​Recently surfaced footage shows unprecedented levels of destruction in Albu Ajiee after militias belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) cleansed the town from Islamic State fighters.

​The mobile phone recording shows homes burning, in what appear to be revenge attacks. The man behind the camera can be heard repeatedly saying “torch it, burn those homes”.

Militiamen belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces are promoting on their social media pages, Shia clergy, militia an anti-terrorism units working hand in hand to offer assistance to the people of Ramadi. 
 
The video is evidence of firstly, the uninvited presence of these forces in the city, and secondly, the effort to proliferate a ‘clean image' of these groups, that remain accused of human rights atrocities, and possibly war crimes.

​Recently CCTV footage captures on film a day-time kidnapping of a child in the northern city of Kirkuk.

​The kidnappers, escape, without having to contend with police forces or a showdown with any of the city’s local authorities.

​Satire has made a unexpected appearance in latest spate of demonstrations in Iraq. One demonstrator who dressed himself in traditional Indian clothing had this message to relay: 

"I am here today as an Iraqi seeking Indian citizenship - yes, I am seeking Indian citizenship. I've grown tired of my Iraqi status and would like to renounce it today. They (Indians) have 50 gods and I don't see them disagreeing or fighting, whereas we have 1 and can't seem to get along. They eat hot chili peppers and enjoy air-conditioning. Here however, we're cut off, and have no electricity. From today onward consider me Indian, tell your uncle, children, anyone, I do not want to be Iraqi."

A video purportedly shows forces from Najaf's Provincial Council opening fire on protesters, as they marched towards Ayatollah Sistani's house.

They were marching to raise their demands to him, as the highest religious authority in Najaf, after Sistani promised to avenge those who have been betrayed by the government.

​However, he still ordered his protection units to employ force by any means necessary to disperse protesters.

Footage leaked by activists online, captures the moments in which a Lieutenant Colonel belonging to Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units demands money from the shopkeeper of a gold store in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
 
​The Colonel is heard yelling "help us a little" - citing the country's climate of abject poverty to justify his impromptu demands. He spoke angrily and displayed intimidating body language, commanding the seated shop keeper to "prepare the money for collection" as customers watched in awe. "If my demands are not met" he bellowed, "I will make sure that your store is closed down".​

Local reports announced the death of the son and nephew of current Iraqi minister of transport, Hadi al Ameri. Meanwhile, the Badr Brigade which al Ameri heads, remains silent.

They are believed to have died on March 3, 2015, following a fierce fire exchange south of al Dawr district, Iraq.

While state-media media outlets have said close to nothing about the incident, the below video purportedly shows followers mourning their death in Samarra. Eye witnesses  said that on the day of his death, al Ameri's son was allegedly driving American tanks.

Al Ameri's son, who goes by the alias of Abu-Hassan, is also shown here in Salahuddin province. ​

Footage leaked by an Iraqi soldier in mid-August 2014, uncovers repeated crimes in another new context, Diyala, where lawlessness presides. 

Government and accompanying militia forces interrogate men clad in local dress, covered in blood smatterings. The armed forces ask the men whether they had seen Islamic State members or tribal fighters, or whether they themselves possessed arms. One man responds by saying “if I owned a weapon I would have fixed my broken down car”.

​The armed men from behind the camera continue to push harder for answers. In the midst of the chaos one of the men interrogated tries to remain calm, whilst the man beside him is slowly hit by a barrage of bullets, a fate which soon meets him as well.