The year 2020 was difficult, globally, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated human and economic losses. But the conditions in Iraq are always different, more precisely, always worse. The year started with the continuation of the peaceful organized protests, that have already begun in 2019, representing the free will of the citizens who …
It’s a spectacle that is both tragic and farcical—the ongoing corruption and moral decay among Iraqi political parties and their Iranian-backed militias. The damage they’ve inflicted on the country, with their roots steeped in the poisonous influence of Tehran, is not only alarming but also emblematic of the persistent failure of Iraq’s leadership to bring …
The pages of history are filled with oppressors’ attitudes and how countries and servants suffered misfortune until they believed no one could defeat them. Treachery and betrayal are two horrible traits that only the most disgusting, weak, and humiliating people have in common. Iraq is bought and sold by traitors and bastards, whose sons sell their …
Written by Arkan Radeef / Translated by Shermeen Yousif Iraq has experienced the most violent wave in its history to liquidate and attack Iraqi competencies of a secular civic character in Iraq, whose civilization has been perverted by the barbarism of militias and sectarian Shia and Sunni parties that have destroyed everything. When the Iraqi people had green hopes …
Today in Iraq, the turbaned cleric occupies multiple seats of power. He is simultaneously the head of a political movement, the leader of a parliamentary bloc, the architect of electoral lists, the overseer of cabinet formation, the commander of the armed forces, the planner of economic policy, the designer of school curricula, and a key …
Iraq transformed into mini-states and sects in the new era, consuming the state and all of its institutions, both small and large, leaving the central state without a framework. Iraq was divided into independent states, each of which imposed its own bloody laws and oppressive authoritarian measures on the homeland and its citizens. The destruction …
Women are mothers, sisters, wives, daughters, and beloveds, with their own entity, rights, duties, and personality that shape society as a whole. They are the universities from whose womb generations, nations, and leaders emerge. A mother alone can create all this—so imagine all her roles and qualities. As Al-Rusafi said, “The mother is a school; …
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Written by Arkan Radeef Frédéric Bastiat once said, “When looting becomes a way of life for a group of men in society, over time, they will create a legal system to authorize it and an ethical code to glorify it.” This perspective sheds light on the situation in Iraq, where Iranian-backed militias have entrenched themselves …
Iraq has witnessed countless tragedies in many forms — wars, genocides, riots, killings, and more. Yet the real evil lies within the architects of these inhuman practices: those who justified acts of murder, torture, kidnapping, and mutilation of corpses to an extent no one could have imagined. According to Iraqi media sources, Shiite armed factions …
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Author: Arkan Radeef The evil of two-faced people becomes unified in deceit, while others manifest duplicity differently. Muqtada Al-Sadr, with protesters, declares that Iran should be expelled, yet with Iranian officials, he performs dutifully like a submissive, diligent student—or rather, a beggar—appeasing them at the funeral tables and homes of Qassem Soleimani, the criminal, and …
The Iraqi government, in its Khamenei version and under the Iranian cloak, has enabled militias to kill, beat, abduct, and torture peaceful protesters in Baghdad and some southern Iraqi provinces. These actions were carried out by the Iranian killing machine, acting on orders from the Quds Force and its sprawling influence in Iraq. The purpose …
Iraq was ranked 162nd out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2019 Anti-Corruption Index, underscoring the deep-rooted corruption in both Iraq and the Kurdistan region. Over 1,000 individuals have been killed or wounded in anti-government protests across Baghdad and southern provinces, reflecting widespread frustration with a government plagued by corruption. The wealth of Iraq, including …