Sudani Brings Advisors to London Who Support Terrorism and Call for Attacks on U.S.-Led Coalition Forces
Feb 6, 2025
Figures linked to Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah were among the Iraqi prime minister's recent UK delegation.
In mid-January, Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made an official visit to the United Kingdom with a delegation that included at least three individuals linked to Iran-backed militias. Among them was Rabee Nader, head of communications in the Prime Minister’s Office, who has historical ties to the U.S.-designated terrorist groups Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah (Figure 1). He was previously denied a U.S. visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2023.
The second militia-linked figure was Emad al-Mosafer (aka Emad Aal Mosafer), a commentator notorious for his aggressive rhetoric (Figure 2). He has openly advocated attacks against coalition forces in Iraq, which include British personnel. On May 3, 2023, he appeared on Zagros TV and declared, “We will take revenge on America, its agents, and its tools.” He also incited violence against former prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, stating, “If we had caught [him], we would have cut his ears” (Figure 3). (Cutting off parts of the ear was a notorious Saddam-era punishment intended to humiliate deserters and criminals.)
Among numerous other comments endorsing the muqawama (resistance) and terrorism, Mosafer has voiced support for Houthi attacks against Israel. On October 31, 2023, he posted the following on Twitter/X: "The Yemeni strikes directed deep into the Zionist entity show that the heroes in Yemen pose a great danger to this entity, and that the war launched by Saudi Arabia and its coalition was on behalf of the Zionists" (Figure 4).
Another key figure in the vast muqawama propaganda machine, Salam Adil, was also part of Sudani’s delegation (Figure 2). Among his numerous pro-terrorism remarks, he has called on Iraqis to attack Israel. On September 24, he appeared on Asaib Ahl al-Haq's al-Ahd TV to support recent muqawama strikes on Israel: “It is our obligation to take up arms to support our brothers in Lebanon and Palestine...Only the vile people are against the axis of resistance, which is working toward ending this usurping, sick, and criminal entity [Israel]” (Figure 5).
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