October 2015
Innocent people are easily murdered in Iraq.
Today, the blood of an Iraqi human being is literally cheaper than any other
item on the market. What law and what government allows these militias to spill
blood in such manners? This is corruption that has given birth to such murders
and killings in Mesopotamia.
Iraqi militias and gangs trained under Quds Force
supervision in Iran prior to 2003 entered Iraq along with US forces, and
unfortunately America allowed these units to easily infiltrate into the Iraqi
security apparatus.
The status quo in Iraq is currently very complex
and dire. On one hand, ISIS has taken control over one third of this country’s
soil; we also have Quds Force-associated militia groups, effectively in power
in Iraq and carrying out Qassem Suleimani’s policies in this country; and
finally there is the government of Mr. al-Abadi effectively lacks any executive
power and is only a witness to all the mayhem. Today, Iraq is the scene of militias using official Iraqi security
forces’ uniforms and using formal vehicles with American-made weapons roaming
in the streets of Baghdad. No one gets in their way and they are seen literally
abducting and murdering any one they wish, while Iraqi security forces lack the
will or ability to confront them.
Last month Katayeb Hezbollah militias in Baghdad
abducted 18 Turk engineers and workers, and security forces dispatched to the scene
faced stiff resistance from Katayeb Hezbollah units. In an armed conflict in
the middle of Baghdad, security forces, army and police units were forced to
retreat. After the battle settled down, it was the militias warning Iraqi
security forces they cannot enter areas of Baghdad under their control.
Finally, after negotiations with Turkey the 18 abducted Turks were released in
a town located south of Baghdad.
Two weeks ago a judiciary lawyer by the name of
Mr. Abdul-Karim al-Sa’di was abducted militia units in official vehicles and
following negotiations with the al-Sa’di family and receiving $1.5 million in
ransom from the family he was released recently in Baghdad’s Shiite al-Sha’ab district.
Baghdad witnesses abductions and murders on a
daily basis, and one can truly claim this city is the most insecure capital
across the globe.
Quds Force methods are similar in all countries,
forming militia groups to advance their policies. Iran doesn’t form Persian militia groups in Arab countries; in fact,
it recruits local Arab youths for these purposes. In Iraq dozens of militia
groups under various names are present, each undertaking different missions
ordered by the Quds Force in Iraq. Most of these groups are dispatched by the
Quds Force to Syria for evaluations and to gain some experience in battle in
the war against the Syrian people. These militia groups can be described as
Iran’s tools to carry out murders and killings across the Middle East.
In Baghdad, despite the high density of security
forces, it is the militia groups that have the actual power at their disposal,
and quite easily pursue Quds Force’s demands. For example, one of these groups
is the Badr Organization, established in Iran and in Iraq under Maliki its
head was appointed as the Minister of Transportation. Another such militia
group is Asaeb al-Haq, formed in 2007 and financially supported by Iran and
Maliki and enjoys widespread influence today in Baghdad and southern Iraq.
Militia groups in Iraq are not merely supported by Iran, but are intertwined
with Iran’s ideology of the theocratic rule. They can be described as the Quds Force protégés.
Similar militia groups can be seen today in Syria and Yemen, and more
recently Tehran has formed such units in Bahrain and Kuwait, seeking to repeat
the Lebanese Hezbollah experience across the region.
I call on all Arab countries
that Iran is seeking to implement further plots on your soil, with the aim of
forming militia groups in countries currently enjoying stability.
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