Three months into the job, the prime minister needs US assistance, but he also has to provide assurances about what Iraq is doing to address US concerns
Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi is trying to manage the relationship between the two sides, explains Sajad Jiyad
There was no transfer of knowledge […] society was dismembered and its informed layers had escaped. The embargo benefited the state and weakened the people.
Sajad Jiyad on how the brain drain and “lack of awareness” in society, combined with the terror under Saddam, affected at least two generations since 1990 in Iraq
Will elections by themselves address people’s concerns about Iraq’s political system? I don’t think so
Sajad Jiyad comments on Al-Hashimi's (a leading expert on the Islamic State group and other militant organizations) assassination
They probably thought that Kadhimi was all talk, and this raid sent a different message out: that he is willing to back up his talk with these actions. There is rhetoric on both sides, but on the ground, I think that Kataib Hezbollah will be very careful going forward.
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