By: Kayhan Int’l
The Iraqi parliament has finally given its vote of confidence to a new prime minister, six months after Adel Abdul-Mahdi was forced to resign after only a year in office, mainly because of the political immaturity of certain seemingly influential quarters who did not allow him to serve his full term.
The reason the parliament took such a long time to reach consensus on Mustafa al-Kazemi was due to undue US meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq, coupled with sharp differences amongst the MPs regarding the two earlier nominees for the prime minister’s post – Mohammad Towfiq Allawi and Adnan az-Zurfi.
Now it remains to be seen how long the new prime minister would be at the helm of affairs given the volatile situation of Iraq.
However, the support expressed for Kazemi openly by the US, including that of the gangster who poses as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doesn’t augur well for the new Iraqi prime minister, whose first and foremost duty is to ensure that all American troops leave the soil of Iraq.
Kazemi, who since 2016 was serving as Director of National Intelligence and whose real name is Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mshatat, had fled Saddam’s reign of terror in 1985 to seek asylum in the Islamic Republic of Iran, before leaving for Britain, where he developed skills as a journalist – a profession that propelled him to prominence on his return home following end of the repressive Ba’th minority regime.
He thus knows fully well that the main reason for his approval as prime minister is the support given by country’s majority on condition to expedite the expulsion of US troops from Iraq, to facilitate the mission of the Popular Mobilization Units for eradicating the country from all vestiges of terrorism, and to arrange for national elections – in not less than two years.
This means, whatever the duration of his tenure, he has to avoid pressures from Washington as well as from reactionary Arab regimes which do not want a strong, stable and independent Iraq.
One wrong step and Kazemi will surely exit from the scene as was the fate of his more capable predecessors including Nour al-Maliki, remembered for his refusal to extend the mandate of the US occupation forces.
The Islamic Republic of Iran for its part will always stand beside the fraternal and friendly people of Iraq, and help them materialize their aspirations.
It is time, Iraq became fully aware of its past as the cradle of civilization, its present geopolitical importance as an oil-rich land on the crossroads of three continents, and its future greatness as prophesied in Islamic texts – as the centre of the global government of peace, prosperity, and justice of the Awaited Saviour of mankind, Imam Mahdi (AS).
The reason the parliament took such a long time to reach consensus on Mustafa al-Kazemi was due to undue US meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq, coupled with sharp differences amongst the MPs regarding the two earlier nominees for the prime minister’s post – Mohammad Towfiq Allawi and Adnan az-Zurfi.
Now it remains to be seen how long the new prime minister would be at the helm of affairs given the volatile situation of Iraq.
However, the support expressed for Kazemi openly by the US, including that of the gangster who poses as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doesn’t augur well for the new Iraqi prime minister, whose first and foremost duty is to ensure that all American troops leave the soil of Iraq.
Kazemi, who since 2016 was serving as Director of National Intelligence and whose real name is Mustafa Abdul-Latif Mshatat, had fled Saddam’s reign of terror in 1985 to seek asylum in the Islamic Republic of Iran, before leaving for Britain, where he developed skills as a journalist – a profession that propelled him to prominence on his return home following end of the repressive Ba’th minority regime.
He thus knows fully well that the main reason for his approval as prime minister is the support given by country’s majority on condition to expedite the expulsion of US troops from Iraq, to facilitate the mission of the Popular Mobilization Units for eradicating the country from all vestiges of terrorism, and to arrange for national elections – in not less than two years.
This means, whatever the duration of his tenure, he has to avoid pressures from Washington as well as from reactionary Arab regimes which do not want a strong, stable and independent Iraq.
One wrong step and Kazemi will surely exit from the scene as was the fate of his more capable predecessors including Nour al-Maliki, remembered for his refusal to extend the mandate of the US occupation forces.
The Islamic Republic of Iran for its part will always stand beside the fraternal and friendly people of Iraq, and help them materialize their aspirations.
It is time, Iraq became fully aware of its past as the cradle of civilization, its present geopolitical importance as an oil-rich land on the crossroads of three continents, and its future greatness as prophesied in Islamic texts – as the centre of the global government of peace, prosperity, and justice of the Awaited Saviour of mankind, Imam Mahdi (AS).
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