The Iraqi Defense Minister, Jumaa Inad, warned against repeating the scene in which the PMF factions appeared a few days ago, parading militarily in central Baghdad, against the background of the arrest of the PMF operations leader in Anbar, Qassem Musleh.
However, he At the same time, he confirmed that the process of arresting the leader, who was accused of involvement in the assassination of activists, was wrong, denying his release.
And he added, “It would have been more appropriate for one of the officials in the crowd to meet with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces or with him personally, to resolve the issue and not wave force and arm, especially with an army that possesses the capabilities that qualify it to fight a state, so how With 40 unarmored vehicles carrying a group of armed men,” as he put it.
The state’s silence is not inability
To the need not to consider the silence of the state in some cases as a disability, but rather as a fear of the public interest. He explained in an interview with a local channel today: “The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces always stresses the necessity of containment and not bloodshed, but some explain the state’s silence for fear, although the only motive is to give priority to the country’s interest, so that the situation does not develop into ominous consequences. , in the event of a fight between the armed forces and the affiliated Popular Mobilization.”
With regard to combating terrorism and defeating ISIS, he considered that whoever believes that the liberation of Iraq from the terrorist organization would not have been completed without the crowd is mistaken, stressing The army forces contributed to the liberation of the country, and had it not been for the support of the army’s aviation and the air force, the victory would not have happened.
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi capital witnessed security tension on Wednesday evening after armed groups from the crowd tried to storm the Green Zone, in protest The arrest of the prominent leader, before the special forces intervened and imposed their control over central Baghdad and its entrances.
The three presidencies in the country later condemned this incident, stressing the necessity of maintaining security and controlling arms in the hands of the state.
