Masrour Barzani meets Al-Kazemi in Baghdad

Shafaq News / The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, arrived on Saturday in the capital, Baghdad, to discuss economic files.

Barzani received Federal Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar and Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein.

Shafaq News Agency correspondent said that Barzani then held a meeting with Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

Barzani’s visit, according to a statement issued by the media of the regional government, aims to focus on the constitutional solution to the outstanding problems between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government, foremost of which is the oil and gas file.

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, expressed his happiness to return to Baghdad to discuss everything that unites or differentiates between the federal and regional governments, noting that there is a work program for a constitutional solution to the problems that have persisted for 17 years.

Barzani wrote a tweet he posted on his Twitter account, and was seen by Shafak News Agency, that “I am happy to return to Baghdad, as there is a lot to discuss, especially the issues that unite and divide the two sides.”

He added, “We have a constitutional work program to solve our ongoing problems for 17 years, and solutions that are in the interest of both sides to serve all parts of the country, including the Kurdistan Region.”

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Al-Sadr’s Minister responds to the initiatives of the meeting with Al-Maliki: Do you want him to reconcile with the owner of the leaks?

Shafaq News / Saleh Muhammad al-Iraqi, known as Minister of al-Sadr, responded on Friday to initiatives launched by dignitaries and tribal sheikhs for reconciliation with the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki.

And the Minister of Sadr said in a tweet, commenting on audio leaks that were said to belong to Al-Maliki, which was seen by Shafak News Agency, “Where is the law from the leaks and where is the judiciary from that?! And where is the chief judicial authority from that!!!??? Are these reckless statements more important, or the blocking third of sessions? Parliament?! The Chief of the Judiciary: Like this, and whoever accepts his statements from those who agree with him are qualified to take over the reins of government!!??? Is this qualified to defend the sect, which is the one who mobilizes the militias to attack Najaf Al-Ashraf??!!

And he continued, “In my personal opinion: Elimination is at stake.. Either justice and the application of the law…or taking sides and covering up the outlaws! I also address my words to the brothers in (the Dawa Party)! Who do you claim to connect with? Then I direct it to (who wants us to refrain from leaks). Do you want our leader to refrain from transgressing the authority?! Or on blood*?!.. Or on cursing the people!??.. Or insinuating against the ** Tightening?!.. Or do you want him to drop his accusation of working with (to Israel), which is tantamount to (wasting d•••m)!!!??..or what?! To reconcile with the client and the people who fought the people??! Or do you want our leader to reconcile with someone who insults the people and attacks the security forces and the crowd?!!! ????”.

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A New Chest Comment On Al-Maliki’s Leaks: The Speaker’s Mentality And His Relationship With Neighboring Countries Emerge

Earth News / Head of the Sadrist movement’s political body, Ahmed Al-Mutairi, indicated on Friday that the recent leaks of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, highlight the speaker’s mentality and his relationship with neighboring countries.

A statement by Al-Mutairi, received by Earth News, said, “The leaks attributed to Al-Maliki want several things, which are as follows:

1- Sowing discord among the sons of the same sect, especially since the followers of al-Sadr are many and widespread, but the wisdom of Muqtada al-Sadr prevented discord, (And God suffices the believers in fighting, and God is All-Powerful, the Mighty)

2- To highlight the personality of the speaker while he accuses everyone of false and false accusations, so that he is your Lord, the Most High and the only Savior among the men of this country, especially the Shiites among them.

3- His mention of the conspiracy and living this lie, especially since he will ally with those he accused of conspiracy and the Israeli-Gulf workers – as he claims -, so it became clear to everyone his quest for power, even at the expense of values ​​and principles.

4- The leaks highlight the tribal mentality of the speaker and how he seeks refuge with his tribe and wants to engage them in a Shiite-Shiite fight and is not afraid of the sanctity of Iraqi blood, which was the reason for his shedding more than once and in more than one province, as mentioned previously and later.

5- His disdain for the religious reference when he knows that it rejects him by saying (the tempted is not tempted), whether with his person or with his idea and system.

6- If it is true that he said that these leaks were fabricated against him – and this is a remote possibility – we have heard such talk from him over and over again, and this hadith is circulating among most of those who are now opposed to forming the government from the framework, so how can he fabricate what is adopted by him and by them?

7- The leak shows the extent of the speaker’s relationship with the neighboring countries to ask them for cover, money and weapons, and the truthfulness of God Almighty’s saying in it: (Whenever they kindled a fire for war, God extinguishes it, and they strive on the earth to slay corruption and wickedness).

In summary, this leak was intended to destroy the country and kill the people. The government, the respected judiciary and the security authorities must find out from this, and if it was a lie and fabrication, then it must bring the perpetrators to justice, and if it is true and honest – and this is expected – it must bring the speaker to justice.

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An Iraqi technical team confirms the authenticity of the audio recordings of the owners

Shafaq News / An Iraqi technical team confirmed on Thursday the authenticity of the leaked audio recordings of the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, noting that it did not find applications specialized in deep forgery (Vic Deep) that have the ability to falsify sounds in the Arabic language.

The Technology for Peace team stated in a statement received by Shafak News Agency; “We have worked since the first moments of the blogger (Ali Fadel) publishing the first audio clip on July 13, 2022, which he claimed to be part of a leaked recording of the former Iraqi Prime Minister and head of the State of Law coalition (Nuri al-Maliki) to verify this and to publish other recordings after that. We continue to take notes on these recordings to find out what they are.”

The statement added; Despite Al-Maliki’s repeated denials of these recordings and his claim that they were fabricated by quoting excerpts from his voice and installing them to appear in this way, the observations we made about the video prove the opposite, as follows:

1- After the blogger (Ali Fadel) published five audio recordings with a total length of 16:41 minutes, he claimed that they were part of an audio recording that lasted for about an hour. Also, in all the circulating recordings, the transition between the sentences was very consistent and natural, and there were no different and inconsistent transitions or the presence of pieces as an indication of the merging of different audio clips.

2- When listening to the five audio recordings that were published, it is noted that the tone of the voice that was claimed to be al-Maliki’s speech was in one layer, accompanied by an echo, free of any difference and without any distortion.

3- By comparing the voice in the circulated audio recordings with that of Al-Maliki in several interviews that were conducted with him, the last of which was broadcast by Al-Ahed satellite channel yesterday, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, a great similarity was observed in the pronunciation of words mentioned in the current recordings and in the meetings with Al-Maliki, Especially the words (Sunnis, Muqtada al-Sadr, Shiites, Shiism).

4- The presence of different voices of people speaking at a different volume with the presence of sounds of a chair movement and the sound of friction are additional indications that the circulating recordings were not fabricated by voice-fabrication programs.

5- Extensive research was conducted to identify the tools and devices available for voice spoofing and a number of programs and tools were found that news websites have articles about, such as SV2TTS and AutoVC, which have been tested to conduct experiments to fake voices and deceive both the WeChat application that allows users to log in with their voice, And the Amazon Alexa app, which allowed users to use voice commands to make online purchases and payments via third-party apps like Uber, the fake apps managed to trick WeChat and Alexa, but deepfakes were more successful at mimicking the voices of women and the voices of foreign-born English speakers. We did not find any applications to falsify the voice in Arabic, especially since the conversation in the recordings included the pronunciation of vocabulary in the colloquial dialect.

The statement indicated that “the above points were written down after reviewing the recordings, and we shared them to clarify the truth of the allegations circulating about this, pending the competent government authorities and the Iraqi judiciary, which announced that fundamental investigations were conducted regarding the audio leaks attributed to the owners in accordance with the law after receiving a request in this regard from the Public Prosecution.”

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“Because of the leaks” .. A leader in the call calls for the dismissal of al-Maliki from the secretariat of the party and the latter responds: a personal point of view

Shafaq News / The leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, Ali Al-Alaq, called on Thursday for the dismissal of the party’s Secretary-General, leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, and the abolition of this position, against the background of audio leaks attributed to the latter, while stressing the need to adhere to the approach of the supreme religious reference Ali. Al-Sistani, while the Dawa Party considered that Al-Alaq does not represent him.

Al-Alaq said in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency, “After the spread of recent leaks, which, regardless of their validity or incorrectness, have seriously harmed the Shiite reality in particular and Iraq in general, which requires all of us as advocates concerned with the matter of the call and its fate, and calls from those who are currently facing the responsibility of the call in particular and those who have taken on this responsibility. And they must fulfill its fidelity before God and join the righteous martyrs, the current preachers, and the Iraqi people, in order to empty their debts of the responsibility placed on them and preserve for the call its prestige and its shining history and to ward off the danger of falling and falling into the quagmire of politics far from the constants and adoptions of Islam, or to be a bridge to the personal dreams of this or that preacher. “.

He added, “There are two paths before us, either completely rejecting and denying these leaks, or acquiescing in their authenticity and their occurrence in reality.

And Al-Alaq indicated, “On the first path, which is to reject and completely deny the leaks, what is required is to form a high-level committee that will be respected and accepted by others.”

He explained that the committee’s work “is to prove the invalidity of these leaks in a scientific, technical and technical way, using the highest expertise in this field, to convince others of their invalidity and open the door for a constructive dialogue to confront conspiracies targeting the Shiite reality in particular and Iraq in general.”

He stressed, “Maintaining national unity and the unity of the Shiite house, putting forward a major strategic project for building Iraq, deepening trust among its people, laying the foundations and constants for relations between entities and components, and setting controls to hold accountable the negligent and those working to confuse the arena and spread chaos in it, and consider the interest of Iraq, the people and religion above all special considerations.” “.

Al-Alaq continued, “The committee is working to bridge the rift by seeking to find rapprochement and reconciliation between the opposing parties, keeping the invitation away from personal mistakes and reassuring others that the invitation transcends targeting others and is above harming any of them. all.”

And he added, “If the committee was unable to prove the invalidity of these leaks and the matter turned to the second way, which is to submit to the validity and realism of the leaks, in this case an urgent corrective pause must be taken to establish the call that all preachers and those who oppose them in particular, first of all issue, by issuing a statement rejecting these statements and declaring that they are not Adopting the call for it, and that it does not represent its policy at all, and that it is the responsibility of the people who authorize it only and who bear its judicial responsibility.”

Al-Alaq concluded by saying, “The second matter is the holding of an urgent extraordinary conference for the call, in which the amendment of the internal system is proposed, the clause of the Secretary-General of the party is canceled and the responsibility is transferred to the collective leadership only, and the participation of all preachers in electing the new leadership and a new shura for the party, and the presentation of the call’s vision of the sober relationship with the blessed supreme reference represented by the supreme reference. Al-Sistani, firmly sticking to its approach and instructions and guided by the wise Islamic approach of the two martyrs, the two references, the martyr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and the martyr Muhammad Sadiq al-Sadr, and rebuilding strong relations with all parties to the arena, especially the Shiite ones, and dealing on the basis of high flexibility and selflessness to achieve the higher interests of the Iraqi people.

In turn, the media office of the Islamic Dawa Party responded, in a statement received to Shafaq News Agency, in which he said, “Some social media circulated a statement issued by Mr. Ali Al-Alaq, who has nothing to do with the Islamic Dawa Party, and his words do not represent the party’s position. He talks about his personal view on the The recent fabricated media leaks, so it needs to be noted.”

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After the judiciary opened an investigation into the audio leaks, Al-Maliki may face execution or life

Shafaq News / The Iraqi legal expert, Amir Al-Daami, revealed Tuesday, the penalties that could face former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, if the Iraqi judiciary proves the authenticity of the leaked audio recordings.

Al-Daami told Shafaq News Agency, “The Iraqi judiciary had previously taken the audio recordings without judicial approval, and therefore issued judicial decisions with these recordings,” explaining that “there are jurisprudential opinions in this matter, the first is a violation of the privacy of the individual, and the second opinion says that as long as there is an interest In general, the interest of the individual takes precedence over the public interest.

And he stated that “the leaked audio recordings are a violation of Iraqi national security, and a serious violation, and for this the Iraqi judiciary must prove whether the audio recordings are true or incorrect, and it is not possible to verify their authenticity or not except through the judiciary.”

He added, “In the event that the Iraqi judiciary proves that the audio recordings are incorrect, then the leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, can file a lawsuit to publish these audio recordings and legal measures will be taken against him, and if the audio recordings are confirmed, there are legal measures that will be taken against the owner Register”.

And the legal expert added, “If the recording is proven correct according to the judicial investigation, the penalties that will face those who threatened to kill, incitement to civil war, and incitement to attack a holy city, according to the anti-terror law, and the penalty is up to death or life, considering what was stated in the The recording is a threat to Iraqi national security and stirs up sectarian strife according to Anti-Terrorism Law No. 13 of 2005.

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A leader in it reveals the features of the government formation: More than half of its ministries are part of the coordination framework

Shafaq News / A leader in the coordination framework, which brings together Shiite forces with the exception of the Sadrist movement, revealed on Wednesday the features of the expected government formation and the sharing of ministerial portfolios in Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish blocs.

The leader, who preferred not to be identified, said in an interview with Shafak News Agency, that “according to the program of the new government, which the coordination framework is working on forming, it will consist of 22 ministries.”

And he indicated that “12 ministries will go to the coordination framework, 4 ministries of the Sovereignty Alliance, 4 ministries of the Kurdish parties, and two ministries of the Azm Alliance.”

The leader indicated that “six ministries from the coordination framework’s share will be the share of the Sadrist movement, despite their withdrawal from the political process, but the leaders of the coordination framework almost agreed on the Sadrist movement’s participation in the government and their access to ministerial positions.”

He added, “If the Sadrists reject the ministries assigned to them, two of the ministries assigned to them will go to the Turkmen and Christ.”

He concluded by saying, “The Sadrist movement will be informed of the ministerial positions assigned to them after the General Authority for the Framework agrees on the nominee for the position of Prime Minister.”

And yesterday, Tuesday, the leaders of the Coordination Framework held a meeting at the home of the President of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq, Hammam Hamoudi, and ended with the formation of a committee to select candidates for the post of prime minister.

A leader in the framework told Shafaq News Agency, “The committee includes the Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq Qais al-Khazali, the head of the Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim, the head of the Supreme Council Hammam Hammoudi, and the representative of the Virtue Party Abdul-Sada al-Fariji.”

He added, “The committee will submit its report to the framework leadership on Wednesday (today),” noting that “the report contains the names of the candidates according to the specifications agreed upon in previous meetings, namely Haider Al-Abadi, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, Abdul-Hussein Abtan, Ali Al-Shukri, and Qasim Al-Araji. “.

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The coordination framework forms a committee to select the prime minister from among these names

A political source said, on Tuesday, that the coordination framework meeting had ended, while confirming that 24 hours had been set to resolve the position of prime minister.

The source stated that “the coordination framework meeting ended with an agreement to form a committee to discuss a group of names nominated for the position of prime minister, and the committee will submit its report to the framework within the next 24 hours.”

He added that “the head of the State of Law coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, and the head of the Fatah Alliance, Hadi al-Amiri, showed high flexibility to facilitate the task of choosing the new prime minister.”

The source indicated that “the committee is formed by Sheikh Qais Khazali, Mr. Ammar Al-Hakim, Sheikh Hammam Hammoudi and Abdul-Sada Al-Fariji, while Haider Al-Abadi, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, Abdul-Hussein Abtan, Ali Al-Shukri and Qasim Al-Araji were nominated for the position of Prime Minister.”

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A split hits the frame because of Al-Maliki, and Al-Kazemi’s nomination for a second term returns to the fore

Shafaq News / Sources from within the coordination framework revealed, on Saturday, some details of their meeting yesterday at the home of the leader of the Wisdom Movement Ammar al-Hakim, which indicated a split between the Shiite political forces affiliated with the framework over the nomination of the leader of the Law Coalition, Nuri al-Maliki, for himself for the position of Prime Minister of the next Iraqi government.

The coordination framework, which includes all Shiite forces except for the Sadrist movement, had called yesterday for the Iraqi parliament to convene this week and elect a President of the Republic in preparation for the formation of the next federal government.

The sources told Shafaq News Agency, “The meeting, which included all the Shiite political forces in the framework, discussed a number of issues concerned with forming the government, including the nomination of candidates, and the matter was not without tension and attraction between the parties, especially after it was revealed to them that the leader of the State of Law coalition will enter the race circuit.” for the position of prime minister.

She explained that “most of the leaders of the framework reject Maliki’s candidacy on the grounds that they agreed to nominate candidates from the second line in the parties and currents for the position, while (Al-Maliki) reverses that,” adding that “the withdrawal of the Sadrist bloc changed the numerical equation for the seats of most Shiite forces, which gave (Al-Maliki) The opportunity to prevent the attempts of some to confront or be unique in the decision.”

Those sources also pointed out that “it was agreed in principle that whoever holds the highest number of parliamentary seats will have the right to nominate a candidate for prime minister, meaning that the Al-Fateh coalition led by Hadi al-Amiri, who has become 45 seats after the withdrawal of the Sadrist bloc, has the right to nominate a candidate for prime minister.” .

According to the data that the sources noted to them, “the former Minister of Interior Muhammad Al-Ghabban, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Muhammad Al-Sudani, and the head of the caretaker government, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, will enter the race for the prime minister’s chair.”

The sources summarized the voting mechanism for the prime ministerial candidate, and said that “it will be by adopting the votes of the framework’s general body, which includes the framework’s deputies along with the forces allied with it.”

Regarding the Friday sermon of the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, the sources stated, “The conferees were also divided over what al-Sadr proposed in his sermon that was recited at the Friday prayer that was held in Sadr City yesterday. To form the government in the sense of introducing paragraphs that can be applied or support the proposals of the framework, while others suggested that al-Sadr withdrew from the entire political process and therefore the framework must proceed with the formation of the government according to the plans prepared for that.

And the sources continued by saying that “the meetings of the coordination framework will be held at the house of the leader of the Wisdom Movement (Al-Hakim), considering that the latter decided not to participate in the political process, which means that he stands on the sidelines.”

Yesterday, Friday, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, renewed his call for the dissolution of armed factions operating outside the framework of the state, while stressing the need for “tested” political figures not to take positions in the next federal government.

It is noteworthy that the political blocs agreed in the parliament session that was held on Thursday, June 23 of this year, to proceed with the formation of the new federal government, according to the principle of “partnership, balance, and consensus”, which are the conditions announced by Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani.

This agreement came after the breakdown of the tripartite alliance between the Kurdistan Democratic Party led by Masoud Barzani, the Sovereignty Alliance headed by Khamis al-Khanjar, and the Sadrist movement led by Muqtada al-Sadr following the resignation of the Sadrist bloc’s deputies, and the current’s withdrawal from the political process by order of al-Sadr.

The Sadrist bloc had obtained the highest votes in the early legislative elections that took place in October of 2021, but the efforts of the leader of the current failed to form the new federal government due to the Shiite coordination framework standing in its way by obtaining a fatwa from the Federal Court with the so-called blocking third in a contract The session for electing the President of the Republic, which paves the way for naming the Prime Minister.

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A Sharp Criticism Of Al-Kazemi: He Was A Gentle Lamb In Front Of Biden

Earth News / A member of the House of Representatives from the Sadiqoun bloc of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq, MP Hassan Salem, criticized Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi’s visit to Saudi Arabia on Sunday, while stating that he was a gentle lamb in front of Biden.

Salem said in a statement received by Earth News, “Al-Kazemi was a gentle lamb before Biden and an obedient employee to be a printmaker with distinction, in violation of Iraqi law to criminalize normalization, and the failed electrical connection was to cover the goal of the Jeddah Conference for normalization.”

He added, “Al-Kazemi was a bad example for representing Iraq as the prime minister of Iraq at the Jeddah conference, describing him” as a gentle lamb and an obedient employee at Biden to be imprinted with all gratitude, perhaps he would have a second term, forgetting that normalization with the Zionist entity is a crime punishable by the law banning normalization.

And he indicated that “the issue of electrical interconnection with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Countries came to cover up the core issue, which is the merger of the Zionist entity with the countries in the region surrounding the entity, and the issue of electrical interconnection failed in terms of making Iraq at the mercy of these countries and provided Iraq with only 1,000 megawatts and a frequency of 60 hertz compared to what Iraq needs to 15,000 megawatts.

He continued, “Instead of the caretaker prime minister undertaking a real treatment of electricity by contracting with the German company Siemens, as Egypt did, he is responding to America’s pressure not to reform the electricity system.

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