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The second version of ISIS (the Sadrist Shiite militia movement).

The militia of the extremist Sadrist movement, affiliated with the cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, held a military parade yesterday in Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala, under the pretext of a threat from ISIS.

These militias terrorized and intimidated people, closed the streets and occupied some Sunni neighborhoods such as the city of Adhamiya, with various weapons, in addition to insulting women and youth, and destroying some statues such as the statue of the poet Abu Nawas near the Tigris River.

While the security or military agencies did not interfere with this security breach, which threatens the safety of people, and they did not fulfill their duty to protect peaceful people.

Three hours later, the Iraqi army declared in response to these security breaches, “We are ready for any security emergency and there is no threat from ISIS on Iraq.”

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi said through his tweet, “He will not give up on building the Iraqi state and its sovereignty, the right to elections is a national right, there must be security and political solidarity for it.”

This military parade of Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia coincided with the ongoing political violence between the Iraqi political parties and their militias in Iraq over the elections.

Especially, relevant to this were strong disputes on social media between political figures affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr against those affiliated with Nuri al-Maliki.

This escalation is due to an interview on Iraqi TV with Nuri al-Maliki, that revealed a fierce rivalry between him and Muqtada al-Sadr over their desire to compete for the position of Prime Minister.

Iraq has become accustomed to these security breaches before each election period, such as the recent bloody explosions that occurred in Tayaran Square in Baghdad, which killed nearly 100 people
( Read more: https://was-iraq.org/our-monthly-political-report-for-january-2021-in-en-ger-it-the-bloody-morning-in-baghdad-the-early-elections-the-financial-crisis/)
In addition to occupying the streets, armed confrontations between political parties through their militias, spreading terror among the people in order to intimidate them or force them to participate in the elections.
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WAS