INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- When the residents of Baghdad and Basra saw an all too familiar site last week, wiser heads prevailed and the scenes of violence in
Over the past three decades alone, there has been a number of calamities that form dark chapters in Iraqi history
More than one war has been endured by the average Iraqi family during that time, along with tough and deadly U.S
Then came the American occupation and the ugly side of that military presence, an occupation that continues until today, with the exception
troops guarding the heavily fortified military complex, occupied a large swathe of land in the Iraqi capital as it does today.With the
fair to say Iraq has foreign enemies who are keen on not seeing this country prosper
the past 31 years, the U.S
has been bombing, invading, killing, sanctioning, starving, occupying, and conspiring on Iraq soil
has anything nice to say about the role of the U.S., especially over the past three decades
U.S.-led coalition for permission to fly helicopters, including armed gunships
As it turns out Washington was only interested in protecting its own troops on the Kuwaiti border
then imposed sanctions which, according to some international estimates, starved an entire nation, killed one and a half million Iraqis many
bombed and invaded again, this time under the guise of regime change
Very few Iraqis were interested in Saddam staying, but no one wanted a dictator to be replaced with the United States
Abu Ghraib prison made the occupation even more loathed until it was forced to reluctantly withdraw in 2011
keep returning to a country where it is hated by the locals and where it has no business to be militarily present? Baghdad accuses the U.S
It needs Iraq to be weak as a powerful Iraq would no doubt seek sovereignty and independence away from the shadows of its occupier
Baghdad has been demanding U.S
is feeding on any fighting and insecurity and is going to any length to stir unrest
businesses are failing to succeed, students cannot study and the nation struggles to develop
of service by a U.S.-led coalition while 119 substations were totally destroyed and a further six major power stations were damaged
hit the powers plants again and then terrorists began blowing up the infrastructure
collapsed to Daesh in 2014
The Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), volunteer forces answered the call of Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in 2014 to help fill the void and
activity in the country, region and world took a heavy blow
The PMU defied the predictions of some American generals who expected Daesh to rule for another ten years
government and media refer to the PMU as Iranian backed militias, it highlights the arrogance and disinformation campaign that Washington is
Naturally the force would be opposed to the U.S
clashing as some Western media tried to have their audiences believe
As Iraq works towards greater unity and improved security, Israel has tried to sabotage those efforts; with most of its recent attempts
coming through the northern region of Iraq
