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Sufian Samarrai

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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Daily Newspaper published by Baghdad Post establishment Issue: No. 14 | 4 Pages

Muslim Brotherhood is a global threat E fforts continue in Washington D.C. to designate the Muslim Brotherhood
as a terrorist organization due to its global activities.
Hillel Fradkin, Director of the Center on Islam, Democracy and the Future
of the Muslim World at the Hudson Institute emphasized to Al Arabiya that the
Muslim Brotherhood is a global threat, “It is true that it operates on a global
basis or as global as it can be. It has branches in various Muslim countries, espe-
cially Arab countries, but also other regional countries, and it has organizations
that were founded by and directed by its members in other places like France,
England, US, and so forth,” he said.
The US expert highlighted that the Brotherhood founder, Egyptian, Has-
san al Banna, was aiming to establish his organization outside Egypt as
well, not for his personal ambitions, but to implement the agenda of the
Brotherhood’s project.
He argued against the suggestions that if the U.S. takes this step, it
would negatively affect Washington’s foreign relations with several Arab
and Muslim countries, “If you take the case of Egypt, we were understood
to be favorably disposed towards the Brotherhood, especially with former
U.S. President Barak Obama’s Cairo speech and his embrace of the group
through it.
But, afterward, there was a general understanding on the part of some
part of the Egyptian public that we were siding with the Brotherhood.
Unfortunately, a lot of Egyptians were hostile to the U.S. They weren’t
favorable to us.” the US expert said.
Muslim Brotherhood’s experiment
“President Obama basically said let’s try an experiment. Let’s see if we
engage with them, if we show some accommodation to the Muslim Broth-
erhood, let’s see if we get something positive out of that” Fradkin pointed
out, adding that while the whole world was going through that exper-
iment, the Egyptians were the ones who had to live with it. “Once the
Brotherhood was in power, it showed us that they weren’t moderate,” he
said.
The United States’ laws when it comes to designating a person or a
group as terrorists have a specific definition of what that means and require
specifically violent acts, according to the US expert who pointed out that;
“One could say that there are certainly branches of the Brotherhood, which
have committed violent acts and terrorist acts. The Egyptian Brotherhood,
before it fell from power, or at the time it was falling from power, certainly
committed violence acts. So too did the Syrian Brotherhood in its day, and
so too does Hamas on a regular basis, which is a branch of the Brotherhood.”
ISIS
During his testimony, Fradkin explained to the committee that the Ban-
na’s Brotherhood’s project was to apply to all Muslims and the forms of
government under which they lived, rejecting the nation-state as a legiti-
mate form of Muslim governments.
Banna’s ultimate goal was to form a new Muslim state which would
embrace all Muslims and would restore the authentic Muslim way of life
as well as restore Muslim political powered, military power, and Muslim
prestige. To use a term that has recently become familiar it was to be an
Islamic and not a national state, or rather ISIS.
Fradkin emphasized that the larger issue that was not captured was the
degree to which the Brotherhood contributes through its ideology and
through its attempts to impart that ideology to the people, to create a basic
understanding, which as often as not does wind up in violent acts, “It is
very hard to part that in a very clear way as such that it comes under the
American laws which was the complication in the hearing,” he said.
He noted that recently Ayman al-Zawahiri, the present leader of Al Qae-
da, reached out to the Brotherhood expressing nostalgic appreciation for
the fact that Al Qaeda had been born out of the Brotherhood project and
welcomed its members to join his own.
“Most of the groups that gain attention in our American politics, and else-
where, are brotherhood groups. I mean Isis and Al Qaeda cannot come out
into the open, but the brotherhood can and does in the form of organiza-
tions. The Council on American-Islamic Relations “CARE” in the United
States is an example which the majority of the moderate Muslims argue that
those people don’t represent us,” Fradkin stated.
What should be done?
“The US administration should not treat these organizations and their
leaders as representatives of the Muslim community of the United States.
That’s the beginning point,” the Hudson’s expert emphasized.
He stressed that the Washington should be firm in dealing with the
Brotherhood and the countries that support, finance, harbor, or provide a
platform for the group to freely promote its ideology, The thing is coun-
tries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt had banned the Muslim broth-
erhood movements, they considered it or they listed it as a terror group.
While some of the US allies did not, and still work with the group, such
as Qatar,” Fradkin concluded.

News in Brief Maliki revealed as VP

Abdul Mahdi’s mission in Iraq parliament complicated
Car bomb kills six, wounds 30 near choice, 4 ministers
Mosul I ncoming Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi is fac-
ing a similar scenario to that of the election of Pres-
ident Barham Salih when a huge number of blocs’ chosen: source
At least six people were killed, including two sol- deputies revolted over their leaders, a matter that fell
diers, and 30 wounded in a car bomb blast in the in favor of Salih against his rival Fuad Hussein, the
northern Iraqi town of Qayyara on Tuesday, police candidate of Kurdistan Democratic Party.
and medical sources said to Reuters. MPs haven’t yet received any curriculum vitae of
A vehicle packed with explosives was parked ministers to be voted on and studied. They didn’t even
near a restaurant and a crowded market area in Qay- receive the government’s program on which confi-
dence is granted through voting, which is a matter of
yara, south of the city of Mosul, police said. Health great importance, Mohammed al-Khalidi, head of the
officials and police had earlier put the death toll at Tomouh bloc, told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper on
four but said it could rise as some of the wounded Tuesday 
were in a critical in condition. On whether the government will garner the votes
when presented in front of the parliament, Khalidi said
that he expects so but not easily despite the presence
Iraqi MP calls Abdel Mahdi to waive his of two huge blocs supporting the prime minister-des-
ignate, which are Alliance Towards Reform and Fatah

French citizenship
Iraqi independent MP Kadhim Al-Sayadi called
on incoming Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi to
waive his French citizenship as a basic requirement
for his election as prime minister.
“Abdul Mahdi is required to drop his French na-
tionality and present a disclosure form of his money
and family funds,” Sayadi said in press remarks.
He also stressed that Abdul Mahdi should apolo-
gize to the people for the clip in which he said that
his office has spent a million dollars, adding that
this money should be returned to the Iraqi treasury.
Abdul Mahdi is expected to announce the forma-
A
Alliance. political source revealed on Sunday an agreement
In the same context, MP Ahmed al-Jabouri affirmed between the political blocs and Prime Minis-
that the Alliance Towards Reform and Fatah Alli- ter-designate Adil Abdul Mahdi to renew the selection
ance nominated Abdul Mahdi and obliged him not of Nouri al-Maliki as vice president of Iraq and the se-
lection of four ministers for the interior, defense, for-
to approve any minister or deputy from them even if
successful.  eign affairs and higher education ministries.
Siham al-Moussawi, an MP of the Fatah Alliance, The source said that “the leaders of Sairoun and Fatah
stated that this government won’t see the light easily authorized before the other political blocs to negotiate with
in case secret deals or intentions were imposed.  Abdul Mahdi, having agreed with the latter on the nomi-
nation of the leader of a State of Law Coalition [Nouri
Aliya Nassif, a member of the National Iraqi Al-
liance, said that not nominating the members of the al-Maliki] for the post of Vice President of the Republic.”
parliament to take part in the executive authority is a “The agreement also included Qusay al-Suhail for the
Abdul Mahdi humiliation of the Iraqi people representatives. Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the
nomination of Laith Kubba to the Ministry of Foreign Af-
fairs, and Kamel al-Dulaimi for the Ministry of Defense.”

Iran intensifies
He pointed out that “outgoing Prime Minister Haider

Iraq ranked among world’s

tion of his new government on Wednesday. al-Abadi, the leader of the National Coalition Iyad Al-
lawi, and former DefenseMinister Khalid Obeidi have
not been nominated so far to occupy any position in the

presence west of the

Saudi Arabia, Emirates support Yemeni
teachers with 70$m worst democracies new government.”

Director of King Salman Humanitarian

Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) Abdullah Al-Ra-
biah announced that Saudi Arabia and the United
T he Economist
Arab Emirates will provide $70 million to support
teachers’ salaries in Yemen in cooperation with
UNICEF.
This support will contribute in providing the sala-
ries of 135,000 educators and support the economic
and living conditions of the Yemeni people.
Earlier this month, the Emirates Red Crescent
(ERC) provided an additional 1,000 food baskets
as well as basic necessities to the poor families in
the areas of Al Zahari, Al Barh and Hassi Salem in
the Mocha. More than 7,000 people benefited form
this program.
Intelligence
Unit (EIU) revealed in its 2018 De-
mocracy Index report that Iraq is ranked
the fifth best democracy among Arab
countries and 112th in the world.
The EIU report shows the level of de-
mocracy in 167 countries around the
world. The rankings are based on several
considerations, such as the nature of the
electoral process, civil liberties, political
culture, pluralism and others.
According to the report, Tunisia ranked
69th in the world and first in the Arab world,
followed by Morocco, which was ranked
second in theArab world but only 101st
globally. Lebanon ranked 104th globally
and third in the Arab world, Palestine was
108th in the world and fourth in the Arab
world, Iraq took the 112th position global-
ly and fifth in the Arab world, and Jordan
was ranked 117th in the world and sixth
among the Arabs.
Meanwhile, Norway took the top spot
as the world’s best democracy, followed
by Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, Den-
mark, Ireland, Canada and Australia.
In its tenth edition, the report classifies
democracies into four categories: Full De-
mocracies, Flawed Democracies, Hybrid
Regimes, and Authoritarian Regimes.
The report shows that 52 countries around
the world have been classified as dicta-
torships, accounting for 34 percent of the
world’s population, while only 4.5 percent
of the world’s population lives under pure
democratic systems in just 19 countries.
Euphrates River in Syria
Iranian militias intensified their
presence west of the Euphrates Riv-
er in Syria, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights has said, noting
these militias’ presence in Abu Ka-
mal and Mayadin east of Syria near
the borders with Iraq, al Arabiya re-
ported.
The observatory said these mili-
tias’ deployment is not only limited
to the military aspect but it also in-
cludes other aspects for the purpose
of evading regional and internation-
al monitoring.
Iran and its militias in Syria, num-
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bering thousands in several areas,
aim to expand their presence to ex-
tend to social and commercial as-
pects.
The Iranians’ deployment in east
Syria has been concentrated in main
areas in Mayadin. For instance,
Afghan militias have established a
kitchen that distributes meals to res-
idents and the displaced people.
A Sharia’h school in Mayadin has
been turned into a center where Ira-
nian and Shiite militias gather occa-
sionally and hold sectarian confer-
ences and seminars. Iran sent Hezbollah advanced weapons through Qatar

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2 BAGHDAD POST | Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Iranian opposition party holds London

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‫بوست‬ After Ahvaz attack, protest demanding end to torture

Chairman of the Board

Iran arrests hundreds,
including women, children
Sufian Samarrai

The Baghdad Post is a

news website that follows
up the Middle East affairs in
general and the Iraqi affairs
in particular. The website
seeks to benefit from the
latest technologies to reach
facts and report them to Iran’s opposition party in exile staged a protest “We feel that what they’re doing is not enough
condemning public executions in Iran and de- at the moment.
readers in order to help in manded that Theresa May and the UK Govern- “There needs to be more pressure to bring a
ment take action against the Middle Eastern na- halt to all of these executions, especially the
revealing the truth, linking tion, the Express reported. public hangings that are happening.
incidents and interpreting Members and supporters of the National Children, people, normal people are walking
Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) held a in the streets and they see bodies hanging from
its implications in a scientif- demonstration outside Downing Street on Sat- cranes.
ic and objective way. Also, urday in the hope of attracting the Prime Minis- “That’s kind of becoming a normality in Iran
ter’s attention. and it is completely unacceptable in the twen-
it aims to use the logical According to the opposition party, in 2017, ty-first century.”
Iran executed over 500 people which account- Mrs Rajabi added that it is important to “name
analysis of incidents to en- ed for nearly 60 percent of all executions in the and shame” the people who are allegedly re-
sure accuracy in reporting region. sponsible for the executions in order to hold
Amnesty International says that of the over them to account.
news. The Baghdad Post 500 executions, at least 31 of them were done She said: “It’s a really brutal, violent regime
so publicly. that just has no boundaries and it does anything
strives to provide a plat- The opposition also claims that five juveniles necessary to stay in power.”
Iranian child labor, that is being taught from the highest to Children are victims of
form for all Arabs to raise the lowest in society affects the lives were killed during the first half of 2018, with Later, she explained that if the UK is going to
sexual abuse on the rise: Tehran’s “garbage mafia” nearly 30 people being executed just last month do business with Iran, then it should take action
expert of disadvantaged, marginalized and “Different types of child labor have
their awareness over the poor families. In fact, the first victims alone. against its human rights abuses.
An Iranian expert has warned that been identified in Iran, from sales They also claim that over 70 people who She added: “If a country like the UK, which
importance of preserving nearly a quarter of Iran’s population of this violence are the children of to working on poultry farms and
these families who are forced by their supported the truck driver protests in Iran have their base is on democracy and human rights,
is marginalized and that the process brick-manufacturing plants,” the Ira- been arrested and allegedly threatened with ex- if they are deciding to do financial deals with
Arab countries, national of children entering into jobs such as constrained circumstances to leave ed- nian Labor News Agency (ILNA)
ucation and eventually be brought into ecution. the Iranian regime, at least do something to hold
security against regional sales, labor, transportation and gar- wrote on April 24 about the misuse of During the demonstration, protestors called them to account.
bage collection is on the increase. the labor market. children, adding, “Each type of child
Shariati stressed that there are for the downfall of the current Iranian regime. “At least do something positive next to it to
plots that target exploiting In an October 13 report on child labor possesses its own difficulties They shouted: “Down with Rouhani! Down make sure that they are changing, that they are
labor in Iran, Hadi Shariati, a lawyer 3,000 marginalized areas and 19 mil- and is considered forced labor, but one
the sense of disappoint- lion marginalized people in Iran, warn- with Khamenei!” halting the executions, that they are not killing
and child rights activist, warned about of the most difficult types ofchild la- Later, they also chanted: “Change! Change! juveniles.
the shocking statistics regarding mar- ing that poverty is expanding painfully bor is the collection and separation of
ment. This disappointment in these areas. Change! Regime change in Iran!” “What country in the twenty-first century
ginalized families and children of garbage.” While the demonstration was taking place, does that?”
is gripping our peoples as poor families in Iran. Children collecting garbage collect the hundreds of thousands of people were marching Finally, she said that the best solution to
While the report did not provide Gathering up children equivalent of 60 kilograms of trash a day in support of a People’s Vote on Brexit. these issues would be a regime change, a sen-
a result of the feeling of any statistics on child labor, there are Last year, the municipality of Tehran, in and their places of residence are often While many people marching applauded the timent that was expressed throughout the
injustice that arose from other reports that about 2 million chil- its last action to combat child poverty, waste-separation workshops, according Iranians that were demonstrating, some did not
dren are working in Iran, according to gathered up thousands of children and to ILNA. The “workshops” used by mu- see a difference between the opposition and the demonstration.
the double-standards policy official statistics. However, unofficial threatened their families, a move that nicipal waste-disposal contractors are current regime. She said: “We need a democratic government
reports show that there are upwards sparked a wave of criticism at the time. usually garages on the outskirts of the One passer-by said: “You are all the same! No that is a secular government with religion and
adopted by dominant world of 7 million children working in the More than 300 university profes- city without the most basic sanitation. politics separated completely.
difference!”
powers. So, we endeavor country. sors, researchers, social workers, Children in these places are exposed to There were also a number of speakers who “Basically, everything that the government
According to Shariati, the most im- lawyers, journalists and child rights a variety of infectious diseases. addressed the crowd in English and Farsi about doesn’t stand for. We need a complete regime
to show the audience the portant issue is the increasing number activists accused the authorities in human rights abuses in Iran. change.”
of child laborers in recent months and an open letter of dealing with child Sexual abuse of children One speaker, Dr Jocelyn Scotts, condemned The Iranian government was contacted about
dangers of terrorism threat- the change in the rate of their age. victims rather than dealing withpov- Regarding the children residing at the claims made during the demonstration but
Iran’s use of the death penalty and torture.
ening the future of the Arab Shariati added that the economic erty and its causes. these waste-separation workshops, She said: “People are around Iran protesting. did not respond when asked for comment.
crisis hitting Iran and the low standard They called on government officials Elham Fakhari, a reformist member “No more to torture. No more to hangings.” When asked if she believed that change will
nation and uncover forces of living for the poor classes are the to provide financial resources in the of Tehran’s city council, told ILNA, A supporter of the opposition, Naghmeh Raja- ever happen in Iran, Mrs Rajabi expressed hope
reasons for bringing young people country “to improve livelihoods and “Most of these children are suffering bi, spoke critically of the Iranian regime and the for the future.
of evil’s ploys aiming to de- into the labor market. Every day we access to jobs, improve the lives of from diseases; however, the problem She said: “I think that no dictator is forever.
current situation in the Middle Eastern nation.
fame the Islam’s teachings, find young children under the legal vulnerable groups at risk in society, of diseases is not important compared She said: “We’re in 2018 and unfortunately “We just need to look at history to see that
age working in jobs such as sales or and provide education and health for to the other problems facing these nothing has changed. Things are getting worse. from the Pharaoh’s time to Saddam Hussein to so
Arab generosity and toler- garbage collection. their children” instead of gathering up children, because most of these chil- “The demonstration is to urge the UK Gov- many different dictators, they’re just not forever.
“The systematic economic violence children and threatening their families. dren are sexually abused.” ernment to act with allies to put more pressure “They will be overthrown, hopefully, by the
ance values. people of Iran.”
on the Iranian regime.

Iran open to dialogue with US without preconditions: Iran’s FM
I ran’s Foreign Minister Moham-
mad Javad Zarif stated on Monday
that his country is open to dialogue
with the United States without precon-
ditions, adding that such talks remain
elusive so long as Washington fails to
show Tehran respect.
“We do not have preconditions, but
we can say that what is required for
dialogue is mutual respect, not mutual
confidence,” Zarif said in an interview
with Kyodo News.
He said the administration of US Pres-
ident Donald  Trump  could smooth the
way for dialogue by adhering to the
2015 Iran nuclear deal thatTrump “illegal-
Saudi Arabia offers Pakistan $3 bln
in support plus deferred oil payments
ly” pulled out of earlier this year and by
halting its unilateral sanctions imposed
since then -- both things that he argued
Washington is legally obligated to do.
According to the deal struck with six
major powers -- Britain, China, France,
Germany, Russia and the United States
-- Iran agreed to curb its nuclear activi-
ties in exchange for the lifting of crip-
pling economic sanctions.
On May 8, Trump withdrew the Unit-
ed States from the accord, struck under
his predecessor Barack Obama, and
pledged “the highest level of econom-
ic sanction” against Iran, calling it “the
leading state sponsor of terror.”
Signatures within Iraq’s parl. to
After U.S. withdrawal, Iran has opted
to stay in deal, at least for now, and co-
operate with Europe to salvage it.
reduce vice president’s to one
However, the sanctions are hitting A member of the Reform and Reconstruction Coalition, Abbas Allawi, said
Iran’s economy hard, adding fuel topro- on Tuesday that there is a parliamentary campaign of the majority of political
tests against the regime over inflation, blocs to amend the article regarding the number of vice-presidents in the law
lack of services and the regime’s support of Iraq’s presidency.
of terrorism, even as the mullahs at- “The parliament collected signatures on the amendment of the article to
tempt to circumvent the sanctions by reduce the number of vice-presidents from three to one,” Allawi said.
smuggling oil, money and weapons. He stated that the president doesn’t have many duties to do and he doesn’t
Trump has been adamant to see need to appoint several deputies just to satisfy the political blocs,” noting
the sanctions  through and force the that “the parliament will take moves on this issue after the formation of the
Khamenei regime into giving up its cabinet of Abdul Mahdi.”
ambitions of spreading violence, chaos  Abdul Mahdi is expected to announce the formation of his new govern-
and the Iranian revolution throughout ment on Wednesday.
the region.
MBS reviews bilateral relations with
Iran to face increased famine, Steven Mnuchin in Riyadh
protests in coming weeks: expert
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman, deputy premier and
minister of defense held on Monday talks with US Secretary of the Treas-
ury Steven Mnuchin in Riyadh.
During the meeting, they stressed the importance of the Saudi-US strategic
partnership and the future role of this partnership in accordance with the
kingdom’s Vision 2030.
They reviewed the bilateral relations on both trade and investment aspects,
as well as the opportunities for their development.
They also discussed a number of issues, including joint efforts in the fight
against corruption and terror funding.
Prince Khalid Bin Salman, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the US, Minister
of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan and other senior officials also attended the
meeting.

US sanctions 8 Taliban ‘terrorists’

including 2 Iranians

I ranian economist Hossein Raghfar, a

professor at Alzahra Univeristy in Teh-
ran, has predicted that his country would
of US President Donald Trump, while mafia
networks are smuggling oil, an otherwise
important source of revenue for the state.

S audi Arabia has agreed to give Pakistan $3
billion in foreign currency support for a year
and allow it to defer payments for oil imports to
help stave off a current accounts crisis, Pakistan’s
government said on Tuesday.
The agreement came between the two countries
during a visit by Prime Minister Imran Khan to Ri-
yadh where he met King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al
Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
The Pakistani Prime Minister also attended the
second edition of the three-day Saudi Future In-
vestment Initiative Forum which began on Tues-
day in Riyadh.
“It was agreed Saudi Arabia will place a depos-
it of $3 billion for a period of one year as balance
of payment support,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry
said in a statement.
“It was also agreed that a one-year deferred
payment facility for import of oil, up to $3 bil-
lion, will be provided by Saudi Arabia. This ar-
rangement will be in place for three years, which
will be reviewed thereafter.”
face more famine and protests in the com-
ing weeks.
Raghfar warned of the so-called “economy
of fraternity” between the supporters of the
government and influential in power, expect-
ing Iran to witness famine and rebellion by
the Iranian people in the coming period.
He added that famine will rise with the
rise in exchange rates, with the Iranian rial
plummeting under renewed and upcoming
sanctions put in place by the administration
Raghfar questioned government statistics
on inflation, saying the country had seen
an inflation rate of 50 percent just in Octo-
ber, while the rate is expected to reach 80
or 90 percent by the end of the year.
The economist also predicted the destruc-
tion of more than 1 million jobs, adding to
the current unemployment crisis.
Raghfar criticized the regime of Iran’s
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying that
it had created this situation in the country.

Saudi FM reaffirms commitment to full investigation into Khashoggi killing

S audi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir
reaffirmed on Tuesday the kingdom’s
commitment to a “comprehensive investi-
gation” into the killing of Saudi journalist
Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey, Al Arabiya
reported on Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia had sent a team to Turkey
and all those responsible for the journal-
ist’s death would be detained, the minis-
ter told a news conference in Indonesia.
Jubeir said “necessary measures will be
taken to ensure that what happened is not
repeated.”
The killing of a critic like Jamal
Khashoggi is something that must “nev-
er happen again”, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign The United States announced Tuesday imposing sanctions on Afghanistan’s
Taliban insurgency, against eight people including two of the Iranian IRGC’s
Minister Adel al-Jubeir said Tuesday, as Quds force.
he pledged a “thorough and complete” in- The US Treasury Department designated the eight people sanctioned in-
vestigation into the journalist’s death. cluding four Afghanis and two Pakistanis as global terrorists, Reuters re-
“I express the commitment (of the govern- ported.
ment)...to see to it that the investigation is According to a statement issued by the Treasury, the individuals sanc-
tioned are involved in suicide attacks and hostile activities in Afghanistan.
thorough and complete and that the truth is
The sanctions also targeted Iranians responsible for the fund and support
revealed and those responsible will be held
to account,” he told reporters after meeting with material, the statement added.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said: “Iran’s provision of military
with his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta.
training, financing and weapons to the Taliban is yet another example of
“And that mechanism and procedures Tehran’s blatant regional meddling and support for terrorism.”
are put in place to ensure that something “The United States and our partners will not tolerate the Iranian regime ex-
like this can never happen again.” ploiting Afghanistan to further their destabilizing behavior,” Mnuchin added.
 BAGHDAD POST | Wednesday, October 24, 2018 3
Middle East Fatigue in the West Dangerous for Peace and Stability
Through the eyes of the public in
the United States, Britain and Eu-
rope conflicts in the Middle East have
come to be seen as far away wars of
which they no little and care even less.
This is echoed by many politicians. The
two wars in Iraq, the war in Afghani-
stan and the intervention in Libya are
viewed as costly disasters by many. The
The public see that much ‘’blood and trea-
Baghdad Post sure’’ was lost for little gain.
The Western Allies were never united
over Iraq (more so over Afghanistan). After the Twin Towers at-
tacks the United States worked hard to galvanize a ‘coalition of
the willing.’ The Anglosphere countries were the most ready to
answer the call. Britain, under Tony Blair’s premiership was the
staunchest in its readiness to rally to its traditional ally. Austra-
lia and New Zealand, likewise offered their armed forces. Canada
gave diplomatic and logistic support. Poland was the only non-En-
glish speaking country to provide armed forces in any significant
strength. However, France and Germany (after Britain, the next
most capable military powers in the West) refused from the be-
ginning to become entangled in Iraq and remained as spectators.
The public in Washington, London and Canberra were told
that the Iraq War would be a relatively simple campaign where
Saddam Hussein would be toppled and Iraq would very quickly
become a western style democracy. For a while, on this assump-
tion, people were willing to tolerate the deaths of Iraqis and of
their own soldiers. But the conflict dragged on. The killing and
chaos continued. The simple narrative sold to electorates by the
likes of Tony Blair in Britain proved to be fantasy. In the end
the Iraq War brought Tony Blair down and he may never be
forgiven by the British people. and, therefore, could not commit Britain’s armed forces. Any its eyes and through its aspirations. Electric investing in Iraq’s energy resources.
The biggest consequence in the West was the creeping sense likelihood of Western consensus collapsed as a consequence of Yet Middle East fatigue is dangerous. The attention of Amer- If the West refuses to play a full part, other than desultory mili-
of war weariness and growing isolationism. Military action has the vote in Britain. Without its key ally America refused to act. icans and Europeans is elsewhere at the moment. Democracies tary support for Iraq and corporate interest in her resources, there
come to be seen as the graveyard of political careers. Presi- Obama’s famous ‘red lines’ threat was seen as an empty threat. elect governments that mirror their own aspirations and values. are other less principled powers ready to step into the breach. The
dent Obama was overly cautious and instinctively anti-inter- All this matters because it contributed to the isolationist and Brexit andTrump are the products of the West turning its back world is in a new state of multi polar rivalry. Russia is keen to re-es-
ventionist. The US played very little part in the 2011 French populist fervour that is sweeping the West. The ‘special relation- on the world outside its ken. This is dangerous for a number of tablish itself as a force to be reckoned with on the world stage. Chi-
and British intervention in Libya. This did lead to the downfall ship’ betweenBritain and America has never looked less special. reasons. The West created much of the problem. With regard na’s power is rising. Neither of these two countries have anything to
of Gaddafi but chaos, again, ensued. Later Obamaroundly crit- The EU and the USare in conflict over President Trump’s Iran to Iraq, US General Colin Powell told President Bush in 2004 offer countries like Iraq that is better than the post enlightenment
icized the British Prime Minister when he said ‘’Mr Cameron policy. Trump espouses an ‘’America First’ policy and also ‘’If you break it you fix it.’’ All countries in the West, partic- model of liberal democracy. That they actively court Iran, with its
was not prepared to make the political commitment to Libya to openly criticizes his Nato allies. Brexit, the fallout from the Ger- ularly the ones who invaded Iraq owe a debt of honor to help medieval ideology and rapacious adventurism, is significant.
help stabilize the country.’’ These comments are telling as they man refugee crisis, Italian populism and the Visegrad Group Iraq move towards its destiny as a democratic and secular state, It is time for Western leaders to reengage the attention of their
signal the profound truth that any military intervention is just means that the EU is far more concerned with its own survival free from the scourge of religious fundamentalist terrorism. electorates to the obligations of history and to affirm a sense
the spear-tip that comes at the head of soft power. than the vicissitudes of Iraqi politics. Iraq needs secure borders, free from foreign interference. It is of commonweal with Iraq. The last thing the Middle East needs
Obama’s only major Middle East military initiative was his For many in Europe and America the Middle East is now pre- the duty of Western leaders to provide coherent narratives to is another failed state, more despotism, more fundamentalisms.
attempt to create Western participation in his proposed ac- sided over by anti-democratic strongmen who are very much re- their people about the obligations countries such as Britain and All these things eventually come back to bite countries who feel
tion against Syria in 2013. However, the British Prime Minis- moved from the western liberal model of governance. The prob- America owe to Iraq. Moreover, these narratives involve much far removed and secure in their isolation, and inattention. Colin
ter David Cameron was defeated in Parliament on this issue lem is that the democratic West can only see the world through more than private companies, such as Siemens and General Powell’s words bear repeating ‘’If you break it you fix it.’’

Abdul-Mahdi
Government: Foreign
Challenges And
Interior Complications
W e shouldn’t tackle the formation
of the new Iraqi government
away from the regional complicated
context. Iran tries to hasten the forma-
tion of the government before impos-
ing the US sanctions on the 4th of No-
vember, as Tehran oil exports through
the Arab Gulf will be stopped. Nobody
denies that blocking the formation of
Zayd Al-Azami Adil Abdul-Mahdi government could
be a bargaining tool to mitigate the
impact of these sanctions. Both the Ira-
nian and American actors sat with the prime minister-designate
and delivered their messages. Iran wants to have guarantees that
Iraq will remain as an economic “ease” that could be used to
postpone the pressures of sanctions on Tehran, while the US is
in hurry for the success of Abdul-Mahdi.
The Arab countries try to hasten the formation of the govern-
ment and refuse any imbalanced government that serves Iran
and its agents’ interests in Iraq. Removing Dawa party from
the formation of the government was a result of an Arab-Iraqi
mutual will, as the party was the legal inherent of the prime
minister’s post since 2005.
We aren’t so sure that the government formation process would
take a long time. Delays of the process are summarized as follows:
Sairoon and Fatah Alliance, the biggest two blocs of the parliamen-
tary elections, wanted Adil Abdul-Mahdi to be designated to form
the cabinet according to their own terms. In other words; they won’t
relinquish what they consider their fair share of the government.
The Shiite political actor needs a national unity government
headed by Abdul-Mahdi to protect him from the increasing
international pressures. The confrontation with Iran is the title
of the political game in Washington. Lately, the European coun-
tries participated in imposing sanctions on Tehran. Moreover,
the Shiite bloc may understand that the country’s economy is
badly deteriorating. Hence, any crisis in the US-Iraq relation-
ship would be very serious.
Conflicting interests make Abdul-Mahdi’s formation task difficult.
On one hand, there is a conflict of influence and penetrating power of
the parties into the state institutions. Ministries of interior and trans-
port will be given to the Badr Organization, Ministry of Justice to the
Islamic Virtue party, Ministry of Defense (nominally) to the Sunni
bloc. All of them are ministries that are historically headed by certain
factions and families. It is very difficult to remove these factions
from such posts, as suspicious deals and corruption files would be
uncovered. These files couldn’t be deleted. Rather the ministry itself
with its contract and computer sections has to be set on fire.
On the other hand, the question of the weapons of the Iranian
Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) and its affiliated factions is
under discussion.  A question that is considered a red line by the
militias’ leaders, especially after the legalization of the militias
by the parliament and increasing Iraqi need of weapons because
of Isis continual threats.
The balance between the international and regional conflicting
sides is one of the complications of the government formation.
Making a compromise would be certainly at the expense of
Iraq. The balance would be attained through economic, security,

On My Mind: Assad’s Iranian guests

political and other files. The imbalance of these files would put
Iraq under a great strategic threat.
A third factor that exacerbates the government formation crisis
is Abdul-Mahdi’s government ability to achieve the Iraqi public
ambitions and legal demands of uncovering corruption files, arrest
of whoever  involved in the security crisis, bad management and

squandering of public money that led to the emergence of ISIS.
Could the government’s attitudes be so bold at the expense of
political balance necessary for the Iraqi government formation?
Any  failure of Abdul-Mahdi’s government in the first two years of
his rule (in case of his success) will be compared, by the public, to
Abadi’s government that used to threaten and never kept its prom-
ises. Such a government would be a recycling operation of the trash
of the political blocs that led Iraq to the current miserable state.
The Shiite Marji in Najaf seems more effective than ever,
especially after a public pressure was put on him at the time
of the break out of demonstrations in Iraq.  The public was
convinced that the Marji is protecting the political process on
one hand, and the Shiite political powers on the other hand. The
Marji used to press on the authorities rather than supporting
them in the last two years. This makes Adil abdul-Mahdi’s task
very difficult. His task is to harmonize the Marji’s pressure and
public ambitions with the international and regional powers’
will and interests of the political powers.
The other question that the Iraqi public opinion raised to con-
sider Abdul-Mhadi’s ability to form a government that is differ-
ent from its predecessors:  would the government be able to face
the political and economic crises? The answer is definitely: No.
As this question needs two main operations to help Iraq recover:
Reformation of the state institutions with a strict follow-up and
(facing) Iran’s dominance over Iraq.
Answers seem more complicated than facts. Introduction of
Abdul-Mahdi’s cabinet in two sessions reflects an early failure
of prime minister-designate to face the deep state, achieving
the public ambitions and coping with the economic, political
and security challenges in Iraq. Thus, the Iraqi new government
would probably be a temporary one. A result leads to the forma-
tion of an emergency government that understands how to ease
the expected sanctions on Iran.
A
ssad’s late father,
Hafez, had been
among the first heads of
state to praise the 1979
Iranian revolution that
brought the Islamist re-
gime to power.
Syria and Iran are en-
twined tighter than an
Kenneth Bandler intricately woven Per-
sian carpet. Unless Syr-
ian President Bashar As-
sadhas a change of heart and decides to expel
Iranian forces, his most treasured foreign guests
are staying.
Russian officials, most notably Foreign Minis-
ter Sergey Lavrov, have repeatedly affirmed the
reality of an enduring Iranian presence, essential-
ly undermining President Trump’s assertion, fol-
lowing his summit meeting with President Putin,
that the US and Russia are aligned on the goal of
getting Iran out of Syria.
Any hope of unraveling this alliance, this part-
nership in terrorism, is fanciful. Long before
March 2011, when a brutal Assad regime crack-
down on schoolchildren sparked the war in Syria,
the Iranian-Syrian bond was already tight. In Jan-
uary 2006, for example, Iranian President Mah-
moud Ahmadinejad made an official two-day
visit to Damascus where he was feted by Assad,
the first head of state to visit Tehran to personally
congratulate Ahmadinejad after his election the
previous year.
Assad’s late father, Hafez, had been among the
first heads of state to praise the 1979 Iranian rev-
olution that brought the Islamist regime to pow-
er. The secular Assad family, part of the Alawite
minority, found a kindred spirit in the theocratic
rulers of the largest Shia country: they shared a
deep-seated animosity towards Israel, the United
States and Sunni Muslims in the region.
Iran, its terrorist protégé Hezbollah, and Rus-
sia have ably assisted and supported Bashar
Assad’s merciless campaign of murderous de-
struction that after seven and a half years has
left more than 500,000 Syrians dead, at least six
million displaced inside Syria, and another five
million living as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon,
Turkey, and other countries. This debauchery
has included, according to a new BBC study,
“at least 106 chemical attacks” since Septem-
ber 2013, when Assad signed the International
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and
agreed to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons
stockpile.
Iran, which will mark the 40th anniversary of
its revolution and the return of Ayatollah Kho-
meini in early 2019, has patiently pursued a
long-term strategy of extending its influence and
intervention in the region. Establishing Hezbol-
lah in 1983 has been one of Iran’s most success-
ful investments. Syria has long been a key con-
duit for delivering Iranian weapons and supplies
to Hezbollah.
Iran has also actively sought to reach Israel by
other means. In January 2002, Iran sent a heavily
arms-laden ship, the Karine A, to Gaza. Israel’s
capture of the Karine A and display of its cargo so
enraged President Bush that he suspended US in-
teractions with Yasser Arafat on the Israeli-Pales-
tinian peace process. Since Hamas seized control
ofGaza in 2007, Iran has supported it, Palestinian
Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups operating
in the coastal territory against Israel.
Any hope of unraveling this alliance, this part-
nership in terrorism, is fanciful. Long before March
2011, when a brutal Assad regime crackdown on
schoolchildren sparked the war in Syria, the Ira-
nian-Syrian bond was already tight. In January
2006, for example, Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad made an official two-day visit to Da-
mascus where he was feted by Assad, the first head
of state to visit Tehran to personally congratulate
Ahmadinejad after his election the previous year.
Assad’s late father, Hafez, had been among the
first heads of state to praise the 1979 Iranian rev-
olution that brought the Islamist regime to pow-
er. The secular Assad family, part of the Alawite
minority, found a kindred spirit in the theocratic
rulers of the largest Shia country: they shared a
deep-seated animosity towards Israel, the United
States and Sunni Muslims in the region.
Iran, its terrorist protégé Hezbollah, and Rus-
sia have ably assisted and supported Bashar
Assad’s merciless campaign of murderous de-
struction that after seven and a half years has
left more than 500,000 Syrians dead, at least six
million displaced inside Syria, and another five
million living as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon,
Turkey, and other countries. This debauchery has
included, according to a new BBC study, “at least
106 chemical attacks” since September 2013,
when Assad signed the International Chemical
Weapons Convention (CWC) and agreed to de-
stroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile.
Iran, which will mark the 40th anniversary of
its revolution and the return of Ayatollah Kho-
meini in early 2019, has patiently pursued a
long-term strategy of extending its influence and
intervention in the region. Establishing Hezbol-
lah in 1983 has been one of Iran’s most success-
ful investments. Syria has long been a key con-
duit for delivering Iranian weapons and supplies
to Hezbollah.
Iran has also actively sought to reach Israel by
other means. In January 2002, Iran sent a heavily
arms-laden ship, the Karine A, to Gaza. Israel’s
capture of the Karine A and display of its cargo so
enraged President Bush that he suspended US in-
teractions with Yasser Arafat on the Israeli-Pales-
tinian peace process. Since Hamas seized control
ofGaza in 2007, Iran has supported it, Palestinian
Islamic Jihad and other terrorist groups operating
in the coastal territory against Israel.
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P remier League clubs no longer bat an eyelid at making

big-money transfers – but the likes of Liverpool, Arse-
nal and Wolves have shown this season you can still sign
 
Joao Moutinho
Wolves have taken to life in the Premier League like a
good players at bargain prices. duck to water, but it should come as no surprise given the
Clubs are often criticised for splashing the cash on un- calibre of their central midfield.

summer
proven players in an inflated market, but it is still possible Ruben Neves had already inspired Nuno Espirito San-
to complete smart business, Planet Football stated.  to’s side to promotion and was joined by his compatriot
We’ve taken a look at five players who have already Moutinho in the summer, with Wolves managing to land
made their transfer fees look like bargains. the experienced Portugal international for just £5million.

signings
  Has a newly-promoted side ever had such a classy midfield
Xherdan Shaqiri duo?
Liverpool’s front three may be struggling to recapture their  
stunning 2017-18 form, but, unlike last season, the sup- David Brooks

already
porting cast are ensuring Mo Salah and co’s profligacy has One of the young Football League players we highlighted
not been costly. in the summer who could make the step up to the Premier
Alisson, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez have helped re- League, Brooks left Sheffield United for Bournemouth in
inforce a defensive steel, James Milner continues to defy a £12million move after an excellent breakthrough season

looking like
age – and logic – in midfield, and Daniel Sturridge and at Bramall Lane.
Shaqiri have come up with timely interventions in attack. The 21-year-old, who was on the books at Manchester
The £13million signing from relegated Stoke City may City’s academy, broke into Wales’ senior side last season
not impress The Brothers Grimm Neville, but the Swit- and has continued his progression in the Premier League

bar gains this

zerland international has already provided three assists with two goals in his first eight appearances at that level.
despite starting just twice in the Premier League, while he But the 19-year-old was thrust into the side as fellow If Brooks improves under Eddie Howe to the same ex-
also offers a game-changing option off the bench. summer signing Lucas Torreira took a while to get up to tent as many of his new team-mates, he’s going to be worth
His ongoing feud with Charlie Adam is also incredibly speed after the World Cup and was one of the few bright a lot more in the future.

season
entertaining, too.
 
Matteo Guendouzi
The most unheralded arrival at Arsenal this summer, Guen-
douzi joined the Gunners in a £7million move from Ligue 2
outfit Lorient amid little expectation or fanfare.
sparks as Unai Emery lost his first two Premier League
games in charge.
Guendouzi has since been rotated in and out of the side
with Torreira now fully fit, but the youngster already has 10
appearances in all competitions to his name – and far more
fans among the Arsenalsupport.
Martin Montoya
Few players in the Premier League, especially outside of
the top six clubs, can boast an honours list to match Mon-
toya’s, which consists of seven trophies won with Barcelo-
na, including three league titles and a Champions League.

Nasa photographs
rectangular iceberg

N asa has released a striking photo

of a rectangular iceberg floating
in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica,
Nasa and the University of Mary-
land, said the process of formation
was a bit like a fingernail growing

Saudi King, Crown Prince

the BBC reported on Tuesday.
The US space agency said the ob-
ject’s sharp angles and flat surface
suggested it had recently broken
away from an ice shelf.
The edges are still pointed, and
too long and cracking off at the end.
They were often geometrical-
ly-shaped as a result, she said.
“What makes this one a bit un-
usual is that it looks almost like a
square,” she added.

receive Khashoggi’s family in Riyadh

have not yet been worn down by the
ocean waves.
The picture was taken last week by
scientists on a Nasa research plane.
Such objects are not unknown,
however, and even have a name -
This particular ‘berg came from
the crumbling Larsen C ice shelf on
the Antarctic Peninsula.
It’s difficult to tell exactly how big
the iceberg is from the photo, but ex-
perts said it was probably more than

S audi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
received at the Al Yamamah palace in Ri-
yadh Sahl Ahmed Khashoggi and Salah Jamal
Khashoggi in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince
Mohammed bin Salman, Al Arabiya reported.
The Saudi monarch and crown prince both
expressed their deepest condolences to the fam-
ily and relatives of the late Jamal Khashoggi.
Salah and Sahl Khashoggi expressed their
great thanks to the Saudi King and Crown
Prince for their condolences on the death of
the deceased.
tabular icebergs.
These are flat and long and form
by splitting away from the edges of
ice shelves.
Kelly Brunt, a glaciologist with
1.6km (1 mile) across.
And, as with all icebergs, the part
visible on the surface comprises just
a small fraction of the object’s mass
- in this case about 10%.

Mobile app data sharing ‘out of control’

Will sex trafficking survivors find their

D ata harvesting and sharing by mobile
apps is “out of control”, University of
Oxford researchers have warned.
Nearly 90% of free apps on the Google Play
store share data with Google parent company
Alphabet, the Financial Times reported.
Google said it had clear policies for how
developers could handle data, and that the re-
search had mischaracterised some “ordinary
functions” of apps.
“If an app violates our policies, we take ac-
tion,” the online giant said.
Many free apps track behaviour across
many different digital services, which lets
companies build up a detailed profile of peo-
ple using the app.
This data can include age, gender, location, and
information about other apps on a smartphone.
The data can then be used for a number of
purposes including targeted advertising, cred-
it scoring, or targeted political campaign mes-
sages, the researchers said in a paper.
Revenues from online advertising are more than
$59bn (£45bn) per year in the US alone, they said.
And many people are not aware how
data flows from smartphones to advertising
groups, data brokers and other intermediaries,
Prof Nigel Shadbolt, who lead the research
team, told the BBC.
“People [in businesses] are desperate to get
as many eyeballs and click-throughs as they
can,” he said.
Researcher Max Van Kleek added: “I don’t
think there’s any notion of control.”
Information pool
Data tended to get concentrated by big com-
panies and their subsidiaries.
The researchers found that more than 88%
of free apps on Google Play shared informa-
tion with firms owned by Alphabet.
Nearly 43% of apps shared data with Face-
book, while significant percentages shared
data with Twitter, Verizon, Microsoft and
Amazon firms.
News apps - and apps aimed at children -
shared information with the largest number of
trackers, they found.
Google said: “Across Google and in Goog-
le Play we have clear policies and guidelines
for how developers and third-party apps can
handle data and we require developers to be
transparent and ask for user permission. If an
app violates our policies, we take action.”
Google added that it disagreed with the
methodology of the study.
“It mischaracterises ordinary functional
services like crash reporting and analytics,
and how apps share data to deliver those ser-
vices,” Google said.
But campaigner Frederike Kaltheuner from
Privacy International said that it has become
“impossible” for the average user to understand
how their data is being used, and to opt out.
“Companies track people... and they use
this data to profile and then target people in
ways that most of us would find intrusive and
very surprising,” she said.
“This is no longer about the need to collect
data to show ‘relevant ads’ - this is about prof-
it maximisation at the expense of people’s
fundamental rights,” Ms Kaltheuner added.
voice in India’s #MeToo movement?
A s India’s #Metoo movement gains
ground, campaigners hope sex traf-
ficking survivors will feel more empow-
ered to speak out about their experiences,
which could raise awareness of the crime
and help convict perpetrators.
The movement has spread across India
over the past couple of weeks, as women
flood social media with stories of their expe-
riences of harassment and sexual violence.
Yet, the voices of those who have ex-
perienced some of the worst abuse - traf-
ficking victims - have not been heard,
said Sunitha Krishnan, founder of the an-
ti-trafficking charity Prajwala.
“They fear losing respect if they speak
about their past. They fear stigma,” said
Mona Almeida, a trustee with Kshama-
ta, a non-profit that helps rehabilitate
survivors.
India has seen high profile women, in-
cluding Bollywood actresses, speak out,
which campaigners say has helped popu-
larise the movement.
Almeida said she hopes trafficking
victims will eventually feel empowered
enough to share their stories too.
“It may take some time before the
movement reaches them,” Almeida said.
“But when it does, they may think, ‘Why
should I feel ashamed of what happened
if these women are able to talk about it?’“
That could help put more perpetrators
behind bars, according to Wesley Men-
ezes, a lawyer who said many cases are
weakened by the reluctance of victims to
speak out right away.
“They reveal much later what happened
with them and that throws up legal com-
plications to revisit the case,” he said.
Less than half of the more than 8,000
human trafficking cases reported in 2016
were filed in court by the police, and the
conviction rate in those that did go to trial
was 28 percent, according to government
data.
Campaigners say negative social atti-
tudes mean that many survivors do not
often report their ordeals to authorities.
It takes survivors months or years be-
fore they are able to share what they went
through, according to Triveni Acharya,
founder of the anti-trafficking charity
Rescue Foundation.
“We counsel them but they are still un-
able to speak up in court,” said Acharya.
Krishnan of Prajwala said that sex-traf-
ficking survivors who have spoken
out have never had the same level of
support as women who have joined
the #Metoo movement.
“The world does not care for the viola-
tions these girls are subjected to,” she said.