The Common Ills: The ignoring of Iraq

Sunday, February 20, 2022

The ignoring of Iraq

The world is today preoccupied with many dangerous global events. In particular, it is anxiously awaiting a resolution to the situation in Ukraine, with NATO, led by the US, fearing that Russian President Vladimir Putin will give the green light for his military forces to invade. The world is also waiting for the results of the negotiations regarding the return of the US and Iran to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal. While these talks are ongoing, Iran is threatening the security of the Gulf region through its Houthi militia.

Meanwhile, in the midst of the rising inflation faced by countries around the world, the US-China competition, the security and political instability in many countries, especially in the Middle East and North Africa, terrorist operations and the increase in Islamic extremism, Iraq is largely ignored despite the political and security crises it is facing. It is as if the war-torn country has become a story from the past, with events there rarely making it to global news bulletins.

Iraq is going through several constitutional, political and security crises, while most of its provinces — including Baghdad — are under the control of militias aligned with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. They did not hesitate to target Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi with an explosive-laden drone, apparently without fear of the law or any other type of punishment.

The world always has an excuse for ignoring Iraq and they're always aided by the western media.

That goes a long way towards explaining this article from RUETIR:

The Digital Media Center explained In Iraq, there is a clear increase in the number of active social media users, in the latest statistics for this year and compared to last year.

The center explained that the number of users of communication sites during this year amounted to 28.35 million active users, an increase of 3 million and 350 thousand users over last year, according to the latest statistics of the WeR Social and Kipios institutions specialized in this field..

The center noted that there are 18.85 million users on the “Facebook” platform, 15.45 million active users on “Instagram”, 13.8 million users on “Snapchat”, 1.9 million users of “Twitter”, and 1.4 million users LinkedIn has 16.15 million users on Facebook Messenger.

According to the center, there is an increase in the number of users of all social platforms, especially “Snapchat” and “Instagram”, with the exception of “Facebook” and “Facebook Messenger”, where the two platforms lost two million users compared to last year’s figures..

Where in the article is it acknowledged that Iraqi activists have been censored and betrayed by both FACEBOOK and TWITTER -- repeatedly betrayed. Silenced. Exposed to the government. It's the story of all Iraq knows but it's also the story the western media has elected to ignore.

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