MP KAZEM AL-SHAMMARI: WHEN OBAMA CHOSE YOU INSTEAD OF ALLAWI, WASN’T THAT DICTATED? AND NINETY PERCENT OF THE FRAMEWORK BACKED OUT OF YOU.
(Mnt Goat: Why in 2010 and not in 2026? This article goes back to the 2010 election when the Obama administration pressured Iraq to select Maliki for a second term. Was this not pressure from a foreign country in their elections just like now with pressure from Trump. What’s the difference? The difference is Obama was from a pro-Iranian US policy to one now that is anti-Iranian with Trump. This is yet another indication that the Obama administration was corrupt and complicit in the corruption of Iran in Iraq and the funds through the currency auctions that were stolen and sent to Iran. Remember also Obama pulled all American troops out of Iraq. This set the stage for ISIS, the cancellation of the reinstatement in 2012-2013. Oh… please stop worshiping Obama as the TRUTH is now coming out about so much of his corruption with the so-called Biden administration. Obama is a Muslim not just pro-Muslim. His eight years was a part of the Muslim infiltration into the US and the attempt to make Muslim the national religion of the US. Yes, the TRUTH always eventually comes out. We only hope its not too late to stop it. )
MP Kazem Al-Shammari, from the Services Alliance, said that he remembers the days when he represented the Iraqi List, which won the most votes in 2010, when the Obama administration exerted pressure and sent its Vice President Biden to Baghdad to push for Iyad Allawi’s withdrawal and to grant Nouri Al-Maliki a second term.
Al-Shammari appealed to the leader of the State of Law coalition to “consider the higher interest of the country” and withdraw from the nomination in the face of Trump’s pressure.
Kazem Al-Shammari said: “The memories have passed before me now, and what we are experiencing today takes us back to 2010, when the American administration announced the same position but in the opposite direction. At that time, the Obama administration wanted Maliki, and sent Vice President Biden to Baghdad to put pressure on the Iraqi List, which won 91 seats. Biden insisted at that time that Maliki be the Prime Minister.”
He continued: Weren’t those “dictates”? I was a member of parliament in the Iraqi List and I lived through those details, and I wonder today why those interventions are not called dictates while today’s situation is described in this way?
At that time, we accepted the withdrawal of “Iraqiya” despite being the largest bloc, and that was to avert problems and achieve the national interest, because America wanted Maliki, so we said “that’s it,” and we respected the international necessity to protect the homeland, even though the will of the people was with “Iraqiya.”
He continued: “Today, this same US administration is warning that if Maliki assumes the presidency, sanctions will be imposed on the Central Bank, Iraqi funds will be frozen, SOMO (State Oil Marketing Organization) will be penalized, and other harsh economic measures will be taken. The same concerns that led us to accept in 2010 are now leading us to reject this. The country’s best interests dictate that we steer clear of a crisis we cannot handle and are incapable of confronting.”
He continued: “As for within the coordination framework, after some of them nominated al-Maliki, now about 90% of them have withdrawn, if the percentage has not reached 100%, and the State of Law is aware of this.”
