After hours of tension, calm prevailed over the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, especially in the Green Zone, following the arrest of the leader of the Hashd militia in Anbar, Qasim Musleh, which prompted the Hashd militia to spread and control some of the entrances to the Green Zone, before withdrawing
And Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi announced the formation of a committee to investigate the accusations against the leader Musleh, before he presided over a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss security developments. Al-Kazemi also directed an investigation into what happened by armed groups protesting the arrest, describing the matter as a “very serious violation of the constitution” and Al-Kazemi stressed in a press statement that the government’s responsibility is to protect the homeland and not expose its security to adventures, calling on everyone to give priority to the interest of the homeland. He added: This is neither a retaliatory government nor a political liquidation government.
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And Al-Kazemi said that Iraq is going through a sensitive phase, and this government was formed with the aim of addressing the challenges that the country went through as a result of the long accumulations, and almost took the situation to a dangerous deterioration.
He added that the movements carried out by armed groups in Baghdad today are a serious violation of law, order and the constitution, indicating that there are those who are trying to create security and political crises for the purpose of electoral competition or obstructing the elections.
He drew Al-Kazemi indicated that his government worked with strength and sincerity to dismantle the accumulated crises inherited from previous governments that need more time to dismantle and deal with them to serve the Iraqi people.
Earlier, the Iraqi authorities announced the arrest of the leader of the Popular Mobilization Militia. In Anbar, Qassem Musleh, and the Security Media Cell in Iraq explained that the arrest took place after Musleh was monitored for 3 days, confirming that the arrest was carried out in accordance with the law.
The Iraqi security forces closed the entrances to the Green Zone in central Baghdad, after The arrest of the leader of the crowd militia in Anbar. Iraqi security sources said that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi refused to release Qasim Musleh, stressing that the case is related to the Iraqi judiciary.
And footage showed, security reinforcements for the Iraqi army through the presence of tanks in the vicinity of the Green Zone, after Attempts by members of the Hashd militia to storm it.
The representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Iraq, Jeanine Hennes Blashart, said in a tweet to her on Twitter that any show of force is a matter that weakens the Iraqi state, commenting on the attempts Al-Hashd militia entering the Green Zone after the arrest of the militia commander, Qasim Musleh. It indicated the need to respect the institutions of the Iraqi state, and emphasized that no one is above the law.
In turn, the head of Iraq’s Wisdom Movement, Ammar al-Hakim, stressed the importance of respecting the judiciary’s decisions and said in a tweet to him on Twitter that all Iraqis Whether in terms of legal accountability, the decisions of state institutions, on top of which are the judiciary, must be respected. He added that compromising the state’s prestige exposes the country’s present and future to danger and distorts its image before world public opinion.
In return, the Secretary-General of Asaib Ahl Movement said. Al-Haq Qais Khazali, in a tweet on Twitter, said that the arrest of a leader in the Iraqi Hashd militia aimed to shuffle the papers, describing them as an attempt to confuse the security situation .. He also indicated that the arrest operation aims to cancel the elections in Iraq.
On his part. The leader of the Sayed al-Shuhada militia affiliated with the Iraqi Hezbollah, Abu Alaa al-Wali, considered the arrest of the leader in the Hashd militia a provocative act.
Who is Qasim Musleh
The leader of the Popular Mobilization Operations in Anbar, a resident of Karbala, accused of sectarianism and professing loyalty to Iran, works to smuggle oil and Money, human and drug trafficking, and the smuggling of Iranian weapons and missiles to Syria.
The commander of the Ali Al-Akbar Brigade, affiliated with the Hashd of the Religious Authority in Najaf, was expelled due to his violations and complaints against him, and he was returned by order of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, as commander of Anbar Operations for the Hashd. He is accused with his brother in the case of the assassination of activists, Fahim Al-Tai and Ihab Al-Wazni, and he is accused of killing protesters and activists in Basra.
