Posted on 11/29/2019 5:25:33 AM PST by McGruff
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi says he will submit his resignation to Parliament in the wake of anti-government protests, a bit over a year since he took office.
The statement, broadcast on Iraqi TV, comes a day after more than 40 protesters were killed by security forces and shortly after Iraq’s top Shiite cleric called on the parliament to withdraw support.
Abdul-Mahdi says he will present to parliament an official memorandum asking for the resignation of the current government.
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A CRACK in the Regime....hmmmmm
Abdul-Mahdi.... Isn’t this the guy that fled to Iran shortly after we invaded???..
Should have smoked him when we had the chance
Iraq is not country. It was cobbled together from tribal entities. It will take a thug to make it work.
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi will resign after nearly two months of anti-government protests, according to a statement from his office.
Abdul Mahdi had initially agreed to resign on October 31 on the condition that a successor was agreed to replace him.
People set off fireworks as they celebrated his resignation in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, after anti-government protests, which began on October 1, swept through the country against alleged government corruption and Iranian involvement in the country’s affairs.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/29/middleeast/iraq-prime-minister-resignation-intl/index.html
Anybody who leaves other than
The Ayatollah is dispensible.
“Abdul-Mahdi.... Isn’t this the guy that fled to Iran shortly after we invaded?”
He was a big wig in SCIRI, the militia that Iran established out of Iraqi ex-pats, to oppose Saddam.
This is a big deal.
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