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    Kurds to Receive Military Support

    Kurds to Receive Military Support

    Posted on 05 August 2014.

    By Patrick M Schmidt.
    Information leaked from an American official suggests that American air support may have been offered to Kurdish forces. Specialized training and armaments from America for Kurdish security forces would accompany air support. European nations have also stepped forward with other offers of military aid.
    An offer has also been made to the Kurdistan Regional Government to provide humanitarian aid to the thousands of displaced persons in the region.
    Sunday marked the first major offensive by Kurdish security forces to reclaim territory lost to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). So far, the Kurdish counter-attack has largely been successful.

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    Tehran issued its decision: Maliki needs to go

    First Published: 2014-08-05
    Tehran issued its decision: Maliki needs to go
    Iranians are looking for an alternative to Iraqi Prime Minister preserve their security, and the approval of Ameri-Shahristani and ousted a coalition of state law in one night.
    Middle East Online
    Iran shook her hand from weak system

    Ankara / Baghdad - Iranians senior officials said on Tuesday that Iran believes that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is no longer able to maintain the unity of the country and were looking for an alternative leader to fight Sunni militants.
    And hit a political impasse since the inconclusive general elections held in April / April paralyzed efforts to fight the guerrillas of the Islamic State, who took control over large areas in northern and western Iraq and in Syria and threatened to crawl on Baghdad.
    The Iranian official said, speaking on condition of anonymity that Tehran is cooperating with the Iraqi factions to find a replacement for the owners but there is a lack of suitable candidates.
    The Iranian official said "we came to the conclusion that al-Maliki is no longer able to maintain the unity of Iraq, but the Ayatollah (Ali) Sistani still has hope" in reference to the most revered Shi'ite cleric in Iraq.
    He added, "Ayatollah Sistani supports our vision now on al-Maliki."
    He continued, saying, "There is not many candidates can be to have the ability to preserve the unity of Iraq. Ambassador in Iraq held a number of meetings in the past few days with the relevant groups and some potential candidates."
    The political allies have said that al-Maliki, who is seen as an authoritarian figure led his program to undermine the stability of sectarian Iraq does not intend to step down despite mounting pressure from Sunnis, Kurds and Shiites some of the children of his community and now Iran.
    Remained al-Maliki, who was not known to what extent when he took office in 2006 exercised the functions of his office with limited powers since elections in April / April and said he would seek to win a third term, despite widespread opposition.
    The Iraqi minister, speaking on condition of anonymity because of sectarian tensions within the interim government that there is a noticeable change in the attitude of Tehran's biggest foreign influence in Iraq.
    The United States urged Iraqi politicians to form a government with the largest number of spectra able to unite Iraqis and to address the group, the Islamic State, which split on al-Qaeda and swept through northern Iraq in June without reluctance from the Army almost Maliki, who is trained by the United States.
    And met with this task more urgent at the weekend after the group seized control of three other towns in northern Iraq on oil field and the fifth and went to a major dam that expelled after Kurdish fighters who were preparing one of the few forces capable of tackling militants.
    The group, the Islamic State, which announced the succession in the areas controlled by Syria and Iraq in the biggest security threat to Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein in the US-led invasion the United States in 2003.
    A security official said a senior Iranian Tehran's interest in stability in Iraq greater than the interest in supporting Maliki, who was endorsed for a long time.
    The official said the second "Iraq will be divided if al-Maliki remains in power. Iraq needs a strong government in order to address the group, the Islamic State and we support this idea. Divide Iraq a threat to Iranian national security."
    And the disruption of political wrangling and complex procedures efforts to form a power-sharing government while strengthening the group Islamic State hardline Sunni gains and ignite sectarian tensions that brought violence to the levels that existed in the years 2006-2007.
    According to the Iraqi constitution, it is in front of the president until Friday to ask the candidate of the largest bloc in parliament to form a government within 30 days.
    But a row erupted within the dominant Shi'ite Alliance. Maliki insists that a coalition of state law, led and which won 94 seats in the elections held in April / April is the largest bloc, but others say the coalition must be part of the alliance and thus not entitled to single-handedly to nominate a candidate for prime minister.
    Maliki did not show any sign of readiness to relinquish power.Enthusiasts and his supporters refused to talk about any alternatives.
    A member of parliament from the coalition of state law Mohammed Chihod that all the talk about an alternative candidate for prime minister without basis.
    He added that a coalition of state law, is the largest bloc in parliament, and Nuri al-Maliki is a candidate in accordance with the constitutional powers of the coalition, although sticking to this right.
    Speculation is growing that the National Coalition -alaútlav Shiite Alhakm- would support the nomination of a new prime minister to end the political crisis.
    The Iraqi minister said that several names had been raised.
    Seen to Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who was prime minister before Maliki, as a more moderate figure. But Jaafari, who studied medicine was not able to cope with the sectarian violence that was growing in his reign. Jaafari and spent ten years in Iran since 1980 to escape Saddam Hussein's repression of the Shiite Islamic movement confidential.
    Political sources say that Ahmad Chalabi, a secular Iraqi politician encouraged false claims about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction the administration of President George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003, another candidate.
    Iraqi officials say that the attempts being made behind the scenes to give al-Maliki, a departure save face. Under one of the proposals will become Vice President Khodair al prime minister, while al-Maliki holds the position of vice president, a mainly ceremonial post.
    Many things will depend on whether Maliki's allies in the powerful coalition of state law, such as Transport Minister Hadi al-Amiri will continue to support in the face of mounting pressure.
    The future will depend al-Maliki as well as on whether the Deputy Prime Minister Hussain al-Shahristani, who leads the group of independents within the State of Law coalition is prepared to stick with it.
    Shahristani has been waiting for the signal from the others and Sistani, who said that the time has come for the departure of al-Maliki.
    The Iraqi minister said "may decide to persons such as Ameri-Shahristani and listen to the most revered religious resident in the city of Najaf ... in that case, the (Maliki ordered) be gone.

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    Re: Jaafary assures adherence to constitutional time limits over nominating next PM

    Resolutions of the Cabinet of the 30th meeting 2014/08/05




    05/08/2014 10: 04 pm

    The cabinet announced the decisions of the regular meeting of the year 2014
    The Council of Ministers held its thirtieth ordinary in Baghdad today (Tuesday 5 August 2014) led by Prime Minister Nouri Kamel al-Maliki, and the Board issued the following decisions:

    1. to approve the donation of car production, trucks, machinery and equipment used for the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, ministries and Ministry-related non-redundant and usable to the Ministry of defence for the purposes of the National Committee of the crowd problem by diwani No. 47 of 2014, based on the provisions of paragraph (b) of article (5) of the federal budget for 2013, the technical committees within each Ministry Foundation holds an inventory of those mechanisms submitted to the Ministry of defence and the Committee of the crowd above follow the implementation steps.

    2.1/commissioned the Ministry of trade and industry and minerals processing relief committees displaced needed food and relief supplies and drinking water from the Ministry of industry to the Ministry of displacement and migration coordination with ministries for the purpose stated.

    2/authorize the Supreme Committee charged with harboring and aid displaced by giving power to the exception of the implementation of the budget and help implement government contracts and the Commission delegate this authority to subcommittees.

    3.1/approve coverage of military air crews mentioned in article (51/III/b) from military retirement Service Act No. 3 of 2010 and they both (pilot or Navigator or the fighter or the fridge or engineer or technician) who has a seat in one of the air force fighter planes, transport and vertical allotments a risk (50%) The nominal salary, based on the provisions of article 15 of the law on salaries of State employees and public sector no. (22) of 2008 average, regardless of hometown residential plots granted an exception.

    2/this Decree as of 10/6/2014.

    4. approval of the amendment to paragraph (3) of the decision of the Council of Ministers No. (328) for 2014, according to the following formula:
    – The Ministry of finance in the amount of (500000000000) LD, only five hundred billion dinars, to the Committee established under Council of Ministers resolution No. (328) for 2014 as his predecessor, for the purpose of emergency relief and shelter for displaced families from terrorist operations, provided that the settlement amount above later federal budget allocations for the next financial year/2015.

    5.1/approve the request of the Karbala provincial Council, requests that fall within the power of the province and especially in the paragraphs (1, 2) of the decision within the planned customizations in the budget.

    2/instruct the Council to identify situations in which exceptions to help balance and help the implementation of contracts.

    3/reject the request contained in paragraph (4) of the national safety law not entitle these conservative power.

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    Deputies to the National Alliance: We give Maliki's coalition 48 hours to provide an

    The leaders of the National Alliance during the announcement of the name it the biggest bloc
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    Deputies to the National Alliance: We give Maliki's coalition 48 hours to provide an alternative, otherwise we will give our candidates for prime minister

    06/08/2014 00:20

    Long-Presse / Baghdad

    Hinted block Badr headed by Hadi al-Amiri to the lack of support for the nomination of the prime minister expired, Nuri al-Maliki, in office a third time, commitment to the position of religious authority, while a coalition between al-Hakim, that the State of Law coalition knows very well that his release from the National Alliance means "suicide politically ", revealing the grace of the National Alliance coalition of state law 48 hours to provide an alternative candidate, and will only mass candidate for prime minister, confirmed the Sadrist bloc in Parliament, and there are several candidates for the position, and the Coalition's commitment to the constitutional deadline for the submission of his candidate.
    The MP said the Badr Organization, Abdul-Karim al-Ansari, in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The National Alliance will present its candidate for the presidency of the government in accordance with the constitutional period, which will expire on the eighth of this August," noting that "the mechanism within the National Alliance will determine the the identity of the next prime minister by agreement between the heads of mass of the candidate or through the Public Authority for the alliance. "
    Ansari added, "The choices for the National Alliance candidate for prime minister would be consistent with the orientations of the religious authority that spoke clearly about the damage to cling to positions, and the need for the transfer of power and change the political team."
    For his part, MP from the parliamentary bloc citizen, Faleh applicable, in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The National Alliance is the largest parliamentary bloc, which has the right to nominate the candidate to head the next government."
    The force, if they "saw a block of state law to get out of the alliance it can become the largest parliamentary bloc number," adding, "but that a difficult choice as to exit the coalition of state law from the National Alliance would expose him to a lot of trouble because he will face great difficulty in forming a government, After the opposition National Alliance whole blocks and reservations Sunni and Kurdish forces to take over the head of the coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, the job for a third. "
    And saw the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, that the "coalition of state law if he saw the possibility of forming a government alone to came out of the National Alliance, a long time ago," asserting that "a coalition of state law defines the right to know that his release from the National Alliance means of suicide and the end of the old political ".
    He continued in effect, that "the survival of the coalition of state law within the National Alliance aims to beg compassion to pass the prime minister that he wants," pointing out that "it has become extremely difficult."
    And went deputy parliamentary bloc citizen, that "the National Alliance gives the right to a coalition of state law to submit its candidate for prime minister, provided that an alternative to Maliki,"
    The MP Faleh applicable, that "the National Alliance, a coalition of state law gave 48 hours to provide an alternative to the owners, and will otherwise mass of its candidate for prime minister."
    To the MP said the Sadrist bloc in the House of Representatives, Riad al-Saadi, said in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The Federal Court determined in 2010 is the largest bloc, and it became clear to all and there is no justification for objecting to it."
    Saadi promised, that "the National Alliance is the largest bloc in number and concerned to submit a candidate for the presidency of the government," calling from "skeptical so to appeal to the Federal Court to decide the matter."
    And on Maliki's insistence on the nomination for prime minister, MP from the Sadrist movement, that "the insistence of a coalition of state law to hold on to the nomination of al-Maliki will pay the National Alliance to provide an alternative for him."
    He revealed Saadi, for "there are several candidates for the job, Kadel Abdul-Mahdi and Ahmad Chalabi and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, you can choose one of them," pointing out that "the masses of Badr and independent of state law reject Maliki took office for a third, in response to the opinion of the religious authority, which called not to cling to positions ".
    The prosecutor continued for the Sadrist bloc in the House of Representatives, that "blocks that fall within the State of Law coalition, which supports the third mandate of the owners, is the Dawa Party-Iraq Organization, headed by Khodair al, and the Islamic Dawa Party, headed by al-Maliki," Mstrsla that "the National Alliance is committed to how long the constitutional will end next Thursday (the eighth of August now), during which the candidate to provide. "
    It is noteworthy that a coalition of state law, has repeatedly declared his commitment to "constitutional right", being the largest parliamentary bloc, rejecting any "overflow" in this regard, he returned "part of the National Alliance, but it's still the largest bloc."
    And wait for the House of Representatives and one of the thorny issues, of identifying the largest parliamentary bloc, in preparation for the president of the republic candidate to form the next government, which is still ongoing debate on the subject, between the National Alliance, the coalition of state law, and that after deducting the presidency of the parliament and the presidency.

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    Re: Jaafary assures adherence to constitutional time limits over nominating next PM

    06/08/2014 (00:01 pm) - Number of readings: 304 - number (3139)
    Badr talking about "candidate" is identical to the reference specifications .. The news about a couple of days to withdraw the nomination of al-Maliki officially




    BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah

    Hinted deputy from the Badr Organization (25 seats in the coalition of state law), that his bloc will not support the nomination of Nuri al-Maliki for a third term, because the Shiite parties keen to provide personal, "according to the opinion of reference Najaf," enjoys the admissibility national, and pave the way for political change, what confirms loss Maliki is one of the most prominent allies, after Hussain al-Shahristani told (about 25 seats, also in state law) partners that is identical with the opinion of the religious authority, which means the loss of support within Maliki's bloc by about half.

    This comes at a time when male deputies of the citizen and the Liberals, the Shiite parties, gave the Islamic Dawa Party 48 hours to withdraw the nomination of Nuri al-Maliki to head the government and provide the alternative, threatened that it will after tomorrow, Thursday, candidate to the new President of the Republic Fuad Masum, as pointed out that the exit State law outside the National Alliance "means political suicide", stressing that Maliki's bloc were to withdraw early from the Shiite alliance, if the court is satisfied to possess enough acceptance with the Kurds and Sunnis.

    was the State of Law coalition had announced its adherence to the "constitutional right", being the largest parliamentary bloc, rejecting any "overflow" on this right, they returned he was "part of the National Alliance, but is still the largest bloc", in a statement described the Balgaamad, and devoid of any mention of the nomination of al-Maliki on Monday. "

    said MP from the Badr Organization, Abdul Karim Ansari "long", The National Alliance will present its candidate for prime minister, according to the periods of constitutional, which will expire on the eighth of this month. "

    added Ansari that the "mechanism within the National Alliance will determine the identity of the prime minister by agreement between the heads of blocs within the coalition on its candidate, or from During the General Authority for an alliance. "

    He did not say Ansari these mechanisms controversial as it sounds, but stressed that "the choice of the National Alliance for its candidate for prime minister would be consistent with the orientations of the religious authority" that spoke clearly about the damage to cling to positions and the need for a transfer of power and change in the political team.

    of For his part, the MP said the bloc citizen parliamentary Faleh applicable in a statement to the "long" The National Alliance, the largest parliamentary bloc, which has the right to name its candidate to head the next government, "adding," But if you saw a block of state law to get out of the alliance it can become the largest parliamentary bloc number " .

    but force believes that this difficult choice as the "out of state law from the National Alliance would expose them to a lot of trouble because they will face great difficulty in forming a government, after the opposition all the blocks of the National Alliance in addition to the reservations Kurdish forces and Sunni Maliki for a third term."

    Abizaid the leader of the Supreme Council "if the state law considers the possibility to form a government alone to came out of the National Alliance, a long time ago," adding that they "know the right knowledge that they leave out the National Alliance means to commit suicide and end-of-political."

    and that "staying within the National Alliance seeks from behind to beg sympathy of the National Alliance in order to pass the prime minister that you want and this has become very difficult, "pointing out that the National Alliance gives the right to a state law to submit its candidate for prime minister, provided that the alternative to al-Maliki."

    explained MP Faleh effect that "the National Alliance gave a coalition of state law, a period of 48 hours to provide an alternative to al-Maliki, and otherwise will provide blocks that fall within the National Alliance candidate alternative to him to head the government. "

    For his part, explained Riad al-Saadi MP from the Sadrist bloc in the House of Representatives that "the Federal Court identified in 2010 are the largest bloc and thus become It is clear to all and there is no justification for the blocks that hinder. "
    Saadi said in an interview for the "long" that the National Alliance is the largest bloc in number and involved in the provision of its candidate for prime minister, "calling on" any political questioning this subject to an appeal to the Federal Court to decide the matter . "

    and on Maliki's insistence on his candidacy for the position of prime minister replied MP from the Sadrist movement that "in case the insistence of state law to adhere to the submission of Nuri al-Maliki as a candidate for prime minister, it will pay to the National Alliance to provide an alternative candidate for him."

    and noted that "there are several Candidates will be selected, one of them, they Adel Abdul-Mahdi and Ahmad Chalabi and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, "pointing out that" the masses of Badr and independent of the state of law Abulgana they were against the third term of the owners in response to the opinion of the religious authority, which called not to cling to positions. "

    and pointed out that "the blocks that fall within the state law that supports the third mandate of the owners, is the Dawa Party-Iraq Organization, led by Khodair al, as well as the Islamic Dawa Party, "explaining that the alliance is committed to constitutional Palmdd which will expire after tomorrow, Thursday, and therefore we will give our candidate in this period.

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    * I have read where Tlar and others have mentioned the number of 50 MP's within the SLC now ready to abandon support of Maliki *
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    Re: Jaafary assures adherence to constitutional time limits over nominating next PM

    The leaders of the National Alliance during the announcement of the name it the biggest bloc

    Deputies to the National Alliance: We give Maliki's coalition 48 hours to provide an alternative, otherwise we will give our candidates for prime minister


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    Editor: BK, BS 06/08/2014 00:20 Number of readings: 931




    Long-Presse / Baghdad
    Hinted block Badr headed by Hadi al-Amiri to the lack of support for the nomination of the prime minister expired, Nuri al-Maliki, in office a third time, commitment to the position of religious authority, while a coalition between al-Hakim, that the State of Law coalition knows very well that his release from the National Alliance means "suicide politically ", revealing the grace of the National Alliance coalition of state law 48 hours to provide an alternative candidate, and will only mass candidate for prime minister, confirmed the Sadrist bloc in Parliament, and there are several candidates for the position, and the Coalition's commitment to the constitutional deadline for the submission of his candidate.

    The MP said the Badr Organization, Abdul-Karim al-Ansari, in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The National Alliance will present its candidate for the presidency of the government in accordance with the constitutional period, which will expire on the eighth of this August," noting that "the mechanism within the National Alliance will determine the the identity of the next prime minister by agreement between the heads of mass of the candidate or through the Public Authority for the alliance. "

    Ansari added, "The choices for the National Alliance candidate for prime minister would be consistent with the orientations of the religious authority that spoke clearly about the damage to cling to positions, and the need for the transfer of power and change the political team."

    For his part, MP from the parliamentary bloc citizen, Faleh applicable, in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The National Alliance is the largest parliamentary bloc, which has the right to nominate the candidate to head the next government."

    The force, if they "saw a block of state law to get out of the alliance it can become the largest parliamentary bloc number," adding, "but that a difficult choice as to exit the coalition of state law from the National Alliance would expose him to a lot of trouble because he will face great difficulty in forming a government, After the opposition National Alliance whole blocks and reservations Sunni and Kurdish forces to take over the head of the coalition, Nouri al-Maliki, the job for a third. "

    And saw the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council, headed by Ammar al-Hakim, that the "coalition of state law if he saw the possibility of forming a government alone to came out of the National Alliance, a long time ago," asserting that "a coalition of state law defines the right to know that his release from the National Alliance means of suicide and the end of the old political ".

    He continued in effect, that "the survival of the coalition of state law within the National Alliance aims to beg compassion to pass the prime minister that he wants," pointing out that "it has become extremely difficult."

    And went deputy parliamentary bloc citizen, that "the National Alliance gives the right to a coalition of state law to submit its candidate for prime minister, provided that an alternative to Maliki,"

    The MP Faleh applicable, that "the National Alliance, a coalition of state law gave 48 hours to provide an alternative to the owners, and will otherwise mass of its candidate for prime minister."

    To the MP said the Sadrist bloc in the House of Representatives, Riad al-Saadi, said in an interview to the newspaper (range), "The Federal Court determined in 2010 is the largest bloc, and it became clear to all and there is no justification for objecting to it."

    Saadi promised, that "the National Alliance is the largest bloc in number and concerned to submit a candidate for the presidency of the government," calling from "skeptical so to appeal to the Federal Court to decide the matter."

    And on Maliki's insistence on the nomination for prime minister, MP from the Sadrist movement, that "the insistence of a coalition of state law to hold on to the nomination of al-Maliki will pay the National Alliance to provide an alternative for him."

    He revealed Saadi, for "there are several candidates for the job, Kadel Abdul-Mahdi and Ahmad Chalabi and Ibrahim al-Jaafari, you can choose one of them," pointing out that "the masses of Badr and independent of state law reject Maliki took office for a third, in response to the opinion of the religious authority, which called not to cling to positions ".

    The prosecutor continued for the Sadrist bloc in the House of Representatives, that "blocks that fall within the State of Law coalition, which supports the third mandate of the owners, is the Dawa Party-Iraq Organization, headed by Khodair al, and the Islamic Dawa Party, headed by al-Maliki," Mstrsla that "the National Alliance is committed to how long the constitutional will end next Thursday (the eighth of August now), during which the candidate to provide. "

    It is noteworthy that a coalition of state law, has repeatedly declared his commitment to "constitutional right", being the largest parliamentary bloc, rejecting any "overflow" in this regard, he returned "part of the National Alliance, but it's still the largest bloc."

    And wait for the House of Representatives and one of the thorny issues, of identifying the largest parliamentary bloc, in preparation for the president of the republic candidate to form the next government, which is still ongoing debate on the subject, between the National Alliance, the coalition of state law, and that after deducting the presidency of the parliament and the presidency.

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    8 months in, clashes in Anbar continue

    8 months in, clashes in Anbar continue

    It is hard to assess the losses to the infrastructure in Anbar province as a result of the ongoing clashes that started in December 2013 between the Iraqi army on the one hand and the forces of the Islamic State (IS) and some armed tribal groups on the other.

    Summary⎙ Print Houses and shops have been completely destroyed in Anbar as a result of the clashes between the Iraqi army and members of armed factions.

    Author Omar al-Jaffal

    Posted August 5, 2014

    Translator(s)Sahar Ghoussoub

    Throughout the conflict, which has not subsided over the last eight months, both parties have been using mortar shells randomly and indiscriminately, which led to the destruction and demolition of houses.

    Hamed al-Dulaimi, who fled from Fallujah to Baghdad, described the barrage of mortars falling like “rain” on the city of Fallujah.

    Dulaimi's house in the region of Jubail had been shelled and destroyed, which forced him and his family to leave the city and flee to relatives in Baghdad.

    Speaking to Al-Monitor, Dulaimi said, “Fallujah was razed to the ground and is no longer habitable.”

    Government forces, with the help of the Awakening groups — which include under their banner the Anbar tribes — have repeatedly intensified their efforts to break into Fallujah, but to no avail, since the city has turned into a protectorate of the armed factions. This is not to mention the homes that have been booby-trapped by armed groups.

    The old market and the Shorja market in Ramadi, the hub of Anbar province, were heavily bombed by army aircraft, resulting in the destruction of many shops.

    Ahmed al-Anbari used to own a grocery shop in the Shorja market, but he shut it down and fled to Iraqi Kurdistan. He witnessed the heavy shelling on the market that took place on June 8.

    In a telephone call with Al-Monitor, Anbari said, “The fighter jets bombed the market, wreaking havoc on dozens of shops.”

    “The bombing took place at a late hour and the shops were closed, so many customers and shop owners survived,” he said. Civil society organizations in Anbar have been compiling statistics on the destruction to the infrastructure, taking photos of the damage, to be presented to the international community as “evidence of the army’s brutal actions,” according to Sheikh Mohammed al-Bajari, a member of the interim local council of Fallujah.

    In an interview with Al-Monitor, Bajari said, “The dignitaries of Anbar have talked to the military leaders to try to stop random and indiscriminate shelling, but to no avail. The army continued with its operations.”

    According to Al-Khair Foundation for widows and orphans, a civil organization operating in Anbar, “Thirteen government departments have been destroyed since the beginning of the military operations in Anbar.”

    The foundation’s president, Ali Ghazal Hayali, told Al-Monitor, “Two hundred industrial plants were completely destroyed, in addition to 137 stores and 98 houses.”

    “Some of the main infrastructure such as the water purification plants and power plants were also completely destroyed,” he said.

    Bajari added, “Fallujah has been suffering for almost a month from complete power and water cuts, due to the damage in the power transmission lines and water pipelines.”

    For his part, Hayali said, “The statistical work is not the prerogative of the organization, but we did it as it is our humanitarian duty to try to limit the damage and to report the extent of destruction affecting the city infrastructure.”

    Omar al-Jaffal

    Contributor, Iraq Pulse

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