Alwaght- Dismissal of Nouri al-Maliki from the political scene of Iraq is not the only possible outcome of exploiting the public protests in Iraq. Since Saturday 15 August, there have been clues indicating that some unknown movements are just making attempts to provoke violence in the popular gatherings and blame al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces of Iraq abbreviated as PMF) and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Accordingly, we can see numerous reports in the mass media and social networks saying that some unknown individuals have stabbed and attacked protesters in al-Tahrir Square, Baghdad. In the meantime, "Iyad Allawi", one of the deposed vice presidents, has alluded to intervention of Iranian intelligence in deviating the public protests in Iraq. Further, at the beginning of this scenario, "Amer Salman", one of the coordinators of the protests related to "Civil Movement" claimed that on Friday, 14 August, some militia forces in plain clothes entered the al-Tahrir Square and began to beat people. He also claimed that the attackers shouted slogans in support of "Hadi al-Ameri" the head of the Badr Organization and "Qais al-Khazali" the head of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq (League of the Righteous), carrying notices in support of Iraq Hezbollah Brigades and Sarallah group. Amer Salman in his remark claimed the alleged militia who participated in the attacks against the protesters was affiliated to PMF. While such claims are made, Haider al-Abadi in his remarks, warned about the danger of infiltrations among the protestors, and warned his audience against the politicizing the protests and turning them into an excuse for factionalism and political conflicts.
The puzzle is solved when the media which oppose to the Islamic Republic of Iran, put such news stories beside the travel ban of those whom Haidar al-Abbadi has accused of corruption, and then the distorted news of Maliki's departure to Iran for attending the Ahlul Bayt World Assembly Congress in Tehran which were broadcasted in a deliberate manner. Covering up the news of Maliki's trip to Iran, under the headline of "formal invitation of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran", those media try to make their audience believe that the invitation is a sign of Iran's opposition to anti-corruption reforms of Haider al-Abadi. However, such a movement, of course, is trying to say that the Islamic Republic of Iran is retaliating the verdict of the Shiite authority in Iraq, and consequently the will of the Iraqi nation. This process appears to be engineered, to the extent that Maliki's remarks concerning the creation of PMF based on the Iran's Basij Model have been the basis for providing the so-called evidence, according to which, corruption and failure in Iraq are mainly due to strong role of Maliki and similar factors such as PMF and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Therefore, it is speculated that the new round of attempts are made to misdirect the protests from a social dimension to a security one. In addition to political disputes in Shiite movements in Iraq, it is likely that the protest may lead to violence. This issue is what Nouri al-Maliki had warned about on 8 August, before heading to Tehran. Meanwhile, he expressed his support for reform and fighting corruption in Iraq. He also warned against sit-in tent experience in Mosul and Anbar, which is based on infiltration pattern of the ISIS and al-Qaida into the ranks of the protesters at that point; saying that the enemies are likely to infiltrate into the current protestors.
