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A Note on the Iraqi Prime Minister’s Dependence on Iran

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

Muhammad al-Sudani has been Iraq’s Prime Minister since October 2022. He was installed at Iran’s behest after a year-long political logjam following the 2021 Iraqi elections. The political fronts for Iran’s terrorist-militias lost those elections, but Tehran picked the Prime Minister anyway.

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iraq and tagged AAH, Abdul Reza Shahlai, Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani, al-Hashd al-Shabi, AMAL, America, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Dawa Party, Fatah Alliance, Hamid al-Utabi, Hamid Thajil Warij al-Attabi, Hamid Thajil Warij al-Utabi, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Dawa Party, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, Jaysh al-Mahdi, Joint Security Station, Karbala raid, Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Laith al-Khazali, Layth al-Khazali, Lebanon, Mahdi Army, Middle East, Mohammed al-Sudani, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Muhammad al-Sudani, Muqtada al-Sadr, Peter Moore, politics, Popular Mobilization Units, Qais al-Khazali, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qays al-Khazali, Qods Force, Quds Force, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Shi'a militias, Special Groups, Syria, terrorism, Yemen on May 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Evidence of Iran’s Responsibility for the October 7 Pogrom in Israel Keeps Piling Up

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 March 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Al-Aqsa Flood, Ali Khamenei, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Axis of Resistance, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Esmail Qaani, Gaza, Gilad Shalit, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Holocaust, Houthis, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Jews, jihadism, JOC, Joint Operations Chamber, Khalil al-Hayya, Lebanon, Mohammad Said Izadi, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, piracy, Qatar, Quds Force, Resistance Axis, Syria, terrorism, Yahya Sinwar, Yemen on March 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The Flaws in the Israel-Hizballah Ceasefire

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 27 November 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, France, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Joe Biden, LAF, Lebanese Armed Forces, Lebanon, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United States on November 27, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Advocacy Journalism Has Been a Problem for Ages: Looking Back at Bosnia

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Bosnia, Iran, Islamic Militancy and tagged activism, Adnan Jahić, advocacy journalism, AKP, al-Qaeda, Alija Izetbegović, Arkan, Asim Blekić, assassination, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Çetin Doğan, Balyoz, Bill Clinton, Borislav Herak, Bosnian civil war, Bošniaks, Branko Veleć, Britain, Caco, Captive Nations, China, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, Communism, Counterintelligence Service, crimes against humanity, Croatia, Croats, cult, Dani Rodrik, Deep State, Douglas Hurd, Ed Vulliamy, El-Mudžahid Brigade, Ergenekon, ethnic cleansing, Ettela’at, Eve-Ann Prentice, false flags, fascism, Fethullah Gülen, Fikret Muslimović, Franjo Tudjman, Franjo Tuđman, genocide, Greater Serbia, HAMAS, Handschar Division, Hasan Čengić, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Hizmet Hareketi, Hizmet movement, ICTY, Imad Mughniya, Imad Mughniyeh, international aid, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international law, Iran, Iranian Intelligence Ministry, IRGC, Islam, Islamic Declaration, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, jihadists, JNA, Josip Broz Tito, journalism, Jugoslav National Army, Jugoslavija, Juka Prazina, Juka’s Wolves, Justice and Development Party, Jusuf Prazina, Kasim Blekić, Kemalism, Kemalists, Khaled Sheikh Muhammad, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KOS, Koševo Hospital, Kravica massacre, Krso Ramiz, Larks, League of Communists, Lewis MacKenzie, Lisbon Agreement, Macedonia, Mate Boban, media, Mirsad Tokača, Montenegro, Muhammad Amin al-Husayni, Muslims, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Mušan Topalović, Naser Orić, nationalism, NATO, Nazis, Nedžad Ugljen, New York Times, Nikola Gardović, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Odred el-Mudžahid, Omarska, Operation DESERT STORM, Operation FRAME, Operation STORM, Orthodox Christians, Osama bin Laden, Ottoman Empire, pan-Islamism, Party of Democratic Action, Patriotic League, political warfare, PR, propaganda, public relations, Radovan Karadžić, Ramiz Delalić, rape as a weapon of war, Ratko Mladić, Rebecca West, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, religion, Renate Flottau, Republic of Serbian Krajina, Republika Srpska, Risto Pustivuk, Roman Catholics, Samantha Power, Sandžak, SDA, secret police, secularism, Sefer Halilović, Senad Avdić, Serbia, Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbs, Seventh Muslim Brigade, Sledgehammer, Slobodan Milošević, Slobodna Bosna, Slovenia, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Sretko Damjanović, SS, State Department, strategic messaging, Third Balkan War, Third World Relief Agency, Trnopolje, Turkey, United Nations, United States, Usama bin Laden, VEVAK, Vojislav Šešelj, war crimes, war rape, Young Muslims, Yugoslavia, Zvornik, Ševe, Željko Ražnatović, Ćelo on October 26, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Prepared Well For the War With Hizballah in Lebanon

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 23 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ahmad Mahmoud Wahabi, Ali Karaki, Ariel Sharon, Axis of Resistance, Aziz Unit, ceasefire, Dahiyeh Doctrine, diplomacy, displaced people, Fuad Shukr, Gaza, HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human shields, Ibrahim Aqil, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IDF, Intelligence, Ireland, IRGC, IRGC Network, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Marine barracks bombing, Mohammed Naame Nasser, Mohammed Surur, MOSSAD, NATO, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, PLO, Radwan Force, refugees, Resistance Axis, Sami Taleb Abdallah, Suleiman Frangieh, Syria, terrorism, UNIFIL, United Nations, United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, United States, Wafiq Safa, Wissam al-Tawil on October 23, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

The Perpetrators of the October 7 Pogrom Had to Die

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 17 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged HAMAS, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamists, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Marwan Issa, Mohammed Deif, Mohammed Sinwar, MOSSAD, Muhammad Deif, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinians, Rawhi Mushtaha, Saleh al-Arouri, Saleh al-Aruri, terrorism, Yahya Sinwar on October 17, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

No Honest Person Should Be Using The HAMAS Casualty Figures For Gaza

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 15 October 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Adolf Hitler, Ahli Hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Amnesty International, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Bosnia, Christianity, Communism, disinformation, Francesca Albanese, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, Government Media Office, HAMAS, Houthis, human rights, Human Rights Watch, IDF, Intelligence, International Court of Justice, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, jihadism, Joe Biden, Lebanon, Marxism, media, MEK, misinformation, Mojahedeen-e-Khalq, MOSSAD, Nazis, Nazism, NGOs, OCHA, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PLO, provokatsiya, racism, Ruhollah Khomeini, SAVAK, Shah, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soviet Union, Srebrenica Massacre, Syria, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Telegram, The Lancet, totalitarianism, United Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Wikipedia, Yemen, Zionism on October 15, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

A Note on Iran’s Control of Iraq

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 6 October 2024

A debate has been ongoing since the emergence of al-Hashd al-Shabi in Iraq in 2014 about the extent of Iran’s control over the militia conglomerate. In truth, there was never really much doubt.

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This entry was posted in Iran, Iraq and tagged Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Ali al-Sistani, Ali Khamenei, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Badr Corps, Badr Organization, Christians, colonialism, Faleh al-Fayyadh, Falih al-Fayyadh, Hadi al-Ameri, Hadi al-Amiri, Haider al-Abadi, Hashd al-Shabi, Hashd Commission, Hezbollah, Hizballah, invasion of Iraq, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Jamal al-Ibrahimi, jihadism, Kataib Hizballah, Popular Mobilization Forces, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Shi’a jihadism, Special Groups, Yazidis on October 6, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Takes Out Hizballah’s Leader

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 September 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Abbas Nilforoushan, Ali Karaki, Bashar al-Assad, counter-intelligence, Dahiyeh, Gaza, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah, Hizballah, Ibrahim Qubaisi, IJO, Intelligence, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Jihad Organisation, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, MOSSAD, Muhammad Surur, Naim Qassem, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PLO, Ruhollah Khomeini, Syria, Talal Hamiyah, terrorism on September 28, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

Hizballah Has Been Devastated. What’s Israel’s Next Move?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 September 2024

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged Afghanistan, al-Hashd al-Shabi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ansar Allah, Ansarallah, Antisemitism, Ashraf Marwan, Aviv Kohavi, Eli Cohen, Esmail Qaani, Fuad Shukr, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Gaza, HAMAS, Hassan Nasrallah, Hassan Yousef, Hassan Yusef, Hezbollah, Hizballah, human rights, Ibrahim Aqil, IDF, Imad Mughniyeh, Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Ismail Haniyeh, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jamaal Bowman, Jews, Jihad Council, jihadism, Lebanon, Liwa Fatemiyun, Mohammad Reza Zahedi, Mojtaba Amani, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Mosab Hassan Yusef, Moshe Ya’alon, MOSSAD, Moti Maman, Mustafa Badreddine, October 7 Pogrom, Operation AL-AQSA FLOOD, Operation WRATH OF GOD, pagers, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, Pasdaran, PLO, pogrom, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, radios, Radwan Force, Robert Stethem, Ronen Bar, Ruhollah Khomeini, Saleh al-Arouri, Saleh al-Aruri, SHABAK, Shi’a militias, Shin Bet, Six-Day War, Special Groups, Syria, The Green Prince, UNIFIL, United Nations, walkie talkies, West Bank, William Francis Buckley, William Richard Higgins, Yemen on September 21, 2024 by KyleWOrton.

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