This is a thread specifically for the war, not a general megathread (use the pinned /c/genzedong thread for that).
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🇮🇶 Regarding the Saudi aggression, Iraq inside affairs and some notes that might help understand the resistance situation in iraq.
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As for the response to Saudi Arabia, what needs to be understood is that, according to circulating information, the militias agree on the principle of retaliation, and the disagreement is not about the principle of retaliation, but rather about its timing, form, and location. Therefore, statements issued by some parties should not necessarily be interpreted as a retreat from retaliation, but rather as part of managing a highly sensitive stage.
Despite the government's attempts to restrict the militias and prevent them from responding to Saudi Arabia, it has not been able to close all avenues of action for them. According to circulating information, the militias are moving towards other options, including targeting American interests outside of Iraq. This is where the talk about targeting an American gas ship in the Egyptian port of Damietta comes in. Information has emerged suggesting a possible connection to an Iraqi entity that may have acted from Iraq or Syria, possessing prior knowledge of a specific American target in the port of Damietta, as well as possessing long-range drones capable of covering the distance and reaching fixed coordinates based on prior intelligence.
At this stage, it appears that the militias are heading towards a policy of absolute patience, containing any clashes with the government, avoiding being drawn into an internal confrontation, and even staying away from media tensions that could give their opponents an opportunity to escalate the crisis. Therefore, the situation does not appear as the Zaydi government wants it to be, nor as its captain, Tom Barrack, envisions it. An attempt to push the militias into a confrontation may not necessarily lead to the explosion that some desire, but rather to something more complex: a long period of patience, calculated moves, and a response that may not necessarily come at the place or time that anyone expects.
@SimurghRes
Opinion of one of the Simurg Admins
TLDR: The resistance in Iraq is restricted, to say the least. They are trying to contain a civil war because they know that not all Iraqi people are lovers or supporters of the resistance.
This is because some "Resistance" parties that claim to be resisting whatever used the cause to steal public money, which led to public mistrust in the resistance in general.
Since the resistance media isn't that great to actually clarify what's exactly happening, any kind of war or battle between resistance groups and the government will only lead to bloodshed and more public hate, which the Americans want and the resistance avoids.
So don't expect anything big or try to hype whatever the upcoming is in iraq, just know that iraq is a battlefield of whoever is more patient and whoever strikes at the right moment.