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Reidar Visser@reidarvisser

15 Febr 2020  9m

US govt is enthusiastic about those aspects of #IraqProtests that they like (anything anti-Iran) but betray protesters when they pander to quota-oriented parties and interests & thereby make the strong technocratic govt wanted by the protesters less likely

 

Maya Gebeily@GebeilyM

  • 6h

Good afternoon, #Baghdad -At #MSC2020, @SecPompeo, @EsperDoD, @SecBrouillette all met @masrour_barzani – but not @maalhakim -Good segue to latest: Irked US squeezes #Iraq with cash delays, short waivers https://yhoo.it/39AzBAZ -Protester killed by silenced gun in Tahrir overnight

 

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