{"id":16595,"date":"2019-05-18T12:58:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/?p=16595"},"modified":"2019-05-18T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T12:58:54","slug":"iraq-to-remain-part-of-resistance-axis-despite-us-nujaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wilayah.info\/en\/iraq-to-remain-part-of-resistance-axis-despite-us-nujaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq to remain part of ‘resistance axis’ despite US: Nujaba"},"content":{"rendered":"
An undated image shows members of Iraq\u2019s Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, a movement known for its active cooperation with the national army in counter-terrorism operations, performing a public march.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Iraq\u2019s Harakat al-Nujaba Secretary General Akram al-Kaabi says Iraq will remain part of the “axis of resistance” despite foreign-backed attempts to detach the Iraqi society from the regional developments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur enemies want Iraq to be an apathetic society and not react to what is happening in our region. This goes against our beliefs,” said al-Kaabi.<\/p>\n

Al-Kaabi stressed that based on Islamic beliefs, Iraq can\u2019t be separated from the greater Muslim world and the regional “resistance axis”.<\/p>\n

\u201cMajor organizations affiliated with the Zionists, the United States and the Saudis are managing a media war against the resistance and are seeking to target our youth and our moral values,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n

The popular resistance force chief added that it was unfortunate that some of \u201cIraq\u2019s elite and leaders\u201d had been influenced by this foreign-backed trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf our positions are based on the enemy\u2019s media objectives, this\u00a0will surely deviate us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Harakat al-Nujaba leader made the statements as the United States has recently ratcheted up pressure seeking to hamper efforts of a unified front countering foreign intervention and terrorism in the region.<\/p>\n

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\"PressTV-US<\/a><\/p>\n
PressTV-US encircling Syria to stifle ‘resistance axis’: Paper<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The US is\u00a0engaged in a military campaign to cut off Syria from its neighbors with the aim of weakening the “resistance axis”, Beirut-based\u00a0al-Akhbar\u00a0paper says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n

Last week, during an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on the Iraqi government to restrain the country\u2019s popular mobilization and anti-terror forces, saying that they posed a \u201cthreat\u201d to US interests.<\/p>\n

Washington has also notified Iraqi officials that US may even directly attack the groups without coordinating with Baghdad if it perceived any threat.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi dismissed the comments, saying that Iraq had not observed \u201cmovements that constitute a threat to any side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Washington has commonly described the popular Iraqi forces as being \u201cIran-backed proxies\u201d, despite being formally funded and incorporated into Iraq\u2019s security forces.<\/p>\n

Groups such as the Harakat al-Nujaba\u00a0are part of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a combination of some 40 groups formed shortly after the emergence of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq in 2014.<\/p>\n

Since the early days of the Daesh\u2019s reign of terror, the PMU-aligned forces have played a major role in reinforcing the Iraqi army, which had suffered heavy setbacks in the face of initial lightning advances of the terrorists.<\/p>\n

Daesh has currently\u00a0been effectively vanquished in Iraq and Syria, with only\u00a0few remaining cells operating in isolated desert areas.<\/p>\n

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\"PressTV-Syria,<\/a><\/p>\n
PressTV-Syria, Iraq conduct joint border op to flush out Daesh<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Syrian and Iraqi forces have conducted a joint anti-terror operation against Daesh terrorists on their joint border.<\/a><\/div>\n

Daesh\u2019s demise in the past years has\u00a0prompted many Iraqi politicians to question the US\u2019 continued military presence in the country which was initially permitted under the pretext of supporting and training Iraqi forces against the terrorists.<\/p>\n

Concerns have also been raised about Washington’s direct or indirect support for the terrorist group in the past years.<\/p>\n

Numerous accounts have emerged alleging US forces conducting airlifts, weapon airdrops and aerial support for the terror group, especially as its strength gradually diminished in the region.<\/p>\n

Iraqi figures have also expressed concern that the US seeks to use the country\u2019s territory to exert pressure on Iran.<\/p>\n

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\"PressTV-\u2018Iraq<\/a><\/p>\n
PressTV-\u2018Iraq won’t stand idle if US steps up anti-Iran campaign\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

An influential Iraqi leader has warned that the country will \u201cnot stand idle\u201d in the face of US’ anti-Iran plot.<\/a><\/div>\n

Trump has in the past described<\/a>\u00a0the US\u2019 mission in Iraq as a bid to \u201cwatch Iran\u201d, drawing the condemnation of Iraqi figures from across the country\u2019s varying political landscape and leading to calls to ban\u00a0US forces from the country.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the Iraqi parliament was set to vote on a draft bill that will effectively ban US military presence in Iraq.<\/p>\n

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\"PressTV-\u2018Iraqi<\/a><\/p>\n
PressTV-\u2018Iraqi parl. to vote on bill banning US military presence\u2019<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Iraqi parliament is set to vote on a draft bill\u00a0banning the United States-led military presence in Iraq, a report says.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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