In the midst of this dangerous showdown, the voices of Iraqis must be heard Ahmed Saadawi
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Peaceful protesters have support from both Sunni and Shia communities in seeking to restore independence
For those of us in Iraq who get the latest news from WhatsApp groups, the dawn of 3 January was filled with apprehension and fear. It felt like the huge events of the recent past: the night of the declaration of war in 2003, the news of Saddam Hussein’s arrest, the day of his execution, or the day the Iraqi military collapsed in the face of Islamic State’s occupation of Mosul.
To this list we can now add: the day the Americans killed General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds force, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy chief of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU), an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias. Continue reading...
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