Al-Kazemi freezes the work of one of his advisers, after his statements about Soleimani

Elaf from London: In Baghdad on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi suspended the work of his adviser for matters of national dialogue, Hisham Daoud, following his remarks that Qassem Soleimani was held responsible for Iraq and acted without respect for him, which angered the Shi’ite forces who threatened him with physical liquidation.

A government source said that Al-Kazemi decided today to freeze the work of his adviser for national dialogue, Hisham Daoud, and open an investigation with him following statements he made about the commander of the Quds Force in the Revolutionary Guard. Iranian, Qassem Soleimani, in which he indicated that he believed that he was not only coordinator with Iraq, but that he was responsible for it. To him and to leave whenever he wants, since the general principles of the Iraqi state were not among his priorities … pointing out that the current government imposed his successor forcing me to enter the country with a visa through the right door.

Al-Kazemi’s office has not yet confirmed the government source’s statement, which was published by the Iraqi media followed by “Elaph”, on the freezing of the work of Daoud, the adviser to the prime minister’s office.

Counselor explains: Any misunderstanding is unintentional
Today, Daoud was forced to issue an explanation about his remarks to a program on Soleimani broadcast by the British BBC, which angered the Iraqi Shiite forces, in which he indicated that he spoke on this program in a free language as a researcher and academic specialized in Iraqi affairs and did not speak in an official capacity.

He added, in his explanation, the text of which was obtained by “Elaph”, “I recently saw a television interview on the British channel BBC, in which I was identified as an adviser to the Prime Minister. Therefore, I point out that the press interview it was within the scope of a documentary of a historical nature and that took place more than two months ago “. Who spread it … I spoke in this film in a free language as a researcher and academic specializing in Iraqi affairs, and I did not speak in an official capacity … And what was mentioned in my talk is because as a researcher I got my information from research I conducted in previous years, which is not necessarily government information.

Daoud indicated that based on all this, “I would like to emphasize my commitment to the standards of the Iraqi national state, its official discourse and constants, and that no confusion or misunderstanding on this issue was intended.”

Shiite discontent and death threat to counselor
Daoud’s remarks aroused the discontent of Shiite forces, one of which threatened to physically liquidate him.
The head of the Sindh National bloc in the Iraqi parliament and the secretary general of the Jund al-Imam movement affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces, Ahmed al-Asadi, said in a tweet on Twitter that Soleimani “was an official of official and moral courage. in his country and in all the countries that had the honor to host him and that he was in Iraq moving with the responsibility of helping Al-Awi “. … and was officially entering Iraq from the clearest of its legal chapters, and the popular and official authorities at all levels opened their hearts instead of the red carpets because they experienced his sincerity, honesty and great role in his victory. “, said.

For his part, MP Abdel-Amir Al-Taiban Al-Dabi described Daoud’s remarks as “disruptions.”

As for the member of the Parliamentary Security Committee, Mahdi Al-Amerli, he indicated that “every time the prime minister’s adviser, named Hisham Daoud, does not hesitate to transgress the martyrs who liberated Iraq, the last of whom passes through High the Iraqi guest, the martyr Qassem Soleimani, whom Imam Sistani described as one of the leaders of the victory in Iraq. ” David.

Some of these forces were not satisfied with rejecting Daoud’s statements, but threatened to physically liquidate him, since God’s fourth advisory movement threatened to physically liquidate him and grant its members the freedom to attack him “under any circumstances.”

A US drone killed the commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Qassem Soleimani, and the deputy head of the Iraqi People’s Mobilization Authority, Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis, near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020. .