US interference hindering Iraq reconstruction: Journalist
The US invasion of Iraq and constant American meddling in the Arab country’s internal affairs are the root causes of current difficulties that the Iraqi people are suffering from, says an analyst.
Shobhan Saxena, an international journalist and political commentator, told Press TV on Friday that “it is really shocking that the people are struggling for electricity, water and basic necessities. It is largely the result of the American invasion which happened many years ago and during US occupation.”
“The Americans are still trying to interfere in the Iraqi political process. They are trying to put together, cobble together some kind of coalition, which is loyal to the US, which is loyal to Saudi Arabia, which is loyal to Israel and not loyal to the Iraqi people,” Saxena said.
He further said the US war on Iraq had turned it into a dysfunctional state and had to the same effect enabled the Americans to plunder the country of its natural resources.
"They (the US authorities) are robbing Iraq of its oil and not allowing it to function as a proper state that is the problem in Iraq.”
Hundreds of people flooded the streets of Iraq's second-biggest city on Thursday, and set fire to the headquarters of the local government, the ruling Dawa Party, the Supreme Islamic Council and the Badr Organization.
The growing anger comes at a time when Iraq’s political parties are trying to form a government after an inconclusive parliamentary election in May, which saw powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr win the most votes and form a coalition with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's party, who only came in third after Hashd al-Shaabi.
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