Sadiqoon urges emergency session on PMF strikes

Shafaq News- Baghdad

Iraq’s Sadiqoon parliamentary bloc, the political wingof US-sanctioned Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, on Thursday called for an emergencyparliamentary session within 48 hours to condemn the US-Saudi strikes onPopular Mobilization Forces (PMF) sites, review the country’s securityagreements, and press the government to present a timetable for the withdrawalof foreign forces.

A document signed by bloc leader Uday Awad KazemMahmoud Al-Hussein and obtained by Shafaq News cited the July 29 airstrikes onPMF positions in seven provinces, which killed at least 20 PMF members, wounded32 others, and caused material damage. The proposed session would hearbriefings from Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief Ali Al-Zaidi, theministers of defense and foreign affairs, the national security adviser, thePMF chairman, and the head of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.

Lawmakers also sought a parliamentary inquiry into thestrikes and Iraq’s air defense capabilities, with findings due within 15 days.

The draft resolution would pursue complaints throughthe United Nations, the Arab League, and the Organization of IslamicCooperation, and summon the relevant diplomatic missions to deliver formalprotest notes. It also includes compensation for the victims’ families,expedited approval of the PMF service and retirement law, and a 30-day deadlinefor the government to present a plan to strengthen Iraq’s air defenses.

According to the document, 28 Sadiqoon lawmakerssigned the request, with additional signatures from allied blocs expected tomeet the constitutional threshold required to convene the session.

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