IRAQI PM KADHIMI SAYS IDENTIFIES PERPETRATORS OF FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Mon 08 November 2021:

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced on Sunday that the culprits of the failed murder attempt on his Baghdad apartment have been identified.

These are the same people that murdered Nibras Farman, an Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) officer, and they will be brought to justice, according to al-Kadhimi.

“We will pursue those who committed the crime. We know them well, and we will reveal their identities,” said a statement by the prime minister’s media office.

Al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed from an armed drone assassination attempt on his home in the heavily protected Green Zone, which contains some of the Iraqi government’s important offices as well as foreign embassies, before daybreak.

Three drones were used in the attack, including two that were downed by security forces while a third drone hit the residence, state news agency INA quoted an interior ministry spokesperson as saying.

No group immediately claimed responsibility.

The attack came two days after clashes in Baghdad between government forces and supporters of Iran-backed political parties that lost dozens of parliamentary seats after an Oct. 10 general election. Most of the parties have armed wings.

The groups leading protests about the Oct. 10 vote are heavily armed Iran-backed militias that lost much of their parliamentary power in the election. They have alleged voting and vote-counting irregularities, allegations rejected by Iraqi election officials.

Analysts say the election results reflected anger towards the Iran-backed armed groups, which are widely accused of involvement in the killing of nearly 600 protesters who took the street in separate, anti-government demonstrations in 2019.

In the parliamentary elections on Oct. 10, the Sadrist Movement, led by prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, took the lead with more than 70 seats, while the al-Fatah (Conquest) Coalition garnered 17 seats compared with 47 in the 2018 elections.

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