] Iraq that is not dominated by neither Washington nor Tehran. Al-Sadr's coalition won the majority of the 329 seats in the House of Representatives.
    The chest is not a panacea. In the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the "Mahdi Army" founded by Al-Sadr became one of the fiercest opponents of the US presence in Iraq, and the cleric was almost killed by US forces. However, al-Sadr has recently shown himself as a nationalist and a corruption fighter, criticizing the military activities carried out by the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq against American diplomats and soldiers.
    To be sure, we do not know whether a cleric with fickle attitudes will eventually choose a religious system when he comes to power. At least in the aftermath of the elections, al-Sadr was ready to form a government coalition with a majority Shiites, including Sunnis and Kurds.
    The report says that al-Sadr and al-Maliki have been competing for leadership of the Shiite community in Iraq since at least 2008, when government forces led by al-Maliki attacked the "Mahdi Army" that al-Sadr had established and defeated it in the "Battle of Basra." Given this history of hostility, al-Sadr responded to the designation of the “coordinating framework” on July 25 for Maliki’s ally Muhammad Shia al-Sudani for the position of prime minister by instructing his supporters to occupy the House of Representatives and prevent voting to elect a prime minister, which they did as required. It seemed as if al-Sadr had followed in the footsteps of the rebels who stormed Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington.
    Today, the Sadrists are no longer in the House of Representatives, but they are still present in the “international zone” (the “Green Zone”) across from the House of Representatives, to prevent the election of Al-Sudani. On the other hand, al-Sadr calls for the dissolution of parliament and the holding of early elections under an amended electoral law—demands opposed by the Coordination Framework. As the stalemate continues, tensions are rising among Iraq's Shiites. Regardless of how to get out of this stalemate, Iran's influence in Baghdad is likely to increase, discouraging Iraqi voters who voted overwhelmingly for change last October.
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