"Mr. Prime Minister, there is talk about normalization, and I hope that the new government will ensure that normalization is in Iraq and with Iraq," Cardinal Sako said in his speech at St. Joseph's Chaldean Cathedral in Baghdad on Wednesday.
Speaking at the same event, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
i responded to the Christian leader.
"In Iraq, we do not need normalization; rather, we need brotherhood, love, and coexistence. This is a moral, religious, constitutional, and legal commitment that governs our relationships. The term ’normalization’ does not exist in the Iraqi lexicon, because it is linked to an occupying entity that stands against land and humanity, and which all heavenly religions reject," said Sudani, referring to Israel.
The Iraqi parliament passed a bill in 2022 which criminalizes relations with Israel. The main part of the bill bans "the establishment of diplomatic, political, military, economic, and cultural relations and any other sort of relations with the invading Zionist entity."
The penalties stipulated by the law range from life imprisonment or temporary imprisonment up to the death penalty
for those convicted under its provisions.The normalization of ties with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords is a US-led joint Middle East peace initiative. Four countries - the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Bahrain, and Morocco - have announced normalization agreements with Israel, with America's support.
The United States is seeking to expand the initiative by bringing in additional countries, including Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...and Syria.
Prominent Iraqi Shiite holy man Moqtada
Tateral-Sadr
...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry when the check cleared...
also reacted to Cardinal Sako’s statement.
"Normalization is a crime, and Iraqi law prescribes punishment for it. Anyone who promotes it or calls for it—whoever they may be—will not escape punishment," he said. "The competent official authorities must swiftly carry out their duties; there will be no place for normalization or its legitimization in Iraq."
The Cardinal’s office said in a statement on Thursday that he did not mean normalization of relations with Israel.
"The normalization he referred to is not political normalization with Israel. His Beatitude has repeatedly condemned the brutal aggression against Paleostine (Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
)," read the statement.
"Rather, what he meant was civilizational and cultural normalization with Iraq. Abraham is from Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq), the cradle of civilizations. Iraq is a vast museum from Basra to Zakho. Therefore, the government should pay attention to this, attract tourists to Iraq, and make this a fundamental economic resource, since oil will eventually run out," explained the office.
Iraq is among the countries that openly and strongly support the Paleostinian cause, with some pro-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
gangs in the country having targeted US and Israeli interests in the region over the issue.