{"id":984799,"date":"2021-11-08T12:44:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=984799"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:44:06","slug":"iraqi-cardinal-sako-condemns-assassination-attempt-on-prime-minister-al-kadhimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraqi-cardinal-sako-condemns-assassination-attempt-on-prime-minister-al-kadhimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraqi Cardinal Sako Condemns Assassination Attempt on Prime Minister Al-Kadhimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firaqi-cardinal-sako-condemns-assassination-attempt-on-prime-minister-al-kadhimi%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=984799&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako has condemned Sunday\u2019s drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, saying the attempt sought to \u201cdestabilize\u201d the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not yet known who is behind this episode,\u201d Cardinal Sako <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianews.it\/notizie-it\/Card.-Sako:-l%E2%80%99attentato-ad-al-Khadimi-per-destabilizzare-l%E2%80%99Iraq--54449.html\">told<\/a> AsiaNews, \u201cbut it is clear that the goal is to destabilize, create confusion, and interrupt the work started by the prime minister, who wants to build a project of Iraq that is not isolated\u201d on the international level.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The attack, thus, sought to obstruct the project of a strong Iraq, a state \u201cbased on law, citizenship, order and justice,\u201d Sako said.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s attack on the prime minister\u2019s home in the heavily fortified Green Zone of Baghdad using armed drones left six bodyguards wounded, but al-Kadhimi himself escaped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/iraqi-prime-minister-survives-assassination-bid-with-drones\/\">unharmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chaldean primate said that many of the faithful were confused by the attack, reacting with \u201csadness\u201d and \u201cprayers,\u201d because many appreciate the leader\u2019s attempts at national reform.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAmong the faithful there was great sadness for the attack, but also happiness because he was saved,\u201d Sako said. \u201cMany believe that his work of reform is genuine and beneficial to the nation. So far he has never wanted to use weapons to solve problems; he requests and relaunches the principles of dialogue and encounter, even with his enemies or political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among possible perpetrators of the assault, Sako excludes the Islamic State, proposing similarities with the mortar and drone attacks at the Erbil airport in Iraqi Kurdistan and the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project is to target al-Kadhimi as a representative of the state,\u201d the cardinal said. \u201cI myself felt the explosions, because the patriarchate is not far from the Green Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press (AP) reported that the attack appeared to be driven by the refusal of Iran-backed Shiite militias to accept October 10\u2019s parliamentary election results.<\/p>\n<p>On November 5, militias linked to Tehran promoted massive street demonstrations, reviving accusations of voter fraud and contesting the election results. For their part, the Chaldean bishops have supported a strong government to curb a situation of growing chaos and violence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18653266\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Protesters-against-Iraqi-Prime-Minister-Mustafa-Al-Kadhimi-election-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18653266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Protesters-against-Iraqi-Prime-Minister-Mustafa-Al-Kadhimi-election-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iraqi demonstrators lift banners against Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi during a protest rejecting last month\u2019s election result, near an entrance to the Green Zone in Baghdad on November 5, 2021 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For its part, al-Kadhimi\u2019s office released a statement speaking of a \u201ccowardly terrorist attack\u201d launched by \u201carmed criminal groups.\u201d The attack used three drones, the statement said, two of which were shot down, while the third managed to strike the residence, injuring at least six of the premier\u2019s bodyguards.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18653610\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drone-attack-on-Iraqi-Prime-Minister-Mustafa-Al-Kadhimi-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18653610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Drone-attack-on-Iraqi-Prime-Minister-Mustafa-Al-Kadhimi-ap.jpg\" alt=\"This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office shows the damage of the drone attack at the home of Iraq&#039;s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Iraq&#039;s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he escaped unharmed. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office via AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This photo released by the Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office shows the damage of the drone attack at the home of Iraq\u2019s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021 (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office via AP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCowardly rocket and drone attacks don\u2019t build homelands and don\u2019t build a future,\u201d al-Kadhimi said, speaking on Iraqi television.<\/p>\n<p>Nechirvan Barani, the president of the Kurdish Regional Government, similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/iraqi-prime-minister-mustafa-al-kadhimi-survives-assassination-attempt\/\">labeled<\/a> the failed assassination attempt a \u201cterrorist act\u201d that \u201cthreatens security and stability in the country and portends dire consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI invite everyone to exercise restraint and calm down,\u201d Barani said.<\/p>\n<p>As yet, no person or group has claimed responsibility for the strike, which has been unanimously condemned by Iraqi leaders as well as the United Nations, the United States, Iran, and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI ask all the Christians of Iraq to pray for the good of the country, to wait calmly and confidently, not to be carried away by the opposing tensions, but to remain a source of balance,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako has condemned Sunday\u2019s drone attack on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, saying the attempt sought to \u201cdestabilize\u201d the country. \u201cIt is not yet known who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-984799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=984799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/984799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=984799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=984799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=984799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}