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chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad New cabinet, political stability, progress in war, IMF support, reforms, rising oil price, all may contribute to improving situation in 2016.
chattels: Iraq Counts on IMF Agreement, U.S. Guarantee to Issue Eurobonds
chattels: [ Iraq ] is having “big problems” selling foreign bonds because lenders are asking for an interest rate of 11.5 percent, …………
chattels: The rate would fall to as low as 4 percent if Iraq reaches a stand-by agreement with the IMF, or if the U.S. agreed to back the bond sale.
chattels: …………………… the IMF has said it hopes to conclude an agreement with authorities in Baghdad in May.
chattels: http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4612
chattels: Loveday Morris Retweeted Alexander Marquardt ‏@MarquardtA 54m54 minutes ago Pretty remarkable quote from Biden in Baghdad yesterday.
chattels: With Iraq Mired in Turmoil, Some Call for Partitioning the Country By TIM ARANGO, APRIL 28, 2016
chattels: http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4614
chattels: “I generally believe it is ungovernable under the current construct,” said Ali Khedery, an American former official in Iraq who served as an aide to several ambassadors and generals.
chattels: Mr. Khedery said that a confederacy or a partition of Iraq might be the only remedy for the country’s troubles. He called it “an imperfect solution for an imperfect world.”
chattels: Mr. Khedery is now a sharp critic of American policy in Iraq, saying it has consistently ignored the realities of the country’s underlying political problems. Iraq, he said, “is a violent, dysfunctional marriage, and we keep pouring American lives and dollars into it, hoping for a miracle. We should instead seek to broker an amicable separation or divorce that results in self-determination for Iraq’s fractious communities.”
chattels: ” Iraq, it seems, is stuck in a cycle of history that endlessly repeats.”
chattels: ” Mr. Maliki, who still occupies his palace and insists he is still a vice president of Iraq.”
chattels: ” Pretty remarkable quote from Biden in Baghdad yesterday.”
chattels: Mr. Biden has worked to promote Iraqi unity, despite his proposal a decade ago to divide Iraq into thirds. But in comments on Thursday to American diplomatic and military personnel in Baghdad, he harked back to that proposal. “Think of all the places we are today trying to keep the peace,” he said.
“All the places we’ve sent you guys and women. They’re places where, because of history, we’ve drawn artificial lines, creating artificial states made up of totally distinct ethnic, religious, cultural groups, and said: ‘Have at it. Live together.’ ”
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Zaid Al-Ali ‏@zalali @LizSly @UticaRisk because he [ Biden ] advocated in favor of breaking up iraq. he’s particularly unpopular in iraq, and that’s saying a lot.
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Tamara Cofman Wittes That’s the problem. Iraqis will take Biden’s presence to mean Obama wants to break up Iraq.
chattels: Maliki and Iranian Ambassador discuss political and security developments
http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36733
chattels: the President of the Republic that ” the political situation is moving steadily towards generally complete stability in general, ” referring to the ” coordination between the three presidencies continuing with the political process moving toward overcoming the obstacles recently encountered towards more concrete successes guarantor of Iraq ‘s progress and strengthen unity.
chattels: http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36728
chattels: ” the political situation is moving steadily towards generally complete stability in general, ” – Masum
chattels: Close to Ebadi’s shows [where] the reasons for Biden’s visit to Iraq
​http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36716
chattels: Sajad Jiyad  ‏@SajadJiyad ” New cabinet, political stability, progress in war, IMF support, reforms, rising oil price, all may contribute to improving situation in 2016.”
chattels: Protesters in Baghdad threaten to destroy Green Zone walls By Rudaw : – – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Anti-corruption protesters gathered in Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital on Friday demanded reforms and vowed to destroy the walls of Green Zone, Rudaw’s correspondent reported.
Rudaw’s Bahman Hassan said that the number of protesters is rising and they say that if government does not institute reforms, they will destroy the walls of the Green Zone.
“The Green Zone is guarded by dozens of security forces, equipped with heavy weapons, situated inside the Green Zone on order of Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi,” Hassan reported. Baghdad’s Green Zone is a heavily fortified 10 square kilometer area of the city where government and international institutions and bodies are located.
chattels: http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/290420162
chattels: Joel Wing ‏@JoelWing2 3h3 hours ago Protests today in Baghdad Basra Najaf Qadisiyah Maysan Karbala Dhi Qar Muthanna against corruption & sectarian quota system in govt
chattels: Landmines hinder return of displaced to Iraq’s Ramadi
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/04/ramadi-return-displaced-hindered-landmines-remove.html#ixzz47FmntceQ
chattels: Hassan Sinead: Parliament approved the resignation and the State of Law coalition will nominate alternative
http://www.ninanews.com/News_Details.aspx?7KQ7x4CvZ309H1Ijwc41uw%253d%253d
Doug_W: why do protesters always Destroy?
chattels: Yesterday : House of Representatives ended in its usual twenty – fifth , headed by Salim al – President of the Council and in the presence of 184 deputies on Thursday, read the five bills, in addition to the formation of a parliamentary committee for dialogue with the objectors of Representatives. According to a statement of the Department of Media of the Council of Representatives .
http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4540&pid=13638#pid13638
chattels: God so loved the world that he did not send a committee. 🙂
chattels: ” ………….. the formation of a parliamentary committee for dialogue with the objectors of Representatives. ”
chattels: ” The House of Representatives completed voting on the rest of the list of names of ministers nominated by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Saturday session……………….. ” 4/30/2016 0:00
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http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4126&pid=13640#pid13640
chattels: Interesting that there is news of tomorrow today, eh ?
chattels: Baghdad’s Border Badlands: Why The Iraqi Capital Can Never Truly Be Secure
chattels: ” The outskirts of Baghdad are very dangerous these days. Islamic State fighters hide here, mounting attacks on the city. A security barrier is planned but the real issue is intractable.”
chattels: http://www.niqash.org/en/articles/security/5252/Why-The-Iraqi-Capital-Can-Never-Truly-Be-Secure.htm
chattels: After a series of suicide bombings in these areas, which targeted Shiite Muslim mosques, Qais al-Khazali, the leader of one of Iraq’s more controversial Shiite Muslim militias, noted that it was more important to secure these areas than fighting for the distant northern city of Mosul.
“The Islamic State is using the city’s outskirts as camps, housing hundreds of fighters and suicide bombers and to make car bombs,” al-Khazali said during a television interview. “The Islamic State has started to return to the outskirts of Baghdad after being defeated around Anbar province,” says Hassan Mohsen al-Saadi, an MP affiliated with the Shiite Muslim Badr bloc in Parliament.
chattels: “The Islamic State group wants to threaten Baghdad and in doing so, cause the Iraqi security forces and the volunteer militias to retreat to Baghdad, leaving more distant fronts uncontested.”
chattels: Really the biggest problem in the Baghdad belt is the same as the country’s biggest problem: Sectarian antipathy. The Sunni Muslim locals don’t trust the Shiite Muslim security forces and vice versa. More local security forces – that is, those native to the Sunni Muslim neighbourhoods – are not seen as trustworthy as some of them are known to have collaborated with the IS group.
chattels: Some Shiite Muslim militias in these areas have managed to keep areas secure but they have achieved this mostly by using force. There have also been injustices and violations in the area – which is why the security that is imposed can only ever be temporary.
As soon as the security forces with draw – as some of them did last month when the Iraqi government stopped paying their salaries – then the extremist groups reappear.
chattels: Thus the repetitive rhetoric regarding ” national reconciliation ” and political inclusiveness and stability.
Doug_W: etc etc etc Ad infinitum…..
chattels: The defeat of DAESH or any such group militarily is not the end but the beginning and without reconciliation there can be no permanent solution or peace according to serious observers.
chattels: To wit; Biden during his visit – Vice – President Joe Biden , who visited Iraq yesterday the US embassy in Iraq said that “Iraqi leaders stressed the importance of political stability to defeat al Daash.”
chattels: the US vice – president on the importance of political stability to maintain the momentum in the battle against Daash urged Iraqi leaders to continue to push forward the political process wheel forward in ways that serve the interests and aspirations of the Iraqi people , ” according to the statement.
chattels: said the White House Josh Ernest “This is a good sign for continued US support for the efforts of the prime minister to unify Iraq in the face of the organization [Daash].”
cattels: http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36730
chattels: Friday, April 29, 2016 Hawija The Moment Iraq’s Insurgency Was Reborn Three years ago the Iraqi insurgency re-emerged. In April 2013 the Baathist Naqshibandi group was able to provoke Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to send the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to attack the Hawija protest site in southern Kirkuk governorate.
Immediately afterward other demonstration areas talked about taking up arms against the government, and there was a wave of violence by all the major militant groups. Security steadily deteriorated over the next year culminating in the fall of Mosul in 2014. The Hawija raid then was the moment the Iraqi militants began operating out in the open once again after their nadir following the U.S. Surge.
chattels: http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2016/04/hawija-moment-iraqs-insurgency-was.html
chattels: On Wednesday, April 6, I sat in conversation with the Iraqi Ambassador to the United States Lukman Faily, for Global Leaders: Conversations with Alon Ben-Meir. The discussion with Ambassador Lukman Faily centered on the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, with a principal focus on the future of Iraq.
Other topics included the ongoing fight against ISIS, sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shias, the prospect of full Kurdish autonomy or outright independence, the future of the Iraqi Sunnis, and how the influence of Iran shapes domestic politics in Iraq.
chattels: https://soundcloud.com/alon-ben-meir/global-leaders-with-ambassador-lukman-faily
chattels: ” ………… a conflict of US statements on the liberalization of the city of Mosul ……… ”
chattels: ” the complete encirclement of Mosul before Ramadan ( June next) the most important of our concerns operational now. ” turn ruled out , spokesman for the international Alliance against (Daash), Colonel Steve Warren, the possibility of ” achieving complete the encirclement of Mosul within the period set by Carter that. ”
chattels: “Iraqi forces are now trying to shut down the south – west route between the tenderness of the Syrian city of Mosul, as well as supply regulation lines from north to south, between the cities of Baiji and Mosul. ” she refused to Warren,” to set a date encircle the city of Mosul process is completed , ”
chattels: “number of militants (Daash) in Mosul between five to eight thousand people.”
chattels: http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=3998&pid=13643#pid13643
chattels: Parliament to raise its to the tenth of May
http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4126&page=45
chattels: raised the presidency of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, on Saturday, the 27th of the second legislative term of the second legislative session for the year to next Tuesday, (the tenth of May 2016), for lack of quorum, and concern visit the death of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim (AS).
chattels: Sadrist protesters break into the Green Zone and the parliament building.
http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4126&page=45
chattels: Demonstrators storming the building of the House of Representatives, on Saturday (April 30, 2016). Sadrist protesters break into the Green Zone and the parliament building
chattels: Courtesy of Butifldmr
Doug_W: ‹@chattels› GM
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 1h1 hour ago Protesters storming Iraqi Paliament- watch live here https://www.facebook.com/brothers.iq/videos/570424239801598/
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 39m39 minutes ago Iraqi television showing hundreds of protesters inside the lobby of the parliament
chattels: Protesters storm Iraqi parliament in Baghdad
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/protesters-storm-iraqi-parliament-in-baghdad/2016/04/30/0862fd3a-0ec1-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 10m10 minutes ago US embassy forces surround adjacent road to prevent any approach by protestors
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 9m9 minutes ago Baghdad Ops Command announces emergency measures inside the city. IZ SOF have avoided clashing with protestors so far
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 40s41 seconds ago SOF Golden Brigade now giving final warning to protestors to withdraw. Can’t see how @Mu_AlSadr is in charge or wanted this
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk 2m2 minutes ago Two biggest threats are Sadr mob attack on parl’t: 1) attacks on embassies 2) ignition of intra-Shia militia war in Baghdad.
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk 8s9 seconds ago Remember the hard response from other Shia militia groups when Sadrists first began threatening this. Other Shia groups are not defenseless.
chattels: Maybe there was the ” RV ” today and the mob is just celebrating 🙂
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Kirk H. Sowell I’d like to repeat this comment from 2 days ago re the April 26 session: giving into mob threats encourages more.
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk The April 26 session was a victory for Abadi and Jiburi. But it also implicitly legitimized mob rule.
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk 4m4 minutes ago And some moron at al-Sumaria TV just ran the Iraqi national anthem while showing pictures of the mob attacking public property.
chattels: iraqoilforum ‏@iraqoilforum 4m4 minutes ago #Iraq Parliament stormed, govt buildings ransacked, MP beaten, state of emergency declared…can it get any worse?
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 9m9 minutes ago Angry protestors storm the Green Zone & take selfies inside parliament. #Iraq
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 6m6 minutes ago Chaos in Baghdad today. #Iraq
chattels: Baghdad Operations Command announced on Saturday a state of emergency in the capital after protesters storm the Green Zone.
http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36837
chattels: stressing the central bank and government banks , security measures
chattels: security forces imposed tight security on the Iraqi Central Bank building and government banks in Baghdad after storming demonstrators Green Zone.
chattels: http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36846
chattels: Must be planning for an orderly exchange process with the ” RV ” 🙂
Dianne777: lol
chattels: Sadrist movement demanding his followers and protesters to vacate Parliament immediately http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36838
chattels: “All the ministers should be changed,” Sadr said. “I am waiting for the nation to announce a revolution against corruption.” He warned that, “The government has two choices: either reform or we will destroy it.”
​http://rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/300420166
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 17m17 minutes ago PM inside JOC, don’t think he will ask MPs to approve state of emergency as he expects situation to stabilise
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 27m27 minutes ago Reports that protestors continue to enter the Green Zone but no other building besides parliament has been breached. #pt
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 14m14 minutes ago In stark contrast to attack on Fadhila MP Tuma, Sadrist MP Zamili is warmly greeted by protestors in Green Zone. #pt
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 12m12 minutes ago More pics from inside parliament building. Looks like protestors are having quite the adventure. #pt
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 9m9 minutes ago PM Abadi seen walking on foot in Green Zone along with senior security officers. Rumours that he fled Baghdad clearly false.
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 6m6 minutes ago Sharqiya reporter quotes PM Abadi: “I am the one who gave orders to allow the protestors to enter the Green Zone” (peacefully) #pt
chattels: susannah george ‏@sgreports 31m31 minutes ago reports of violence begin to surface following the breach of Baghdad’s Green Zone, MPs & their convoys attacked
chattels: appealed to the House of Representatives sitters cleric Moqtada al – Sadr, the demonstrators to withdraw from the Green Zone for fear of uncontrollable things and the collapse of the state.
http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36850
chattels: Witnesses reported that the Prime Minister Haider al – Abadi, wandering in the Green Zone after the storming of the protesters for the region. Witnesses said senior security leaders and a major security force accompanied Abadi on his tour in the region.
chattels: http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36852
Tootsie: Evacuation Abadi al – Jubouri , from the Green Zone 30/04/2016 16:13 Evacuation Abadi al-Jubouri of the Green Zone. Continued… translate.google.com/tran… – this is appx 40 min ago our time
http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&ie=UTF8&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http://www.almadapress.com/ar/NewsDetails.aspx%3FNewsID%3D8485&sandbox=0&usg=ALkJrhhkQGDkuiUISMg2f2KgNCQnlaW9Lw
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 9m9 minutes ago PM Abadi seen walking on foot in Green Zone along with senior security officers. Rumours that he fled Baghdad clearly false.
Tootsie: all out chaos abounds ~ storming parliament, etc ~ what’s next?
chattels: Who can know for sure.
chattels: Going to take the rest of the day off – laterz all.
Tootsie: Abadi ordered the gates be opened, ~~ I would think he rather expected such.
Tootsie: Take care chattels! get a break!
Tootsie: Tomorrow is May Day – Wish they still had Maypoles in schools for the kiddos ~ – was a great celebration for spring – now turned into ~ sniff sniff
Doug_W: yes it was Toots
Tootsie: Good article here ~ w/video – from Washington Post via Google News (which has other items on such )
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/protesters-storm-iraqi-parliament-in-baghdad/2016/04/30/0862fd3a-0ec1-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html
Tootsie: k, happy day – laterz
Tootsie: Here is another ~~ Baghdad In State of Emergency After Supporters of al Sadr Storm Green Zone http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline…
OOTW: FOX NEWS IS SHOWING FOOTAGE WITH HUNDREDS OF IRAQI’S PROTESTING IN BAGHDAD –
MOST REPORTS ARE STATING THAT THE PROTESTS HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL, WHILE OTHER REPORTS STATE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING OUT GOVERNMENT MEMBERS, WHO ARE STILL SEEKING REFUGE INSIDE GOVT BUILDINGS
OOTW: Amazing – Sadr protestors waving #Iraqi flags storm green zone gate after parliament faisl to approve cabinet, MPs flee. Peaceful so far
Ononotagain: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/protesters-storm-iraqi-parliament-in-baghdad/2016/04/30/0862fd3a-0ec1-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert-COMBO-world%252Bnation
Ononotagain: State of emergency declared in Baghdad as protesters take Iraqi parliament
Tootsie: statement ~ April 30, 2016 Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri lift the parliamentary sessions until next week, said Dr. Jubouri Before adjourning the meeting, at the time we were waiting for the completion of the ministerial reforms we promised our dear people pack, where he was expected arrival of the Prime Minister to ask the rest of the candidates names of ministers, it was unfortunate not to get a quorum of the Council of the regular parliamentary session,
it seems that some of the reasons that might come to the meeting coincided with a religious occasion may be affected and the arrival of a number of members of the House of Representatives.
We call on the ladies and gentlemen members of the House not to take any position prevents achieving a quorum and come back again next week to parliamentary sessions to complete Maoadna by our audience of reforms. translate.google.com/tran…
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.parliament.iq/&prev=/search%3Fq%3Diraqi%2Bparliament%26biw%3D994%26bih%3D474
omaatje: happened heavy fire near one of the gates of the Green Zone from the point of suspension bridge. The reporter said the agency all of Iraq [where] that “heavy fire happened near the suspension bridge, in addition to the launch of anti-riot tear gas at the demonstrators.
omaatje: http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=36863
OOTW: ‹@omaatje› ‹@Ononotagain› thank you
OOTW: https://twitter.com/sajadjiyad/status/726383983202832384
OOTW: so now fox and msnbc are reporting this  finally
Ononotagain: Thank You for all your hard work…
OOTW: ‹@Ononotagain› thank you too
rocknrollbus: Rhut-rho!!! They’ve released the hounds in Bagdad!!!
OOTW: http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4318
OOTW: more going on in the forums
OOTW: User Actions Following Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk Two biggest threats after Sadr mob attack on parl’t: 1) attacks on embassies 2) ignition of intra-Shia militia war in Baghdad.
OOTW: PM Al-Abadi confirms security situation in Baghdad is under control and calls on demonstrators to return to designated protest areas
OOTW:  http://img.youtube.com/vi/2Z2dge2hGto/default.jpg
Tootsie: Pictures: Protesters cleaning the parliament building before departure 2016-04-30 19:48:32 | (Voice of Iraq) – Baghdad translate.googleuserconte…
https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php%3Fid%3D329688
Tootsie: they are doing a good job, cleaning up
Tootsie: and , of course, Maliki is mouthing off ~ Maliki: any reform of this that is at gunpoint
https://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=ar&u=http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php%3Fid%3D329682
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Tootsie: have a good afternoon, enough already  :silly:
OOTW: Omar Al-Dulimi ‏@ODulimi 2h2 hours ago Protestors forming a wall to protect parliament equipment from damage and theft. #Baghdad #Iraq

OOTW: THANKS TOOTSIE!
OOTW: http://www.zahipedia.net/2010/01/28/online-msnbc-news-live-msnbc-live-news/
OOTW: THIS IS A STREAMING TV SERVICE (FREE)
OOTW: THEY ARE REPORTING ON IRAQ
OOTW: *NOW REPORTING
OOTW: http://www.rferl.org/media/video/iraq-protest-green-zone/27708822.html
OOTW: NATO TO SEND 4,000 TROOPS TO BORDER WITH RUSSIA – REPORT Posted on April 30, 2016 by fightingtyranny NATO is deploying an additional four battalions of 4,000 troops in Poland and the three Baltic States, according to a report citing US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work.
Work confirmed the number of troops to be sent to the border with Russia, The Wall Street Journal reports. He said the reason for the deployment is Russia’s multiple snap military exercises near the Baltics States.
“The Russians have been doing a lot of snap exercises right up against the borders, with a lot of troops,” Work said as cited by the Wall Street Journal. “From our perspective, we could argue this is extraordinarily provocative behavior.”
OOTW: https://ftsnnews.wordpress.com/2016/04/30/nato-to-send-4000-troops-to-border-with-russia-report-2/
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 4h4 hours ago Did Abadi’s statement that he gave orders to allow protestors entry to Green Zone backfire? PM office now deny it.
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 3h3 hours ago Protests slowly winding down. A significant day and will lead to change but not sure how much of it will actually help people
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 3h3 hours ago No revolution, just an outburst of frustration & despair with political class that has been forewarned since summer
chattels: Sajad Jiyad ‏@SajadJiyad 1h1 hour ago Sajad Jiyad سجاد Retweeted Hassan Ridha Good progress by combined ISF, PMU, Peshmerga today. Elsewhere ops by Jazira Command secured 2 villages
chattels: Masum calls the three presidencies and political leaders to an emergency meeting on Sunday Read more: http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php?id=329718#ixzz47L3avt95
chattels: Maliki: any reform of this that is at gunpoint
Read more: http://www.sotaliraq.com/newsitem.php?id=329682#ixzz47L3rquaP
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 4h4 hours ago Iraqi MPs we are speaking to are all pretty terrified. Some still trapped inside parliament. Laying the blame on Abadi.
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 3h3 hours ago Abadi denies that he ordered protestors be allowed into the Green Zone. Soldier one gate said they just couldn’t stop them #Iraq
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 4h4 hours ago Can’t see how Abadi can possibly survive this.
chattels: Ali Khedery ‏@akhedery 4h4 hours ago Live inside the Iraqi Parliament, protestor yells: “Where is Maliki? Let the American tanks protect him now!”
chattels: What a mess !
omaatje: maybe they can just run over him
omaatje: maybe they can loose that stupid quorum system en then MAYbe they get something done
chattels: The dinar gurus are undeterred. It seems as though the worse things appear to be the bolder their predictions. ” RV ” any day and everyday.
rocknrollbus: ‹@chattels› ‹@chattels› ‹@chattels› Sooooo……..with Masum calli g an emergency meeting, they might……just maybe……hopefully……..get this done?? Mebbe???
chattels: Joel Wing ‏@JoelWing2 4h4 hours ago Bashir in Kirkuk taken but Peshmerga and Hashd in social media and press now getting into pissing match over who did it
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM 2h2 hours ago Sadr: Today the people announced their revolution. History will record the birth of a new #Iraq, out of the ashes of corruption
chattels: Loveday Morris ‏@LovedayM Salim al-Jabouri: MPs are “servants” of the Iraqi people and an attack on them is an attack on the prestige of the state #Iraq
chattels: Zaid BenjaminVerified account ‏@zaidbenjamin #Iraq | PM Nechirvan Barzani sends a plane to Baghdad to bring back all the Kurdish lawmakers home – Rudaw
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell ‏@UticaRisk 2h2 hours ago Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Zaid Benjamin This also means, FWIW, parl’t won’t likely be making quorum any time soon.
chattels: Rudaw English ‏@RudawEnglish Protesters #attack on the #Kurdish deputy of #Iraqi #parliament speaker
chattels: https://twitter.com/RudawEnglish/status/726499248167084032
chattels: Kirk H. Sowell Retweeted Vager Saadullah ‏@VagerSaadulla 1h1 hour ago Vager Saadullah Retweeted Rudaw English When a good politician becomes a victim of a corrupted system in an unviable state What a shame #TwitterKurds
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 2h2 hours ago Sadrist protestors in Baghdad are chanting against corruption, sectarianism and Iran.
chattels: Hayder al-Khoei ‏@Hayder_alKhoei 1h1 hour ago After Sadrist protestors left the parliament, PM Abadi went in to inspect the damage. #pt #Iraq
chattels: In brief .. what happened before the storming of the Green Zone until the withdrawal of the demonstrators to the Square celebrations
chattels: http://wealthwatch.world/showthread.php?tid=4540&pid=13686#pid13686
chattels: And that’s the way it was, Saturday, April 30, 2016.