Another testimony from Iraq’s blemished past is brought to you by FRB — this time from Fallujah, during its own ‘Arab-Spring’ moment between late 2012 and 2013.
The government’s heavy handed response to Fallujah’s own Arab Spring rising — one year ahead of the Islamic State’s debut in 2013 — left behind a permanent blood stain on the country’s historical record.
West of Baghdad, the men of Fallujah rallied in revulsion of political malpractices and sectarian provocation that former premier, Nouri al Maliki used to keep (at any cost) his seat in power.
Fallujah was not the only province to rise up. Joining them were delegations from surrounding cities — armed with slogans and demands favouring the dissolution of Iraq’s US-imported, sectarian structures of power.
The government’s heavy handed response to Fallujah’s own Arab Spring rising — one year ahead of the Islamic State’s debut in 2013 — left behind a permanent blood stain on the country’s historical record.
West of Baghdad, the men of Fallujah rallied in revulsion of political malpractices and sectarian provocation that former premier, Nouri al Maliki used to keep (at any cost) his seat in power.
Fallujah was not the only province to rise up. Joining them were delegations from surrounding cities — armed with slogans and demands favouring the dissolution of Iraq’s US-imported, sectarian structures of power.
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