A deputy responds to Al-Sadr’s request to close the American embassy in Baghdad
A deputy responds to Al-Sadr’s request to close the American embassy in Baghdad
PM:05:07:10/27/2023
Today, Friday, Member of Parliament Burhan Al-Mamouri responded to Muqtada Al-Sadr’s request regarding the closure of the American embassy in Baghdad.
Al-Mamouri added in a statement, a copy of which was received by NRT Arabic, that “at the request of Muqtada al-Sadr, we will launch a campaign to collect the signatures of representatives to close the American embassy in the capital.”
He said, “We will call on the Presidency of Parliament to hold an extraordinary session in order to present a binding draft law for the purpose of closing the American embassy and vote on it in the House of Representatives.”
Earlier today, the leader of the Sadrist movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, asked the government and parliament to vote on closing the American embassy in Iraq, because of the latter’s unlimited support for the Zionists against Gaza, he said.
Al-Sadr explained in a blog post on the (X) website, followed by NRT Arabic, “From the standpoint of supporting the oppressed in the east and west of the earth, I demand (the Iraqi government) and (the Iraqi parliament) with all its factions and orientations, for the first time and for the sake of public, not private, interests, to vote on closing the American embassy in Iraq for unlimited American support for the terrorist Zionists against Gaza.”
He pointed out, “Closing the embassy comes with a commitment to protect its diplomatic personnel and not attack them by the shameless militias that want to undermine the security and safety of Iraq,” adding, “We are waiting for the government’s answer, action, and response to this demand.”
He continued, “If the government and parliament do not respond, we will have another position that we will announce later,” pointing out that “everyone must commit to obedience, not act individually, and avoid using weapons at all.”
He concluded by saying, “We hope that the fans of jihad and the axis of resistance will not object to this demand under the pretext of economic distress due to the American treasury… the absolute silence will lead to normalization, anomaly, and poverty, God Almighty forbid.”
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