OPEC’s second largest oil producer issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump
Iraq's Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for former US President Donald Trump for the assassination on Iraqi territory of the commander of the Iranian Quds Forces, Qasem Soleimani, IraqiNews reported, citing a Baghdad news agency.
The warrant was issued Thursday in connection with the killing of Soleimani and another Iraqi militia leader, chief of staff of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq, both killed in a drone strike in January 2020 near the Baghdad airport.
That assassination operation led to Iranian attacks on the US Hague Al-Assad base in Iraq, firing drones and missiles.
The arrest warrant charges Trump with premeditated murder. While the warrant is clearly symbolic, a conviction of this nature carries the death penalty. The court said the investigation into the murders is still ongoing, the AP reported.
Quoting the Baghdad Today news agency, IraqiNews quoted Supreme Judicial Council chief Faiq Zaidban as calling for Baghdad to hold Trump "accountable for this heinous crime."
At the same time, in November, the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament confirmed that hundreds – and possibly thousands – of people were abducted and killed by Iranian-backed militias from 2014 to 2016.
Iraq, OPEC's second largest oil producer, is sandwiched between rivals Iran and the United States, while Iran's influence has grown exponentially since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein following the 2003 US invasion.
In October, ending a long stalemate, the Iraqi parliament appointed a new pro-Iran prime minister and pro-Iran parties now dominate, having sidelined Shia rival Moqtada al Sadr, who had crippled the government with protests anti-Iranian.
Al Suleimani was an influential figure in both Iran and Iraq. Now the government is trying to give the people a sop, although it is obvious that this move will have no practical effect. Otherwise Clinton would already be in prison in Libya…
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