Iraqi Day @iraqi_day 6m6 minutes ago
#BREAKING Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi golden brigade has arrived to the
#Mosul dam.
#Iraq #معركه_اسقاط_الخلاقه
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Addressing some assumptions being made/as well as general points:
Myth 1.) Sunni's and Turkmen will not be harmed in any form of vengeance
These assumptions have been consistent by certain media for a couple years now, facts on the ground do not support them. On contrary, the Iraqi forces, including the PMU, behave a lot more responsibly than even some moderate groups in other conflict ridden areas of the region. There is also sunni and christian cooperation with PMU, Iraqi amy, etc.... almost all of Peshmerga is Sunni too( I believe so ...) ...
Myth 2.) PMU is sectarian due to some religious slogans
This is also unfair critique, these are people who want to live ordinary lives, faced a hard time under Saddam, and past decade have faced serious and indiscriminate attacks on population centers, places of worship, etc... Which is terror, and has people living in fear and many other psychological issues. And no doubt, religious slogans help raise morale of some, and it's understandable as people are emotional. This does not bother me nor indicate any reprisal. Many groups, if not all, also have religious slogans, and some that are directly intended at demeaning the Shia Muslims. PMU is the only option to assist the government and help lead in the battle, as no other force is willing to restore stability to Iraq or undertake difficult liberations
Myth 3.) Turkey will intervene or annex west Mosul
Also not true, Turkey is in cooperation with Baghdad gov't, to discuss post operation steps or cooperation, no one is seeking to deal with the situation. And it is not easy to deal with right now.
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Point 1.) Locals need to cooperate
It's unclear if ISIS militants will flee or go underground, if they go underground, the locals need to cooperate to return Mosul to a stable city center and end all underground terrorism/insurgency.
Point 2.) Locals tired of ISIS
The locals are mostly sick of ISIS, the economy is not functioning properly, there is no security, and most of all, these militants are trying to enforce harsh laws and intimidating measures to keep people to be sitting ducks basically, not even live normally, and instill fear into Iraqi's of different backgrounds. And some of these measures they're taking are not even from the most, they are more extreme than 7th century Muslim Empires, and there way of life does not function not belong in the modern day, as a political structure. Religion can be practiced, but it can't be form of rule or law anymore. This has to be accepted by the masses and mostly is. If you expect some divine rule, than it has to clearly be a miracle or divine intervention. Nobody will tolerate beliefs or ideology to interfere in normal life, and clearly cause a failure out of the society everywhere it goes.
We cannot afford to live that way and take those gambles.
Point 3.) Some areas of Arab world need to accept reality
Certain elements in Arab world need to stop spreading mass hysteria or incitement to sectarian strife in response to changing realities in Iraq. Shia's are majority and that needs to be accepted. They are normal people, who want to move on with life, they have no conspiratorial agendas against neighboring nations. They are ruling by democratic means, and Iraq will move to progression/democracy if these elements stop inciting the region to sectarian drama and fear mongering.
This also affects some of their own people, who are being brainwashed through means of religion to sacrifice themselves and conduct insurgencies, commit massacres and abuses, and justify it by religion, this needs to end. People are throwing away their lives and becoming extreme, and have no ideology but killing and war, which affects mindset of people in region. And it needs to come to a stop.
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So good luck to the united Iraqi state, hopefully they recover from decades of violence.
