KRG, supposedly 100% pro US wants to make a deal with Iran to increase the volume of trade exchange up to $6 billion while the rest of the country is supposed to have an issue with Iran to the level where the Iranian consulate gets burned. #dirtygames alalamtv.net/news/4587976/%…

So عادل عبدالمهدي is on his way out but deems it necessary to remove the deputy interior minister Aqeel Khazali (who’s not tied to Badr) 🤔 Most likely covering his tracks

Seriously if you’re gonna feign insider knowledge about the race to the premiership at least remember to delete your previous tweets

For more on Khamees be sure to read Ali Hadi Al-Musawi’s 1001 1001 Iraqi Thoughts piece from 2016: 1001iraqithoughts.com/2016/10/27/unr…

This didn’t age well

My report, Baghdad: Any reshuffling of old faces to form new #Iraq gov will be akin to “putting lipstick on a pig...[yet] There are power centers now, patronage networks, and you just can’t expect these power centers to give up”: Hamzeh Hadad | حمزة حداد csmonitor.com/World/Middle-E… The Christian Science Monitor

"في الزمن الجميل"... هكذا كانت مدارسكم 👇، ولم تغلقوها ولم تكافحوا الدوام فيها! الحرية في التعبير لا تعني الفوضى وغياب العقل! من يخلق الفوضى اليوم يحاول الترويج لنظرية أننا شعب همجي، لا ينفع معنا إلا عصا الدكتاتور. لكننا سندحض نظريتكم، وسنعزلكم أيها الهمج. #دوام_بامر_الشعب

This is the sort of garbage that Trump would say. “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters”

American Strikes in Iraq Have Just Made a Bad Situation Worse | By H. Sumeri 1001iraqithoughts.com/2019/12/30/ame…

⭕ كربلاء كوكبة ضباط جُدُد يؤدون يمين العهد والولاء لخدمة العراق من أمام مرقد الامام العبّاس (ع).

Leaderless in a Time of Crisis | By Alaa Kadhem 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/01/08/lea…

Iraq After America’s Airstrike at Baghdad Airport | By Aymen Al-Faisal | أيمن الفيصل 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/01/12/ira…

Rebuilding a Nation: Private Security Companies and the Reconstruction of Iraq, the Case of G4S | By Desiree Custers 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/01/23/reb…

The Future of the Protest Movement in Iraq | By Muhammad Al-Waeli 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/02/05/the…

Has the Double Assassination of Soleimani and Al-Muhandis Undermined the Balance of Power in Iraq? | By Hayder Al-Khafaji 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/02/07/has…

The Kurdish Leadership Capitalizes on Tragedy While It Ignores Its Victims | By Michael Rubin 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/02/10/the…

The Street Protests in Iraq: An In-Depth Look at the New Political and Social Transformations in the Country | By Hayder Al-Khafaji 1001iraqithoughts.com/2020/02/16/the…

RIP...

On the 89th anniversary of their establishment, we salute Iraq’s Air Force (@iqAirForce). We are indebted to our fearless Falcons for all they do.

A Living Martyr In 1980, two brothers, Haidar (4 years old) and Ahmed (2 years old), were separated in a Baghdad jail cell. Amazingly, four decades later, in Baghdad, they meet again: