Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Nouri's forces attack another protest site

NINA reports that 1 soldier was shot dead in the village of Tabj, a Falluja armed attack left 1 police officer dead and another injured, a Mosul roadside bombing claimed 3 lives (military captain and two soldiers), 1 internal affairs officer shot dead in al-Mohandiseen,  Sheikh Barzan Bedrani ("the elder of Albobadran clans") was shot dead to the south of Mosul, the Ministry of Defense announced that during mass arrests (305) 9 suspects were killed, and Nouri's military attempted "to storm Ramadi sit-in yard near Alibovraj bridge but [were] firmly confronted by militants today."  If they hadn't been stopped by rebels, it most likely would have been another Hawija.


The April 23rd massacre of a sit-in in Hawija resulted from  Nouri's federal forces storming in.  Alsumaria noted Kirkuk's Department of Health (Hawija is in Kirkuk)  announced 50 activists have died and 110 were injured in the assault.   AFP reported the death toll eventually (as some wounded died) rose to 53 dead.   UNICEF noted that the dead included 8 children (twelve more were injured).

Despite that, look for the attempted storming of Ramadi to be ignored.  

If noted at all, it'll be like this AP article.  You'll be told, "The Supreme Federal Court said in a brief statement on its website that it had ruled unconstitutional a controversial law that limits the premier, president and the parliament speaker to two terms of office."

You won't be told that Nouri controls that court.

You won't be told that the Supreme Court just ruled the Iraqi Constitution unconstitutional.  Article 72 already limits the president to two terms.

And it'll be left to France's AFP to note the obvious, "Maliki told AFP in a February 2011 interview, however, that he would not seek a third term in office, and said at the time that he wanted to pass a constitutional provision limiting his successors to two terms as prime minister."






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