Trump’s Iraqi special envoy Mark Savaya X Post
“If Iraq is to be fixed, corruption must be confronted first and decisively. Militias are a symptom. Corruption is the disease. I know in detail how illicit money is channeled. It does not flow only through senior principals…it moves through layers of…family members, friends, guards, drivers, and intermediaries…This is a highly complex and deliberately constructed network…It has successfully bypassed regulations, compliance frameworks, and international auditing mechanisms...Iranian backed militia groups have been financially empowered, protected, and sustained.
Any serious effort to stabilize Iraq, restore sovereignty…must begin with dismantling the corruption networks that finance and protect them. The sources of massive corrupt money such as fake payrolls, fake loans, and fictitious assets must stop. Without that, every other effort will fail.” : Clare
