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that my reputation is ruined. The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.”  </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></li> <li><strong>Qassim al-Abbudi, an official with the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), to reporters:</strong> <p>"We will count 600 boxes today," </p> <p><strong>Source: </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/03/107548.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al Arabiya.net | Middle East News | Baghdad begins vote recount requested by PM</strong></a><strong>: </strong>  </li> </ul> <h3 style="color: #800000">Human Rights:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://en.rsf.org/www-rsf-org-predators2010-03-05-2010,37235.html" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Reporters Sans Frontières – Forty predators of press freedom</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In Iraq, journalists who do their job face real dangers from the conflicts that keep erupting but the situation is slowly improving and the violence is affecting the general population more than journalists in particular. That is why Reporters Without Borders has withdrawn Islamist groups from the ranks of the predators.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7114602.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Britain faces payout shame as hundreds of detainees claim soldiers abused them – Times Online</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The cash-strapped Ministry of Defence faces the prospect of further compensation payouts as hundreds of Iraqis held in British custody file complaints of abuse, described to The Times by former detainees. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The family of Baha Musa, an Iraqi who died in British custody in 2003, shared a £2.83 million MoD settlement with nine others. An inquiry into his death saw evidence suggesting that the illegal treatment of prisoners, such as hooding and sleep deprivation, was widespread. </p> <p>Substantial out-of-court settlements have also been reached with nine men who made allegations of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of British soldiers in 2003 at a base known as Camp Breadbasket. </p> <p>The MoD admitted in 2008 that Iraqis were unlawfully assaulted at the base in Basra. <br/>Leigh Day solicitors, who represented the nine men, said that a further 14 have since come forward. The law firm also represents about 100 other Iraqi citizens in claims against the MoD for alleged maltreatment by British forces, mainly relating to arrest and detention. “Fresh allegations continue to come forward, so the number of cases will undoubtedly rise,” a spokesman for the firm said. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">He said: “The main problem is that my reputation is ruined. The people in our area, when they hear I have been arrested by the British Army, assumed I had been abused by British soldiers. People associate the British Army with sexual abuse.” </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/military-court-hears-graners-abu-ghraib-appeal" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military court hears Graner’s Abu Ghraib appeal | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The U.S. military’s highest court is considering whether a "Catch-22" prevented the alleged ringleader of detainee abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq from getting a fair trial in 2005. </p> <p>In arguments today in Washington, Army Spc. Charles Graner’s lawyer told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that the defense was wrongly denied access to classified documents indicating that some of the harsh treatment of detainees reflected "enhanced interrogation techniques" approved by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. </p> <p>One of the five justices questioned whether the secret nature of the documents made it impossible for the defense to request specific memos — a situation he called a Catch-22. </p> <p>The court is expected to rule by August on Graner’s request for a new trial.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://hamptonroads.com/2010/05/seal-accused-assault-iraq-goes-trial-norfolk" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>SEAL accused of assault in Iraq goes to trial in Norfolk | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The last of three U.S. Navy SEALs to face court-martial in connection with the alleged abuse of a suspected terrorist in Iraq is scheduled to stand trial this week at Norfolk Naval Station. </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>The SEAL who will stand trial beginning today, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, is the only one who is accused of physically harming Abed. The charges against him include assault for allegedly punching Abed in the midsection; dereliction of duty for not protecting Abed; and making a false statement to an investigator who later interviewed him about the matter.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/03/military-defends-prosecution-of-seal/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Military defends prosecution of SEAL – Washington Times</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The U.S. military is issuing an extensive defense of its decision to prosecute three Navy SEALs on charges of abusing a terrorism suspect they had captured in Iraq, after two of the servicemen were found not guilty during courts-martial.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Politics and Security</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://original.antiwar.com/updates/2010/05/03/monday-6-iraqis-killed-16-wounded/" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Monday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 16 Wounded — Antiwar.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>At least six Iraqis were killed and 16 more were wounded as a manual recount of ballots begin today in Baghdad. The contentious recount was not without its own controversy as the prime minister’s party found fault with the procedures that could help them win more seats in the new parliament.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"> <br/></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080528&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Three explosions kill three Iraqis, injured 13 – الدفاع والأمن – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD, May 3 (KUNA) — Three Iraqi civilians wer killed and 13 others injured by explosions at Al-Zafarania, New Baghdad and Al-Kesra, Iraqi military sources said on Monday. <br/>The first explosion took place near Al-Kbaisi cafe at the main road of Al-Zafarania town. The booby-trapped car blast resulted in the wounding of four Iraqis, as well as the destruction of the cafe. <br/>The second explosion occured in Al-Darwesh Bakery in New Baghdad resulted in the death of one Iraqi civilian and the injurey of six others. <br/>At Al-Kesra town, northern Baghdad, an explosive device attached to a parked car killed two civilians, and injured three others.</p></blockquote> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_522069.html" class="external" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/20105371714653272.html"> <br/></a> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552775.php/Three-killed-in-two-separate-attacks-in-Iraq" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Three killed in two separate attacks in Iraq – Monsters and Critics</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>An unidentified group of gunmen attacked two employees of the court of first instance in Toz, just south of the city Kirkuk, leaving one dead and the other injured.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">In a separate incident, an Iraqi soldier and a police officer were killed while walking along a road when a remotely controlled bomb exploded in a parked car in the province of Salah al-Din, security forces said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080270&Language=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>كونا : Iraqi electoral commission: manual re-counting starts officially in Baghdad – الشؤون السياسية – 03/05/2010</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced launch of the manual re-counting and sorting of ballots at Al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, IHEC Spokesman Qassim Al-Abodi said on Monday.</p> <p>It is expected that recount and sorting of 600 ballot stations would be done today and that 800 ballot boxes a day would be counted within the upcoming few days, he told reporters.</p> <p>Recount process is expected to last between 11 to 15 days, he said. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1552761.php/Al-Maliki-s-coalition-calls-for-halt-to-vote-recount-1st-Lead" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Al-Maliki’s coalition calls for halt to vote recount (1st Lead) – Monsters and Critics</strong></a></p> <blockquote><p>Baghdad – Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s State of law Coalition Monday called for halting the recount of votes cast in Baghdad, saying ‘it does not comply with the court’s decision’. </p> <p>Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission started earlier on Monday recounting votes of the March parliamentary elections in the capital, as ordered by a court last month. </p> <p>The coalition said it filed a new complaint to the court to say that the ‘commission insists that the results would not reflect the true will of the voters.’ </p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>Al-Shahristani said that the process should have started by comparing the number of voters with the number of votes, and if they match, then they would start the manual recount. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=May2010&file=World_News201005036150.xml" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraq locked in two-man power struggle after vote : The Peninsula On-line: Qatar</strong></a>: </p> <blockquote><p>BAGHDAD: Two months after a general election that produced no outright winner, Iraq has become locked in a battle between two men fighting for power that threatens its fragile security and hopes for stability.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Whether or not Shia Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki and ex-Prime Minister Iyad Allawi are putting personal ambition ahead of the nation’s good, their battle could stoke sectarian tensions and invite foreign interference, analysts say. “The battle in many ways boils down to the personal antipathy between the two, something which is now threatening political stability,” IHS Global Insight Middle East analyst Gala Riani said.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03kurds.html?ref=asia&pagewanted=print" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Election Victories Help Kurds in Iraq Push for More Sovereignty – NYTimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>As the deadlock in Baghdad has deepened with the recent disqualification of some winning Sunni candidates and the coming vote recount in the capital, important bloc leaders like the Kurdish president, Massoud Barzani, have been heavily courted for support in forming coalitions.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">But no one has been more openly aggressive in the jockeying for position than Mr. Barzani, and he is being closely watched because the issues he seeks to influence all have stark ramifications for Iraq’s stability. In particular, his demands for a federalist approach to governing Iraq — a weakened national government and stronger regional control — have revived fears that his Iraqi Kurdistan region may eventually try to secede.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-iraq-premier-20100503,0,6654673,print.story" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>An unlikely Iraqi leader emerges – latimes.com</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Among all the candidates being touted for the prime minister’s job in the next Iraqi government, one stands out for his near-total lack of political experience.</p> <p><em>snip</em></p> <p>But Sadr’s heritage puts him in the ranks of aristocracy, at least by Iraqi Shiite Muslim standards. He is the only son of the revered Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir Sadr, who was executed by Saddam Hussein in 1980 and whose portrait looms large on billboards in almost every Shiite community across the country. And he is a second cousin and brother-in-law of the radical cleric Muqtada Sadr, who commands a vast following among poor Shiites.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Jaafar Sadr’s pedigree alone was enough to ensure that when he ran from Baghdad on Prime Minister Nouri Maliki’s State of Law list, he received the slate’s most votes after Maliki — albeit with a huge gulf. That secured him a seat in parliament. He also came in second in an advisory referendum Muqtada Sadr supporters held on the prime minister’s post, and he was named one of their two candidates for the job.</p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Society and Economy:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100503006020&newsLang=en" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Scania is back in Iraq | Business Wire</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p>Scania has a presence in Iraq again, including both production and sales. Trucks ordered by government customers are being assembled locally there, while an independent distributor is supplying the private sector market with imported vehicles. This distributor is also responsible for the reconstruction of Scania’s sales and service network in the country.</p> <p>“If the situation in Iraq continues to stabilise, within a few years the country can regain its position as Scania’s most important market in the Middle East,” says Martin Lundstedt, Executive Vice President and responsible for the company’s sales and marketing.</p> <p>In the early 1980s, Iraq was one of Scania’s largest markets. At the peak, sales totalled 3,900 trucks in one year (1981).</p> <p>Late in 2009, Iraq’s State Company for Automotive Industry (SCAI) began production of the first of 500 trucks ordered under the terms of an agreement between Scania and Iraq’s Ministry of Industry & Minerals. Production is taking place at the government’s Iskandariyah industrial complex south of Baghdad.</p> <p>“Creating jobs in the country’s industry has been an important aspect of the agreement between Scania and the Iraqi government,” Lundstedt says.</p> <p>Today the SCAI facility in Iskandariyah employs about 300 people in its Scania operations, which not only includes final assembly of truck chassis but also bodywork for delivery of ready-to-drive trucks.</p> <p>So far, SCAI has delivered some 150 fully equipped trucks to various public sector customers, for example tank trucks to the Ministry of Water Protection and Supply.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.dissentmagazine.org/atw.php?id=109" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Dissent Magazine | Seven Years–And There’s Still No Labor Law in Iraq</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">Seven years since the invasion and Iraq still does not have a labor law. Workers in the public sector are denied the right to organise and join trade unions and collective bargaining is almost impossible. It’s a disgrace. The good news that the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set up an <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.iraqitradeunions.org/cgi-bin/campaign1.cgi" class="external" target="_blank">Iraqi Labour Campaign</a>: For a Fair and Just Labour Law.  For a short history of the Iraqi unions before and after the invasion order <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.tuc.org.uk/international/tuc-12149-f0.cfm" class="external" target="_blank">this rather splendid pamphlet</a> from the TUC. </p> </blockquote> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=359092&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper – Qatar</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote><p style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid">The Iraqi Cultural Week got under way on Saturday as part of the ‘Doha, Capital of Arab Culture 2010’ celebrations. The week, featuring exhibitions and folk performances, will run until Wednesday at the Qatar National Theatre. </p> </blockquote> <h3 style="color: #800000">Commentary and Analysis</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20816" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Intimidating the Iraqis Asharq Alawsat Newspaper (English)</strong></a><strong>: </strong></p> <blockquote style="padding-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: gray 1px solid"><p>It is not strange for al-Maliki to try to hold onto his position – for this is the case with most Arab rulers – but by doing so he is threatening the political process and putting all of Iraq in danger. Al-Maliki is today trying to scare the Iraqis with the prospect of UN interference; however the UN is the chief election monitor and observer, and Iraq remains under the purview of Chapter VII of the UN Chapter which gives the UN Security Council the final say in this matter. Al-Maliki is right that there is no need to involve the UN, but the problem is that by trying to change the announced election results he has caused the elector bloc that originally won the most number of seats to call for help from the authorities in charge of supervising the elections. Al-Maliki has also called for a recount without first guaranteeing that this will take place in a transparent atmosphere and under the supervision of a party that is acceptable to all electoral blocs, not just his own. We do not understand what has afflicted al-Maliki to cause him to raise all of these obstacles, especially as there is no clear victor that would be able to form a government on their own, and al-Maliki or Allawi or anybody else cannot form a government or become Prime Minister without first allying with other parties.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9307"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/24/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b8%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7/#respond" title="Comment on المالكي يهدد باعتقال موظفي مفوضية الانتخابات">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 24th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/24/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d9%87%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%b9%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b8%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%81%d9%88%d8%b6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to المالكي يهدد باعتقال موظفي مفوضية الانتخابات">المالكي يهدد باعتقال موظفي مفوضية الانتخابات</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ballot-box-bloodless-coup/" rel="tag">ballot box "bloodless coup "</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-nouri-al/" rel="tag">Maliki - Nouri al-</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-vs-electoral-commission/" rel="tag">Maliki vs Electoral Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-recount-demands/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election recount demands</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-results/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-results-threats-to/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election results - threats to</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-stability/" rel="tag">Political Stability</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/rule-of-law-coalition-threats-by/" rel="tag">Rule of law coalition -threats by</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">هدد رئيس الوزراء نوري المالكي باعتقال موظفي المفوضية العليا للانتخابات لعدم رضاه عن النتائج التي اظهر فرز 95 بالمئة منها تفوق منافسه رئيس الوزراء العراقي الاسبق اياد علاوي. <br/>ونقلت صحيفة الدستور الاردنية عن صحيفة البينة الجديدة تاكيدها ان المالكي يعتزم اعتقال جميع من يعمل في المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات في العراق. <br/>واوضحت البينة الجديدة ان المالكي مستاء مما يجري من ملامح انقلاب ابيض في صناديق الاقتراع ، مضيفة انه اتصل غاضبا بأحمد الجلبي زعيم المؤتمر الوطني العراقي وأبلغه أنه سيضطر لاعتقال جميع من يعمل في المفوضية العليا المستقلة للانتخابات مالم تتكشف الحقائق وتتوضح الأمور.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9312"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/24/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%85%d9%86-80-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84/#respond" title="Comment on الانتهاء من 80% من الشكاوى المقدمة من قبل الكتل السياسية">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 24th, 2010 by Nabil</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/24/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%87%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d9%85%d9%86-80-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%83%d8%a7%d9%88%d9%89-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%82%d8%af%d9%85%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to الانتهاء من 80% من الشكاوى المقدمة من قبل الكتل السياسية">الانتهاء من 80% من الشكاوى المقدمة من قبل الكتل السياسية</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/elections/" rel="tag">Elections</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/electoral-commission/" rel="tag">Electoral Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-aftermath/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election aftermath</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-results/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election results</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/march-7th-2010-election-results-threats-to/" rel="tag">March 7th 2010 Election results - threats to</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-stability/" rel="tag">Political Stability</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/politics-and-security/" rel="tag">Politics and Security</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p dir="rtl" align="right">اعلنت مفوضية الانتخابات الانتهاء من ثمانين في المئة من الشكاوى المقدمة من قبل الكتل السياسية. مصدر في المفوضية اكد ان مجلس المفوضين سينهي خلال اليومين المقبلين جميع الشكاوى لاعلان النتائج النهائية للانتخابات. ووسط هذه الصورة، اتخذ مجلس المفوضين قرارا بالاجماع بعدم اعادة العد والفرز اليدوي مؤكدا ان الدواعي التي استندت اليها الكيانات المطالبة باعادة هذه العملية غير كافية. وفي هذا الاطار اكد العضو في مجلس المفوضين سعد الراوي ان الكيانات المعترضة يمكنها الطعن بنتائج الانتخابات بعد اعلانها بصورة اولية، نافيا وجود خلل في المنظومة الالكترونية لادخال نتائج اوراق الاقتراع او وجود جهات خارجية تتحكم بها. </p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-9271"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/22/iraqs-power-transition-not-easy-amid-tight-vote-racing-of-rivals/#respond" title="Comment on Iraq’s power transition not easy amid tight vote racing of rivals">No Comments</a></span> Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by Khaled</div> <h3><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/03/22/iraqs-power-transition-not-easy-amid-tight-vote-racing-of-rivals/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Iraq’s power transition not easy amid tight vote racing of rivals">Iraq’s power transition not easy amid tight vote racing of rivals</a></h3> <p class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/electoral-commission/" rel="tag">Electoral Commission</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iraqiya-list/" rel="tag">Iraqiya list</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/iyad-allawi/" rel="tag">Iyad Allawi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/jalal-talabani/" rel="tag">Jalal Talabani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/maliki-nouri-al/" rel="tag">Maliki - Nouri al-</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/parliamentary-election/" rel="tag">parliamentary election</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-coalitions/" rel="tag">Political Coalitions</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-stability/" rel="tag">Political Stability</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/polls/" rel="tag">Polls</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reconciliation/" rel="tag">reconciliation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reconstruction/" rel="tag">Reconstruction</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sectarian-violence/" rel="tag">sectarian violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/southern-provinces/" rel="tag">southern provinces</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-of-law-coalition/" rel="tag">State of Law Coalition</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/state-of-law-coalition-vs-iraqiya-list/" rel="tag">State of Law Coalition vs. Iraqiya list</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/violence/" rel="tag">violence</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua-reports/" rel="tag">xinhua reports</a></p> <div class="entry" dir="rtl" align="right"> <p>BAGHDAD, March 22 (<a title="Xinhua" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/22/c_13220659.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Xinhua</a>) — Rejected by electoral commission officials, the calls for vote recount by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani foreshow what a possible difficult process the nation’s power transition will be in the near future.</p> <p><a title="allawi-maliki" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://www.flickr.com/photos/27086036@N02/4454272172/" class="external" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px" alt="allawi-maliki" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136im_/http://static.flickr.com/2679/4454272172_abc09350ee.jpg" align="left" border="0"/></a>The latest results based on 92 percent of the nationwide votes show that former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s Iraqia List bloc leads rival Maliki’s State of Law coalition by nearly 8,000 votes. The incumbent prime minister, who is seeking a second term, called for a vote recount Sunday as some blocs, including Maliki’s own, cry foul in counting. With a similar tone, President Talabani subsequently demanded a recount in some provinces to ensure " integrity and justice".</p> <p>The two major blocs of Maliki and Allawi have been in a tight racing ever since partial results have come out gradually with the progress of counting after the March 7 national poll. It was the second time for the secular Shiite Allawi’s bloc to surpass that of Maliki in votes. The Iraqi National Alliance (INA), a bloc made up of mainly Shiite religious groups, was in a third place in votes.</p> <p>The number of votes does not mean the leading coalition will get the most seats in the new 325-seat national legislature, as the seats are allocated to the country’s 18 provinces, with the capital Baghdad 70 seats, the most among the 18. Therefore, to win the most seats relies on how well the contesting blocs do in provinces. Also under the election formula, one bloc is unlikely to gain the majority of parliament seats and has to join with others to form a new government.</p> <p>According to previous partial results, the State of Law led in six southern Shiite-dominated provinces and Baghdad, while the Iraqia List led in five western and northern provinces with a majority of Sunnis. The cross-sectarian Iraqia bloc includes such prominent Sunni Arabs as Vice President Tareq al Hashemi. The INA led in three southern provinces, and the Kurdish Alliance, with Talabani a key leader, led the three provinces of the Kurdish autonomous region.</p> <p>Allawi, an interim prime minister of Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and the INA, are both eyeing the post of prime minister. In the current power map, the president is a Kurd, prime minister a Shiite and parliament speaker a Sunni.</p> <p>Analysts believe the process of forming a new government will be tough with much bargaining among blocs and may even take months. The formation of the current government took four months after the December 2005 election.</p> <p>Maliki, who has isolated himself from many of his former allies in this election, will do all what he can to keep the post. Otherwise, he may face blame from Shiites for the political split within the majority community in the country.</p> <p>The Iraqia bloc has drawn great support from the Sunnis, who showed a strong turnout in voting in order to gain more political say. The minority group in the country has felt being politically marginalized after the downfall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 2003 U.S.-led war.</p> <p>Widely regarding Allawi as one of their major representatives, Sunnis may feel disenfranchised again if the Iraqia bloc fails to gain key powerful posts in the new political arena. In this case, the stability of the country remains uncertain due to fears of a possible return of sectarian violence.</p> <p>The election is a key test of the national reconciliation and political process of the war-torn country. For the past few years, it has seen sectarian bloodshed in 2006 and 2007 and fragile security is still disrupted by various violent attacks.</p> <p>Iraq has been struggling to maintain political stability, improve security and speed up reconstruction with newly-inked deals of developing its 10 large oil fields with foreign firms in the following years. To ensure all this, it needs an efficient, stable government and national unity. </p> <div style="border-right: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-right: 5px; border-top: lightgrey 1px solid; padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 15px; margin: 15px auto 5px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 95%; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <h3>Related Xinhua Reports:</h3> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/21/c_13219667.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraq’s electoral commission to announce full preliminary results on Friday</strong></a></p> <p>BAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) — Iraqi electoral commission said Sunday that the full preliminary results will be announced on Friday evening, rejecting recount votes demanded by top Iraqi officials.</p> <p>"Next Friday at 7:00 p.m. (1600 GMT) the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) will announce the full results at the al-Rasheed Hotel," Qassim al-Aboudi told reporters at a press conference in Baghdad Green Zone.   <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/21/c_13219667.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Full story</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/c_13219189.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Maliki calls for vote recount in Iraq’s elections</strong></a></p> <p>BAGHDAD, March 21 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki called Sunday on the country’s electoral commission to recount the vote of the country’s March 7 elections.</p> <p>In a statement of his office, Maliki called on the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to positively respond to the demands of the political blocs to recount the votes of the parliamentary elections. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/c_13219189.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Full story</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/20/c_13218763.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Former Iraqi PM pulls ahead again in partial voting count</strong> </a></p> <p>BAGHDAD, March 20 (Xinhua) — Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi again made a slender lead over the incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for the second time in 92 percent of the country’s partial results of parliamentary elections.</p> <p>Allawi’s Iraqia bloc pulled ahead with 7,928 votes over Maliki’ s State of Law coalition in the 92 percent of the nationwide count of ballots cast announced Saturday out of about 12 million votes of March 7 polls, the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said Saturday. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/20/c_13218763.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Full story</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/indepth/2010-03/19/c_13217451.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraqi ambassador to U.S.: Iraqis seeking political system based on free elections</strong></a></p> <p>WASHINGTON, March 18 (Xinhua) — "Iraqis’ goal is to have a political system that is based on free elections and nondiscrimination between all people," Iraqi ambassador to the United States told Xinhua in a recent interview.</p> <p>"The beginning of a new political institution is emerging," Ambassador Samir Sumaidaie said before the seventh anniversary of the start of Iraq War. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/indepth/2010-03/19/c_13217451.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Full story</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/18/c_13216623.htm" class="external" target="_blank"><strong>Iraqi PM slightly leads in partial results: electoral commission</strong></a></p> <p>BAGHDAD, March 18 (Xinhua) — The bloc led by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was slightly leading in the partial results of parliamentary elections, the electoral commission said on Thursday. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/18/c_13216623.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Full story</a></p> <p>Editor: Li Xianzhi </p> </p></div> <div></div> <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/22/c_13220659.htm" class="external" target="_blank">Iraq’s power transition not easy amid tight vote racing of rivals</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-8529"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a 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class="postmetadata">Category: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/iraq/" title="View all posts in News" rel="category tag">News</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/category/religion/" title="View all posts in Religion" rel="category tag">Religion</a>, Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-karbalai-abdel-mahdi/" rel="tag">al-Karbalai -Abdel Mahdi</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bombing-campaigns/" rel="tag">Bombing campaigns</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/grand-ayatollah-sistani/" rel="tag">Grand Ayatollah Sistani</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-stability/" rel="tag">Political Stability</a>, <a 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توجيهم لاختيار أشخاص هم يريدونهم من خلال وسائل إعلامية مساندة لهم. <br/>وأوصى الخطيب الاجهزة الامنية ببذل المزيد من الجهد لحماية الزائرين خلال الزيارة الأربعينية بنشر المزيد من العناصر الاستخبارية في المناطق المتوقع انطلاق الزمر الارهابية منها، راجياً من الزائرين بالمقابل التعاون التام مع رجال الامن.</p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7981"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/12/19/%d9%85%d9%85%d8%ab%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%aa%d9%88%d9%82%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b9%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7/#respond" title="Comment on ممثل السيستاني يتوقع ازدياد الأعمال الإرهابية مع الزيارات الدينية">No Comments</a></span> Posted on December 19th, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a 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padding-left: 5px; float: right; padding-bottom: 5px; margin: 5px 0px 5px 15px; border-left: lightgrey 1px solid; width: 360px; padding-top: 5px; border-bottom: lightgrey 1px solid"> <p>حذر ممثل المرجع الديني الأعلى علي السيستاني في كربلاء من خطورة أهداف الأعمال الإرهابية. <br/>وقال عبد المهدي الكربلائي في خطبة الجمعة ان ما حصل من تفجيرات خلال الأشهر الماضية وآخرها تفجير يوم الأحد الدامي كانت أهداف نوعية منتقاة تتوخاها المجاميع الإرهابية ومن يقف وراءها ، محذرا من ان هذه الأعمال ستزداد مع اقتراب موعد زيارة عاشوراء العاشر من محرم الحرام وكذلك زيارة أربعينية الإمام الحسين التي ستتزامن مع الانتخابات النيابية في شهر آذار المقبل. <br/>وأوضح الكربلائي ان هناك دافعين اثنين لاستغلال هذه الزيارة من قبل المجاميع الإرهابية وهما متصلان مع بعضهما: الأول دافع سياسي لإيجاد حالة من السخط وقتل الثقة بين المواطن والعملية السياسية والثاني دافع طائفي يمتزج به الهدف السياسي لان من يقتل هم من طائفة واحدة.</p> </p></div> <h3>الشيخ الكربلائي يحذر من محاولات الأعداء تجريد الشعب من حالة التآخي والعودة إلى حالة الاحتقان الطائفي</h3> <p>طالب ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا في النجف الأشرف الأخوة في الأجهزة الأمنية توخي الحيطة والحذر، لا سيما بعد التفجيرات الأخيرة التي وصفها بالنوعية ولها أهداف سياسية مهمة.. مبينا أننا نقترب من يوم إحياء مراسم عاشوراء وبعدها مراسم إحياء زيارة أربعينية الإمام الحسين ( عليه السلام) وهي من المراسم المهمة جداً والحساسة والتي يشترك فيها الملايين من محبي أهل البيت ( عليهم السلام).</p> <p>وتابع سماحة الشيخ (عبد المهدي الكربلائي) في خطبة صلاة الجمعة (الأول من شهر محرم الحرام 1431هـ الموافق 18/12/2009م ) التي أقيمت في الصحن الحسيني الشريف " إن إحياء هذه المناسبات يكون متزامناً مع اقتراب موعد إجراء الانتخابات النيابية المهمة. وإن الدوافع لدى الجماعات الإرهابية ومن يقف خلفها ستقوى للقيام بالمزيد من الأعمال الإرهابية من خلال تفجيرات جديدة وربما تكون نوعية أيضا، وانه مع اقتراب موعد الانتخابات فان هناك أهدافا سياسية واضحة من وراء هذه العمليات الإرهابية ألا وهي جعل المواطن يفقد الثقة بالمؤسسات السياسية وبالكتل السياسية بل وبالعملية السياسية برمتها وبالتالي إيجاد حالة من الإحباط والتذمّر لدى المواطنين وفي نفس الوقت القيام بحملة إعلامية مضللّة لغرض تغيير قناعات المواطنين وتوجهاتهم الانتخابية، وفي نفس الوقت سيتوفر دافع آخر ألا وهو إيجاد حالة،على الأقل، من الاحتقان الطائفي وذلك بتوجيه هذه الأعمال الإرهابية نحو جموع الزائرين أو أماكن العزاء" ..</p> <p>وعن مخططات الأعداء اليائسة أكد سماحة الشيخ الكربلائي " بعد أن فشلت محاولات الإرهابيين لإدخال البلاد في حرب طائفية فهم يحاولون الآن تجريد البلاد والشعب من حالة التآخي والتآلف التي وصلت إليها مختلف شرائح المجتمع العراقي بفضل جهود المرجعية الدينية والمخلصين من القادة السياسيين ووعي الشعب العراقي وبالتالي إيجاد حالة من التذمّر والسخط لدى أتباع أهل البيت ( عليهم السلام) تجاه الوضع الجديد في العراق "..</p> <p>وفي الختام أهاب ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا بالإخوة في الأجهزة الأمنية وخصوصاً قادتها إعادة النظر بالخطة الأمنية السابقة ووضع إستراتيجية جديدة وخططاً فاعلة لمنع تكرار هذه الأعمال الإجرامية وفي نفس الوقت دعم الجهد الاستخباري بالأموال والأجهزة والتدريب وغير ذلك من أنحاء الدعم الذي يجعل هذا الجهاز قادراً على توفير 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The bombs went off outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council, which are about 500 metres apart and just a few hundred metres from the heavily fortified Green Zone where the US embassy and the prime minister’s office are located.</p> <p>Footage taken by security cameras and released by the Interior Ministry on Monday showed that a passenger bus had targeted the Justice Ministry and a mini-bus had been detonated at the Provincial Council. The Interior Ministry said that the first vehicle had held some 1,000kg of explosives, while the mini-bus had carried about 700kg. It said that the remains of the suicide bombers were recovered from the vehicles’ wreckage and that investigators were trying to determine their identity.</p> <p>The attacks were the deadliest in Baghdad this year and the second since August to target government buildings in the Iraqi capital. They destroyed buildings and set dozens of cars stuck in traffic on fire, incinerating drivers and passengers trapped inside. The suicide bombers struck at the height of the morning rush-hour, with some of those killed or maimed being people trying to finish paperwork, or women and children who had gone to the council to seek compensation for losses suffered in previous attacks.</p> <p>The attacks triggered nationwide anger and international condemnation and also underscored the fragility of security in the country since the withdrawal of US troops from urban areas on 30 June. Iraq is currently preparing for parliamentary elections in January, and the present round of attacks are part of a surge of violence this year that has focussed on government offices and the security forces, including orchestrated attacks on the foreign and finance ministries in Baghdad on 19 August that killed nearly 100 people.</p> <p>Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks on Tuesday, declaring that its bombers were targeting "the foundations and pillars" of the Shia-led government of Iraq. The Al-Qaeda declaration contrasted with statements from other Sunni insurgent groups, whose representatives have been quick to blame the attacks either on intra- Shia rivalry ahead of the forthcoming elections or disputes between the Shia- controlled government in Baghdad and the Kurds. They have also accused Iran of being involved in the blasts.</p> <p>The area where the bombings occurred was only reopened to traffic six months ago, and shortly afterwards blast walls were repositioned to allow traffic closer to government buildings as part of measures hailed by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki as a sign that security was returning to the capital.</p> <p>The blasts have reinforced opinion that such gains in security are reversible, and the fact that the explosive-laden vehicles were able to get into an area that is home to numerous government offices has raised doubts about Al-Maliki’s security strategy and his efforts to end the violence. </p> <p>The Iraqi authorities said earlier this week that they were investigating the attacks, including security measures in the area. Interior Minister Jawad Al-Bolani said on Monday that 76 people had been arrested in connection with the attacks, but did not provide information on who they were or how they are believed to be connected. Governor of Baghdad Salah Abdel-Razak said that at least one of the vehicles has been identified as coming from the municipality of Falluja, a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency.</p> <p>Al-Maliki, who has staked his political reputation and bid for re-election on his ability to bring peace to the violence-torn country, blamed Sunday’s attacks on Baathists and Al-Qaeda. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the attacks had the fingerprints of the same group that had been responsible for August’s attacks on his ministry, while Defence Ministry spokesman Mohamed Al-Askari said that investigators had established that the explosives had been brought in from a neighbouring country, which he did not name. </p> <p>Iraq has accused members of the outlawed Baath Party living in neighbouring Syria of being behind the August bombings.</p> <p>Last Sunday’s attacks have exposed deep failings on the part of Iraqi security forces, which have assumed responsibility from US troops. They have stirred fears in the Iraqi population about the security forces’ ability to confront a re-emerging insurgency that many had previously believed was on the road to defeat. </p> <p>They have also triggered criticism of Al-Maliki’s government even from members of his own cabinet, many of them criticising the security services for what were described as security breaches, negligence and the overlapping of responsibilities. Abdel-Razak said surveillance cameras had recorded "human errors" by soldiers guarding the council building minutes before the explosions.</p> <p>Sunday’s bombings also come as Washington prepares to withdraw all US combat forces from the country by the end of August 2010 in preparation for a complete US withdrawal by the end of 2011. They raise concerns that a resurrected Sunni insurgency might force the Obama administration to reconsider its decision to pull out troops, especially as US and Iraqi commanders have said that they expect violence to increase before the national elections in January. </p> <p>So far, the US administration has said that the attacks will not cause the US to rethink its troop withdrawal strategy. "We have an agreement that we have announced to pull combat troops out by August of next year and the rest by the end of 2011. That has not changed in any way," said Michael Ratney, a State Department spokesman.</p> <p>While the attacks have tested Al-Maliki’s government and exposed points of weakness, like other recent bombings they also seem to have been designed to damage the country’s Shia-led government by showing that it cannot provide security even to key government departments. </p> <p>By targeting government buildings the insurgents aim to paralyse the government and prevent people from dealing with it. For this reason, the government’s claim that Baathists were behind the attacks has some credibility, even if it lacks concrete evidence.</p> <p>Following the bombings, Iraq renewed its demands for an international tribunal to investigate what it claimed was foreign involvement in attacks in the country and what it said was support given to insurgents by certain regional countries. Foreign Minister Zebari said on Monday that the tribunal should focus on the support given by foreign countries to the insurgents, adding that the attacks reinforced the need for international support to help Iraq defend itself. </p> <p>Although Zebari did not name any country, some Iraqi officials have again blamed Syria for harbouring Baathist figures who they allege are directing a campaign against Iraq, something that Syrian officials have denied. Other officials have insinuated that some Gulf Arab countries are involved in trying to influence January’s elections by giving money and political support to the insurgency.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the blasts appear to have jolted the feuding Iraqi political class into action. Calling the attacks an attempt to block the political process, Iraqi politicians swiftly responded by agreeing a compromise on a new election law that had eluded them for weeks and had threatened to delay January’s elections. </p> <p>The new law will now go to the Iraqi parliament for approval. Lawmakers have already missed the deadline to pass the election law, and any delay in the election could upset the fragile security situation in Iraq and affect the Pentagon’s timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from the country.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2009/970/re4.htm" target="_blank" class="external">Back to the brink?</a>  by Salah Hemeid <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/" target="_blank" class="external">Al-Ahram Weekly</a></p> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-7458"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/10/10/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%ad%d8%b0%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%86-%d8%b1%d9%81%d8%b6-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ad/#respond" title="Comment on الكربلائي يحذر من رفض 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تتحقق فسوف يكون هناك عزوف عن الانتخابات وبالتالي فشلها. <br/>واضاف مخاطبا البرلمانيين: "نحذر الكتل السياسية التي لها موقفان، واحد امام الناس يؤيد القائمة المفتوحة واخر في الخفاء مناقض" لذلك. <br/>وتابع: "اذا كنتم تمثلون الشعب، فاختاروا ما يريده وما تريده المرجعية"،حسب تعبيره. <br/>ومن ناحية اخرى بين خطيب الصحن الحسيني الشريف ان اجراء الانتخابات والتداول السلمي للسلطة وحفظ حقوق جميع مكونات الشعب العراقي سيؤدي الى تحقيق الامن والاستقرار لهذا البلد من خلال هذه الآلية التي تعتمد عليها العملية السياسية.</p> </p></div> <p>دعى ممثل المرجعية الدينية العليا وخطيب جمعة كربلاء جميع الشعوب والحكومات العربية والاسلامية لإتخاذ جميع الخطوات الجادة والعملية والفاعلة لايقاف الاعتداءات المتواصلة التي يتعرض لها المسجد الأقصى والمصلون فيه من قبل اليهود المتطرفين. مبينا ان " المسجد الأقصى لا يختص بشعب او حكومة معينة بل هو للمسلمين قاطبة في مشارق الارض ومغاربها". وقال " بهذه المناسبة فان المرجعية الدينية العليا تود أن تعرب عن عميق ألمها لما يتعرض له المسجد الأقصى والمصلون فيه من اعتداءات على يد هؤلاء المتطرفين ".</p> <p>من جهة أخرى حذر سماحة الشيخ (عبد المهدي الكربلائي) خلال خطبة صلاة الجمعة (19 شوال 1430 الموافق 9/10/2009 ) التي أقيمت في الصحن الحسيني الشريف حذر جميع الكتل السياسية التي لها موقف معلن امام الشعب بازاء القائمة المفتوحة ولكنها في الخفاء وخلف الكواليس يكون لها موقف آخر مناقض للموقفها المعلن، وقال انها " ستخسر رصيدها الشعبي ولا يبقى لها لدى المواطنين أي نوع من مصداقية جراء هذا الموقف المتناقض مبينا ان هذا الشعب سيكتشف ويطلع على ذلك وسيفقد ثقته بمثل هذه الكتل ".</p> <p>ومن ناحية أخرى بين خطيب الصحن الحسيني الشريف ان إجراء الانتخابات والتداول السلمي للسلطة وحفظ حقوق جميع مكونات الشعب العراقي سيؤدي الى تحقيق الأمن والاستقرار لهذا البلد من خلال هذه الآلية التي تعتمد عليها العملية السياسية معتبرا ان نجاح الوضع الجديد في العراق مرهون بصورة أساسية بتعزيز الثقة لدى المواطن العراقي بهذه الآلية.</p> <p>واضاف سماحته "نحن بحاجة سنة بعد سنة الى ترسيخ هذه الالية وتعزيز ثقة المواطن بها من اجل ان نوفر له المزيد من الرغبة فيها وعلى العكس من ذلك لو فقد المواطن رغبته بالانتخابات بسبب عدم شعوره بان هذه الآلية تعكس تفعيل إرادته في إيصال من يقتنع بهم الى مفاصل الدولة وبالتالي سيفقد ثقته بها وسيؤدي ذلك الى عزوفه عن المشاركة في الانتخابات وبالنتيجة سيؤدي ذلك سنة بعد سنة الى فشل العملية السياسية في العراق". مبينا انه " ومن هذا الأساس جاءت دعوة المرجعية الدينية العليا لاعتماد القائمة المفتوحة في الانتخابات بصورة عامة باعتبار ان الناخب يتمكن من خلالها من اختيار من يراه مؤهلا لتمثيله في مجلس النواب وان القائمة المغلقة ليست من ارادته واختياره وهي لاتؤدي الى ايصال الاشخاص المناسبين الى مجلس النواب وقد يصل من خلال هذه الالية اشخاص لا يرضى الناخب ان يمثلوه في هذا المجلس، وبالتالي سيكون هناك عزوف كبير للمواطنين للمشاركة في الانتخابات وسيؤدي ذلك الى حصول آثار سلبية خطيرة على مستقبل العملية السياسية في العراق ، ومن هنا فان جميع الاخوة اعضاء مجلس النواب مدعوون لتحمّل مسؤوليتهم الكبيرة امام الله تعالى وامام الناس لاعتماد الخيار الذي يريده ابناء الشعب العراقي والمرجعية الدينية العليا "</p> <p>كما دعا الكربلائي الحكومة العراقية ومجلس النواب الى اتخاذ كافة الإجراءات الممكنة لتأمين الحاجة وتوفير المال لرعاية المعاقين بسبب اعمال العنف والتفجيرات في العراق ذاكرا احصائيات واردة عن مصادر اعلامية تبين ان العراق يحوي على ما يقارب 130 الف معاق ومعاقه بسبب اعمال العنف والتفجيرات في العراق وان هؤلاء بحاجة الى رعاية سريعة من توفير المال الكافي لإدامة سير حياتهم فيما بقي من عمرهم وتقديم ما يمكن من علاج لتخفيف آثار هذا العوق.</p> <p>واما فيما يتعلق بتعويضات المتضررين من اعمال العنف فقد دعا الكربلائي مجلس النواب الى الإسراع بإقرار القانون الخاص بهم داعيا الحكومة العراقية الى تفعيل ما اتخذته من إجراءات لتعويضهم واعادتهم الى مناطقهم الاصلية .</p> <p>وبيـّن الشيخ الكربلائي ان وفدا من رئاسة الوزراء زار العتبة الحسينية والتقى به هذا الاسبوع متمثلا بممثل دولة رئيس الوزراء لشؤون المصالحة الوطنية والأخ وزير الهجرة والمهاجرين الذين اكدوا "ان فرص عمل قد وفرت للمهجرين بمقدار 20 الف فرصة عمل وان هناك مبلغ كبير قد خُصص لتعويض الدور المتضررة وعلى هذا الاساس ، فاننا ندعو كافة المواطنين المهجرين من محافظة ديالى بالعودة الى مناطقهم وندعو الأجهزة المعنية في الدولة باتخاذ جميع الإجراءات المطلوبة لحمايتهم وتوفير الظروف المناسبة لاستقرارهم في مناطقهم وعودتهم للحياة الطبيعية "</p> <p>كما وجه ممثل المرجعية الدينية مجموعة من النصائح والتوجيهات للطلبة وأساتذة العلم والكوادر التدريسية لمناسبة بدء العام الدراسي الجديد منها</p> <p>احترام العلم والاساتذة ..ويتمثل ذلك بالاهتمام بالدروس والاشتغال بالتحصيل العلمي وبذل الجهد في سبيل تحقيق المستوى العلمي المطلوب ليتأهل الطالب لخدمة بلده وشعبه واحترام المعلم والمدرس والاستاذ وتبجيله وتوقيره والاستماع لنصائحه وارشاداته .. اذ ان الطالب ستبنى شخصيته العلمية والتربوية ويتحدد مستقبله ومدى قدرته على تقديم الخدمة والعطاء لبلده وشعبه من خلال سنيِّ الدراسة ..</p> <p>كما ندعو الاخوة الطلبة الى الحفاظ على الاموال العامة سواء أكان في المدارس او الكليات والمعاهد وفي داخل الصفوف والمختبرات او في الاقسام الداخلية لانها اموال عامة الغرض منها خدمتهم وخدمة الاجيال القادمة ..</p> <p>كما ندعو الاخوات المدرسات والمعلمات الى الاهتمام بالحجاب والحشمة وعدم التبرج لان ذلك مدعاة للفتنة والفساد واضافة الى كونهن القدوة للطالبات وندعو الطالبات في الجامعات للالتزام بالعفة والحجاب والابتعاد عن الممارسات المنافية للاخلاق والاداب التي يلتزم بها مجتمعنا …</p> <p>كما ندعو اولياء امور الطلبة لمراقبة ابنائهم الطلبة ومتابعة مستواهم الدراسي ومدى التزامهم الاخلاقي والتعاون مع ادرات المدارس لتحقيق هذه الاهداف والحفاظ على القيم والاداب العامة لدى ابنائهم خصوصاً بعد تنامي بعض الظواهر الخطيرة لدى الطلبة كتعاطي الحبوب المخدرة وتداول المسائل المنافية للأخلاق الإسلامية من خلال اجهزة الهاتف النقال وغيرها.</p> </p></div> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="post clearfix" id="post-6197"> <div class="postmetadata"><span class="comments"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130127220136/http://gorillasguides.com/2009/05/16/%d9%85%d8%a3%d8%b2%d9%82-%d8%a3%d9%85%d8%b1%d9%8a%d9%83%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82-%d9%8a%d8%aa%d8%b3%d8%b9-%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%aa-%d8%b1%d9%85/#respond" title="Comment on مأزق أمريكا في العراق‎ ‎يتسع‎!‎ … طلعت رميح">No Comments</a></span> Posted on May 16th, 2009 by Editors</div> <h3><a 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<br/>الآن يلحظ المتابع أن أعمال القتل العشوائي للمواطنين العراقيين التي كانت ‏نقطة الانطلاق في بدء تطبيق خطط هذا التقرير قد عادت من جديد، وأن تلك العودة للقتل العشوائي ‏الإجرامي، جاءت مترافقة أيضا، مع تصاعد ميل جيش الاحتلال الأمريكي للإعلان بشكل متزايد عن قتلاه ‏على يد المقاومة العراقية، حتى وصل الأمر إلى صدور تصريحات رسمية من الجيش الأمريكي، بأن تلك ‏القوات باتت تتعرض إلى نحو 3 آلاف عملية فى الشهر "700 عملية في الأسبوع". <br/>واللافت أيضا، أن ‏المشهد الآن في العراق يكاد يكون متطابقا حتى على صعيد أوضاع السلطة التي شكلها الاحتلال – بديلا ‏لسلطة الاحتلال المباشرة كما كان حال سلطة بريمر- إذ جاءت التفجيرات التي تستهدف الأبرياء، وتصاعد ‏أعمال المقاومة من الجانب الآخر، في مرحلة تتصارع فيها أطراف السلطة التي شكلها الاحتلال، ويضطرب ‏ويرتبك فيها نسيج العلاقات التي شكلها الاحتلال بين طرفيه الخارجيين "أمريكا عسكريا وإيران وبالنفوذ ‏والدعم الداخلي" وبين أطراف اللعبة أو العملية السياسية داخليا بالارتباط مع علاقاتها المختلفة باختلاف ‏طرفي الاحتلال. <br/>لقد ظهرت اتهامات إيرانية على أعلى مستوى "المرشد الأعلى" للولايات المتحدة بالوقوف ‏خلف التفجيرات التي جرت، كما جرت اتهامات وتلميحات من أطراف في العملية السياسية لبعضها البعض ‏بالوقوف خلف التفجيرات وقتل المدنيين، لتصفية حسابات الانتخابات المحلية ولتعديل التوازنات للتأثير على ‏نتائج الانتخابات البرلمانية القادمة. ‏ <br/>هنا يبدو أن المشهد، صار أقرب إلى التطابق مع المرحلة التي بدأت فيها الولايات المتحدة تطبيق توصيات ‏تقرير- بيكر هاملتون، وما ارتبط به من محاولة إيجاد وصناعة تحديات داخلية في مواجهة المقاومة ‏العراقية المتصاعدة. <br/>لكن العودة إلى ذات الظروف المضطربة قبل بدء تطبيق تقرير بيكر- هاملتون، لا ‏تعني إمكانية تحقيق ذات النتائج التي حققها الاحتلال وسلطته في العراق من قبل، إذ نحن أمام ظروف ‏جديدة على صعيد عوامل قوة الأطراف الداخلة في الصراع تشير إلى نتائج مختلفة عما جرى خلال المرحلة ‏السابقة. <br/>توازنات القوى تغيرت على نحو كبير، كما أن علاقات الأطراف الداخلية في الصراع قد تغيرت ‏أيضا، بما يمكن القول معه إننا بالفعل قد دخلنا المرحلة الختامية لوجود الاحتلال أو المرحلة الثالثة ‏والختامية من مراحل الصراع بين الاحتلال والشعب العراقي ومقاومته، وأن آفاق الصراع ومحتواه ستشهد ‏تغييرات درامية خلال المرحلة القادمة. ‏ <br/>ما نشهده الآن في عناوين الوقائع، هو أن قوات الاحتلال الأمريكية قد دخلت مرحلة الانسحاب إلى قواعد ‏ثابتة في العراق، تمهيدا لتقليل عدد هذه القوات حتى يحين موعد انسحاب القسم الأكبر للقوة القتالية في ‏نهاية عام 2011، والذي هو واقع لا يسهل تغييره لظروف تصاعد الصراع في باكستان وأفغانستان ‏ولأولويته بالنسبة لإدارة باراك أوباما. <br/>وسواء انسحبت تلك القوات من كل المدن أو تأخر انسحابها من ‏بعضها "كما هو الحال بالنسبة للموصل"، فإن المعنى هو أن قوات الاحتلال، لم تعد خطتها وإعدادها ‏وتسليحها، لن تكون هي ذاتها التي كانت خلال بداية احتلال العراق أو عند بدء تطبيق توصيات خطة بيكر- ‏هاملتون، التي جعلت الرئيس الأمريكي جورج بوش يزيد عدد القوات الموجودة في العراق. <br/>نحن دخلنا ‏مرحلة لا يمكن فيها لقوات الاحتلال الأمريكية أن تواصل القتال في العراق بنفس القوة والقدرة، وهو أمر ‏يتعزز الإيمان به بالنظر إلى أننا لا نتعامل مع الولايات المتحدة القديمة، بل مع ولايات متحدة أخرى، ليس ‏على صعيد التغيير الحاصل في البيت الأبيض "فالإستراتيجيات العامة للولايات المتحدة لا تتغير بتغير ‏الرؤساء" ولكن على صعيد معالم قوة الولايات المتحدة، إذ هذا البلد صار "بلدا آخر" الآن، جراء الأزمة ‏الاقتصادية التي لا تزال "تتطور معالم خطورتها" على نحو حاد، يضعف قدرة الاقتصاد الأمريكي على ‏الاستمرار في تحمل النتائج المالية لخوض حربين "العراق وأفغانستان"، خاصة مع تدهور الأوضاع في ‏باكستان على نحو حاد أيضا، بما يضطر الولايات المتحدة إلى التركيز عليها أيضا. ‏ <br/>والمعنى السياسي العام هنا أو الإستراتيجي، هو أن الصراع على الأرض العراقية الآن، سيجري بينما أبرز ‏أطرافه قد ضعف. ‏ <br/>والعنوان الثاني للوقائع الجديدة التي نراها الآن، هو أن الاحتلالين الأمريكي والإيراني "العسكري وباستخدام ‏شبكات النفوذ"، لم يعودا على نفس نمط صراعهما "السابق" إذ دخلت العلاقات نمطا آخر من الصراع على ‏العراق. <br/>في حالة الصراع الجديدة، لا يجب النظر للمفاوضات الأمريكية الإيرانية باعتبارها حالة تطابق في ‏المصالح، بل هي بالأساس حالة صراعية وفق آليات أخرى، وذلك هو المعنى الأهم في دلالات اتهام المرشد ‏الإيراني للولايات المتحدة وأجهزتها بالوقوف خلف بعض التفجيرات الأخيرة التي طالت إيرانيين كانوا في ‏زيارات للعراق. <br/>والقصد هنا، هو أننا أمام تغير في نموذج الصراع بين الولايات المتحدة وإيران في العراق، ‏إذ كان النموذج السابق في مرحلة ما بعد تطبيق خطة بيكر- هاملتون، يقوم على التفاوض من جهة ‏والصراع المباشر لفرض الوقائع على الأرض من جهة أخرى، ولذلك رأينا حالات عديدة من كشف وملاحقة ‏الفرق والمجموعات الإيرانية ومتابعة وكشف السلاح المهرب والقبض على مسؤولين إيرانيين عاملين في ‏العراق. <br/>لكن الصراع الآن يدخل مرحلة ومنحنى آخر أخطر، إذ نحن أمام اتهام بتفجيرات تحاول تقليل ‏الزيارات من إيرانيين للعراق، أي أن مواجهة النفوذ الإيراني في العراق، سوف يجري وفق آليات دموية، ‏بينما المفاوضات بين إيران والولايات المتحدة، تأخذ منحى أكثر مباشرة ووضوحا. ‏ <br/>وفي العنوان الثالث للوقائع التي نتابعها الآن في مشاهد عديدة، فإن "الانفراط" الذي تعيشه أجهزة الدولة ‏‏"الجديدة" في العراق صار أمرا مزمنا وبات يتحرك نحو الأسوأ، إذ تظهر الأحداث أن شيئا لم يتحقق على ‏صعيد تشكيلة مؤسسات تلك "الدولة" أو قدرتها على أداء مهامها، كحامية لوجود الاحتلال "مستقرا" في ‏داخل العراق، أيا كان اسمه أو طريقته. ‏ <br/>مجلس النواب، ظل لشهور غير قادر على اختيار رئيس له، والنواب صار وصفهم مأساويا بين الطائفي ‏والمطارد بسبب مواقفه السياسية إلى درجة الاختفاء وبين من هو مرتبط بالولايات المتحدة ومن يرتبط ‏بإيران في المقابل، في وقت لا يزال الكل فيه خاضعا لما وصفه رئيس مجلس النواب السابق ﺒ"شمشمة ‏الكلب الأمريكي". ‏ <br/>والصراع على آبار النفط وعائدتها بين حكومة المالكي وحكومة البارزاني في المنطقة الكردية لا يزال على ‏حاله وإن كان هناك جديد، فهو السير نحو الأسوأ، على الأقل بسبب نقص عائدات البترول بما يعقد من ‏الصراع بفعل ضعف أو قلة الموارد. وأعمال تهريب النفط في الجنوب لا يزال مسكوتا عليها وهو ما يعني ‏أن الميليشيات لا تزال تجد مصادر لتمويل نشاطاتها الإجرامية. وفي كركوك تتطور الأوضاع إلى درجة ‏الحدة، حتى وجد المالكي نفسه مضطرا للتحذير علنا من حرب عنصرية. ‏ <br/>والخلاصة أننا أمام وضع لم يتحرك للأمام، لا نحو استقرار الحكم الذي شكله الاحتلال، ولا على صعيد ‏نسيج العلاقات بين القوى المتعاونة مع الاحتلال، والأهم أن كل ذلك يجرى بينما قوات الاحتلال لم تتمكن ‏من القضاء على المقاومة.. التي على العكس باتت في تصاعد. ‏ <br/>في الدلالات لذلك كله، يمكن القول إن الجهة الوحيدة التي تقوى على أرض العراق وفي الصراع على نحو ‏مباشر أو على المستوى البعيد هي قوة المقاومة العراقية. في الخلاصة الكلية لكل التطورات التي جرت منذ ‏بداية الاحتلال وحتى الآن فإن أطراف الاحتلال كلها في وضع الارتباك والتراجع بل والصراع مع بعضها ‏البعض، بينما المقاومة العراقية هي من نجح في مواجهة أعقد التحديات التي فرضتها قوات الاحتلال ‏والمتعاونون معها، وبات يطور أوضاعه بالاستناد إلى خبرة السنوات الماضية، وبالاستفادة من إخفاقات ‏الطرف الآخر "بتنوعاته" في الصراع. <br/>فبينما أطراف الاحتلال تتعقد علاقاتها وتضطرب مع بعضها البعض، ‏فإن المقاومة باتت تشهد تطورا مطردا في علاقات التحالف بين تنظيماتها وقواها. وبينما مؤسسات الحكم ‏تعاني من كل أشكال الاضطراب والانقسام والتنازع على جني المكاسب، فإن المقاومة نجحت – في الجانب ‏الآخر من معادلة الصراع على صعيد بناء المؤسسات- في بناء مؤسسات عسكرية وإعلامية وسياسية ‏أفضل قدرة وتنظيما، صارت تكسب دعما وتأييدا في العراق بشكل متزايد. ‏ <br/>وهنا تحديدا يمكن القول إن المرحلة الثالثة من الصراع الإستراتيجي على العراق، قد دخلت بالفعل حيز ‏الإنجاز والتأثير وأنها قد تشهد تسارعا في تطوراتها على نحو أسرع. ‏ <br/>لقد بدأت المرحلة الأولى من الصراع بين قوات الاحتلال ومن معها من جهة والشعب العراقي من جهة ‏أخرى عقب انهيار النظام واندلاع المقاومة الشعبية، التي جرت في بدايتها دون تنظيم وإستراتيجية ‏واضحة، ودون بناء مؤسسات سياسية وإعلامية وعسكرية قادرة على إدارة صراع طويل الأجل. <br/>لقد أحدث ‏هذا النشاط البركاني المندفع بالمقاومة إرباكا لقوات الاحتلال ومن معها، فكانت الخسائر الأمريكية المتواترة ‏وكان الاهتزاز وشدة الارتباك داخل جهاز السلطة التي شكلها الاحتلال فور دخوله محتلا. وفى المرحلة ‏الثانية من الصراع، تمكنت قوات الاحتلال "بعد العمل وفق توصيات بيكر- هاملتون" من إدخال المقاومة ‏والشعب العراقي في حالة جديدة من الصراع، من خلال فرض تحديات عراقية- عراقية، عن طريق ‏الميليشيات والصحوات ونفخ نيران الفتنة الطائفية والعرقية والمذهبية، وهو ما جرى في ظله تكثيف ‏هجمات قوات الاحتلال، التي تمكنت بعد وصول قوات جديدة من تحقيق قدر من "التأمين" النسبي لأوضاعها. ‏ <br/>دخل الصراع حالة جديدة، إذ كان القصف الأمريكي للمدن والقطاعات السكانية، مرتبطا ومتزامنا مع حملة ‏تدفع الحركات والمجموعات لمعاداة وقتال بعضها البعض، كما تمكنت قوات الاحتلال والميليشيات من تهجير ‏أعداد كبيرة من العراقيين "داخل الوطن وخارجه" الذين شكلوا الحاضن الاجتماعي للمقاومة. هنا كان ‏المعنى العام، أن قوات الاحتلال ومن معها قد عملوا وفق خطة جديدة، لحرف جهد الشعب والمقاومة من ‏الصراع مع الاحتلال إلى صراع بينهم وبعضهم البعض. ‏ <br/>لكن المقاومة العراقية صمدت وثبتت، كما هي لم تنجر في الصراعات الداخلية العمياء التي دفعت لها دفعا، ‏إذ هي تمسكت بالموقف والرؤية الوطنية مشددة على أن صراعها هو مع الاحتلال وحول الاحتلال فقط. ‏ <br/>وإن كان ذلك لا يعني أنها لم تتأثر بفعل تلك التغييرات في بيئتها الحاضنة وفي وتائر نشاطها، فالأهم أنها ‏أعادت ترتيب صفوفها على المستويات السياسية والإعلامية والعسكرية، بما مكنها مع مرور الوقت من ‏الاستفادة من الخلخلة الحادثة في أوضاع جبهة الصراع المقابلة النموذج لذلك، هو ما جرى في قضية ‏الصحوات وفي أوضاع تنظيم القاعدة، اللذين مثلا أخطر التحديات في المناطق التي شهدت نشاطا كثيفا ‏للمقاومة ذات الطابع العسكري خاصة. <br/>ففي الوقت الذي تمكنت فيه المقاومة بصفة عامة من تفادي الدخول ‏في نزاع شامل مع تنظيم القاعدة أو مع الصحوات، فالاحتلال والسلطة الطائفية التي شكلها، هي من وصل ‏إلى المأزق في تلك المواجهة خاصة مع الصحوات. ‏ <br/>كلما اقترب موعد الانسحاب للقطاعات القتالية لقوات الاحتلال من المدن، ومعها احتمالات سحب أعداد ‏كبيرة من تلك القوات، انعطف الصراع باتجاه البعدين الداخلي والإيراني في داخل العراق. <br/>والأغلب أننا ‏سنشهد استمرارا للتفجيرات الأمنية ضد الأبرياء، وتفجرات أعمق في المؤسسات التي شكلها الاحتلال في ‏العراق، خاصة بين المرتبطين بالولايات المتحدة من جهة وإيران من جهة أخرى، والأغلب أن سلطة ‏المالكي ستعمل ما في وسعها للسيطرة والقمع في مختلف المناطق. <br/>كما أننا وسط كل ذلك سنشهد تصاعدا ‏في قدرة المقاومة عسكريا على ملاحقة القوات الأمريكية من جهة، وتصاعد دورها السياسي في كشف ‏السلطة القائمة حاليا والدفع باتجاه تحركات جماهيرية تعلن رفضها لاستمرارها في الحكم على ذات القواعد ‏التي حددها الاحتلال</p> <p><strong>المصدر : </strong> <a 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