Under the title "Attempted Assassination of Al-Kadhimi... Why These Are the Main Suspects!", Sky News reported that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, indirectly, pointed accusatory fingers at a well-known political and military entity in connection with the assassination attempt that took place early Sunday morning, during his first appearance following the incident.
Al-Kadhimi, who stated during his televised appearance, "The cowardly missiles and drones do not build nations, nor do they create a future," effectively asserted that the party behind this operation is internal rather than external, not affiliated with terrorist organizations like ISIS, but rather a faction with a political agenda and a partner in the political process.
Furthermore, in his brief speech, Al-Kadhimi identified the immediate reasons and motives for the personal targeting against him: "We are working on building our nation, respecting the state and its institutions, and establishing a better future for all Iraqis. I call on everyone for a calm and constructive dialogue," which was a clear reference to certain Iraqi political forces that do not adhere to constitutional frameworks and legal processes following the recent elections. These were represented by political entities linked to the Iran-aligned Popular Mobilization Forces, which have explicitly declared their rejection of the election results and have threatened chaos unless remedial and unconstitutional solutions are found.
Iraqi researcher Shafan Rasul explained to Sky News Arabia the objective evidence indicating the active party through an analysis of the tool used in the assassination attempt. He stated, "It is no secret that drones have been used since at least a year ago extensively in Iraq for political purposes, targeting foreign interests and diplomatic missions, as well as Erbil Airport and Iraqi military bases collaborating with American forces. Following all these attempts, factions claim to represent 'the resistance' in Iraq and seek to oust U.S. and foreign forces from Iraq."
He further commented, "However, everyone knows that these entities are merely extensions of Iranian-aligned Iraqi political and military forces, seeking to turn Iraq into a battleground for settling accounts with political rivalries both domestically and internationally."
Rasul continued his discussion with Sky News Arabia, stating, "Post-elections, it was clear through Iraqi media that there were threats of chaos through the use of drones. Outlets and journalists closely aligned with the Iran-affiliated factions expressed outright threats to certain political parties and regional forces of drone attacks if the election results were not altered and their access to power reestablished without infringing on their privileges and arms."
Many reports in recent times speculated on the security threats to the life of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, especially following his adherence to many of the commitments he made to the youth groups involved in protests, overseeing early parliamentary elections as he pledged upon assuming the office, and his rejection of all forms of pressure exerted by the armed Iranian-aligned factions across multiple issues, from calls for a hasty withdrawal of foreign forces to attempts to compel him to annul the election results. These events and positions collectively elevated Al-Kadhimi’s status and political future.
Iraqi activist Batool Al-Lami pointed out in her remarks to Sky News Arabia the political indicators of the actors involved in the assassination attempt against Al-Kadhimi: "Since these political factions lost in the recent elections, and given Al-Kadhimi's rising political prospects as a civilian political figure with popularity among the Iraqi youth and civil circles, various accusations and threats from the losing parties in these elections have been directed at him. The attempts to besiege the Green Zone, target it, and incite chaos within it, which had a clear coup-like nature, were executed by these known entities, who view Al-Kadhimi as a clear political adversary both currently and in the future."
