Press Statement
Government Parties and their Militias did not bear that the People have their Say, So They Killed Them
(Translated)

After the grip tightened on the head of corruption and the government parties and their armed wings who brought Iraq to the brink of the abyss, due to the steadfastness of the protesting masses in most of the demonstrations’ square in the capital and elsewhere, and their insistence on uprooting the symbols of authority and denying them the practice of political work in the future ... Criminal groups have committed the abominable massacre, firing live ammunition at the defenseless youth in al-Khilani Square and the vicinity of Jisr Al-Sinak on Friday evening, 6/12/2019, wearing civilian clothes and riding various cars, they threatened the demonstrators of the necessity to evacuate the places of their gathering, and return to their homes, which led to the death of 21 people, and more than 120 wounded, and causing fire in the multi-storey car garage there. It was noticed the disappearance of the security forces in charge of protecting the protesters!

There is no doubt that these criminals’ shedding of the forbidden blood by shameful methods that are not hidden by any sincere affiliation to Islam, or what is left of awoken feelings, was motivated by the government parties that realized the beginning of the decline of their brutal authority, the loss of their forbidden privileges, and with a green light from the infamous advocate of Iran, Suleimani, may he not see Allah’s protection, who is now in Baghdad. And in the same infamous manner that the puppet authorities of Tehran pursued against its people, we say: By committing this painful massacre, they raised the banner of their downfall and their surrender to the pressure of the street and its true demands on the public, is a clear proof of their loss of any affiliation to this country, and their hatred for what benefits its people, from what the people of the earth enjoy, even the minimum.

Finally, the Abdul-Mahdi’s resigned government has become in an unenviable position, as it exposed its affairs, its nakedness is uncovered, as the American kafir politicians turned against it, if only with a false claim, because of what the people of the Islamic Ummah suffered by launching threats and promises, and imposing sanctions on those whom it gave cover and help for 16 years. The Ummah will not be saved from the evils of the kafir aggressors, resorting to the so-called "international community", and security and dignity will not be achieved unless the true blessed Khilafah (Caliphate) is established on the method of Prophethood, upon the founder of its system, the master of all creation, Muhammad bin Abdullah, the best prayer and the most sincere peace is upon Him from Allah (swt), that state that will put an end to every unjust aggressor who brings evil close to the land of Islam

(يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنْ تُطِيعُوا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ * بَلِ اللَّهُ مَوْلَاكُمْ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ النَّاصِرِينَ)

“O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers * But Allah is your protector, and He is the best of helpers.” [Al-Imran: 149-150]

Media Office of Hizb ut Tahrir in Wilayah Iraq