Al-Shafal is heading to record a new epic in the protest demonstrations in Iraq, similar to the "Tok Tok" icon, after it was used in the attack on party headquarters and buildings belonging to the influential parties and factions (in the south of the country), demolishing and burning them during the past few days, amid accusations that the American embassy was involved in trying to ignite a civil war through this Business.

And in Nasiriyah (southern Iraq), angry protesters torched the headquarters of powerful Shiite parties, after a motorcycle exploded inside the protest square, leaving many wounded protesters, with one of the tents completely burned down.

In the oil-rich province of Basra, demonstrators set fire to the House of Representatives building after a series of recent assassinations of prominent activists, including Reham Yaqoub, who was assassinated on 19 August by firing squad while she was traveling in her personal car in the city center.

The Raham incident preceded the assassination of the activist Tahseen Osama, which angered the protesters, and violent confrontations took place between the security forces and the demonstrators, in which live ammunition was used, and many wounded, and in response, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi dismissed Basra Police Chief Rashid Fuleih.

And the use of new tools of repression against the demonstrators prompted the attacks on the headquarters of the armed parties and factions, burning and demolishing them, at a time when the Iraqi government has been unable to implement the main demands of the protesters so far.

Al-Gharabi held the influential parties and factions (the south of the country) responsible for the suffering of Iraqis since 2003 (Al-Jazeera)

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Hussein Al-Gharabi, the prominent activist in the Nasiriyah demonstrations, holds these parties responsible for the suffering of Iraqis 17 years ago, noting that the burning of headquarters and party buildings came as a response to the organized assassinations, silences and public threats that targeted the protesters and their tents.

In response to a question by Al-Jazeera Net - about the possibility of protesters taking up arms to defend themselves, or entering into direct violent confrontations with some factions or security forces in demonstrations after the development of cases of violence and attacks on party headquarters - he ruled out resorting to this matter, stressing that the October Revolution / October is peaceful, and it will not be tempted to take up arms, no matter how severe the situation is.

The security forces changed their strategy - according to Al-Gharabi - in favor of the demonstrators during Al-Kazemi's era, unlike what was happening during the rule of former Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, at a time when political parties accused advisers and close to Al-Kazemi of involvement in changing the direction of the demonstrations by putting pressure on the security forces, and not Preventing protesters from attacking the headquarters and buildings of parties and factions, and being lenient with them.

Al-Rikabi believes that the lips will be a symbol of change and a strong return to the protests (Al-Jazeera)

Removal and change symbol

The “Tok Tok” symbol of the protest demonstrations in Iraq promised to use it to rescue the wounded and transport them to other places to receive treatment and first aid. Iran.

The lips in these demonstrations will be a symbol of removal, demolition, change, and a strong return to the protests after their squares have been emptied of the demonstrators, according to the visual journalist Ihab al-Rikabi.

Al-Rikabi confirms to Al-Jazeera Net that there is an Iranian, American and Gulf external influence on the demonstrations in Iraq, especially in the capital, Baghdad, attributing the reason to the overlapping relations, ties and interests of political blocs and parties with these external parties.

External influences come to a lesser extent in Basra compared to its neighbor, Nasiriyah, and the capital, Baghdad.

Because it is a conservative one dominated by the Shiite floor and is subject to the control of Islamic parties with almost complete agreement on political issues in it, yet a political party tries to constantly move the Basri street to obtain the province’s wealth, including the position of governor in addition to other administrative positions, according to al-Rikabi.

Awad accused the US embassy of seeking to ignite a civil war in Iraq (Al-Jazeera)

The American Embassy

Political parties and MPs are still accusing some activists in the protest squares of being associated with the US embassy and giving them special salaries and IDs to ride the wave of demonstrations, dragging them into violence, striking security forces, and exposure to government and party buildings.

Uday Awwad - a member of the Iraqi parliament for the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq bloc led by Qais Khazali - says that the US embassy is seeking to ignite a civil war within Iraqi society, and revealed to Al-Jazeera Net that there are personalities who manage sensitive positions in the government chosen by Al-Kazemi, and they are among the activists registered in the US embassy with Similar notes existed about other advisors to Kazemi.

These figures seek - according to Awwad - to implement the American agendas set for the demonstrations, expressing his regret at taking advantage of the suffering of Iraqis and dancing on them.

To implement foreign agendas by striking at parties that reject American hegemony and presence.

The Iraqi MP called for the need to differentiate between the demonstrators who are demanding a stable and secure homeland, far from foreign and foreign interference, and some of them who are accused of receiving salaries, and represent America's agenda and the regional axis allied with it.