WAJDI — Ankara, Turkey.
Sulaiman Al-Fahd, an Iraqi blogger famous for his anti-protestors tweets, had tweeted that Adnan Rustum, an Iraqi engineer, teacher and pro-revolution activist, used to be a member of a youth and students organization that belonged to The Arab Socialist Baath Party; Saddam Hussein’s Party.
Just after that tweet had been published, a group of armed men assasinated Adnan Rustum, on Saturday, in Al-hurriya District in Baghdad.
“My dad became a martyr, sacrificing his life for his country, something he had always dreamed of.” Said Adnan Rustum’s son in his social media account.
“My dad became a martyr, sacrificing his life for his country, something he had always dreamed of.” Said Adnan Rustum’s son in his social media account.
He added: “They handshaked the criminals and killed my father,”.
Iraqi Security Authorities have promised later on to “uncover the truth behind the assassination of Adnan Rustum” and bring the case to justice “according to International Law,”.
These days, such an event isn’t unusual in Baghdad. In fact, almost on a daily basis we hear of an activist or a journalist either get arrested or missed.
Earlier this month, the Iraqi Illustrator and activist Hussein Adil was killed along with his wife Sarah when a group of armed men had broken into his house in Al-Basra.
On October 7th, 2019: Amjad Dahmat was killed. He was one of the most famous activists in the district of Missan, in southern Iraq.
Few days ago, the Iraqi Activist Saba Al-Mahdawi was released after being kidnapped.
So here is the thing: The Iraqi Government is in deep deep trouble.
The regime isn’t likely to survive this storm, which is very bad news for Tehran.
However, even if Tishreen Revolution succeeds and consequently this current government gets overthrown, it is unlikely that any upcoming government will be pro-US.
In fact, as much as the Iraqi protesters despise Iran and are fighting to get it out of Baghdad and chase its allies inside Iraq, the grand majority blames the American Invasion of Iraq for bringing them to power in the first place.
Earlier today, the Iraqi political writer and analyst Nadhir Al-Kandouri said to Al-Rafidain Channel: “We all know that the Americans didn’t have a clear vision for an Iraq after Saddam Hussein. That’s why they welcomed the Iranian involvement in Iraq, that is to say to help them get things under American control. However, The Iranian Regime emerged as the biggest winner from all of this.”
The Editor of Wijhet Nadhar newspaper Mostafa Kamel said: “The US bears complete responsibility for laying the ground to successive failed governments that have deliberately practiced suppression that do not respect human rights.”
“Iran and its Iraqi allies have become a target for Iraqi peaceful protesters,” added Mr. Kamel.
Protesters have established a fake symbolic court in the streets in Baghdad called “People’s Court”.
“This court have been established to bring justice and chase down the thieves and corrupts that have been in power since 2003,” One protester told Al-Rafiden Channel.
“For the parties that have been involved in all of this, you will be subject to the people’s court, ” another protester added.
Falah Al-Khatab,an Iraqi political analyst, responding to the Iraqi Minister of Defense claiming that he didn’t know about the use of grenades imported from Eastern Europe against the civilian protesters, said “This long border between us and Iran, We all know that The Iranian backed militias, notably Badr militia, they come, they go, there are deeply involved in our country and if this revolution hopefully emerges successful, everything regarding Iran will be uncovered and that includes how The US purposefully let these militias run deep in Iraq,”.
Iran itself doesn’t seem to be immune to all of what is happening in Baghdad. At least, twelve people were killed in Iran since the emergence of protests, four days ago, against the increase of oil prices by 50%, according to the BBC.
Are we going to witness the ultimate decline of Iran and its allies in the region? Are these movements backed by the US hoping it will serve the American interest in the long run?
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