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4 Brigades Loyal to Sistani Fall Under PM Command

  • April 22, 2020
  • https://www.instapaper.com/read/1299149009
  • A letter published on Iraqi state media, addressed to the head of the PMF, a predominantly Shiite network of around 60 paramilitaries, says that four brigades will fall under the “command and management” of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces– a role Abdul-Mahdi currently occupies as caretaker prime minister – and not under the direct command of the PMF board.
  • The four brigades include the 2nd, 11th, 26th, and 44th brigades of the PMF, which are all loyal to Iraq’s highest Shiite religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and not under the influence of Tehran.

Brigade 30

Brigade 53 - Liwa Hussain

  • Liwa Hussain lead by Sayyid Mukhtar al-Musawi, a Turkmen from tel afar
  • Currently (2021) lead by Ali Alush is linked to the badr brigades, and is also from Te Afar

TMF

  • Tribal Hashd forces

Burgers

  • Most burger joints are run by the PMF? A starbucks knockoff is definitely affilated with the PMF, but what about the burger joint?