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### Viewing cable 09BAGHDAD383, IRAQI SHI'A PARLIAMENTARIAN PAINTS DIRE PICTURE OF

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09BAGHDAD383 | 2009-02-13 12:12 | 2010-12-05 12:12 | SECRET | Embassy Baghdad

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    VZCZCXRO1534
    PP RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHDIR RUEHIHL RUEHKUK
    DE RUEHGB #0383/01 0441245
    ZNY SSSSS ZZH
    P 131245Z FEB 09
    FM AMEMBASSY BAGHDAD
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1703
    INFO RUCNIRA/IRAN COLLECTIVE
    RUCNRAQ/IRAQ COLLECTIVE

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    S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 BAGHDAD 000383

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR NEA/I AND NEA/IR
    NSC STAFF FOR OLLIVANT AND MAGSAMEN

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2019
    TAGS: PREL PTER PINR ECON IR IZ
    SUBJECT: IRAQI SHI'A PARLIAMENTARIAN PAINTS DIRE PICTURE OF
    IRANIAN RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE

    REF: BAGHDAD 342

    Classified By: Minister-Counselor for Political Military Affairs Michae
    l Corbin for reasons 1.4 (b, d).

    ¶1. (S) Summary: Ayad Jamaleddin, a Council of
    Representatives member from the secular Iraqiyya list,
    painted an extreme view of Iranian religious influence in
    Iraq during a meeting with Emboffs on February 11. Claiming
    that Iran is paying clerics across Iraq to deliver Friday
    sermons sympathetic to Iran and its political theology,
    Jamaleddin stated he had been urged by an emissary of
    Ayatollah Muhammad Sayyid Al-Hakim, a first cousin of
    Abdelaziz Al-Hakim and a potential heir to Ayatollah Sistani,
    to spread the warning about Iranian influence in Iraq.
    Jamaleddin warned of "Iran's ability to summon sleeping
    militias across Iraq" to resume attacks and alleged that
    Iraqi politicians were visiting an Iranian intelligence
    officer in Qom, Iran, under the cover of pilgrimage.
    Although secular in politics, Jamaleddin wears the black
    turban of a sayyed, a descent of the Prophet, and was most
    animated about the pernicious effects of Iran on Shi'a
    religious doctrine. He urged the USG to provide a media
    outlet for Shi'a clerics who will resist Iranian theology.
    End summary.

    ¶2. (U) Media outlets including Al-Arabiyah satellite
    channel have carried interviews recently with Ayad
    Jamaleddin, a parliamentarian elected on Ayad Alawi's secular
    nationalist Iraqiyya list, warning of Iran's encroaching
    influence in Iraq. Jamaleddin told al-Arabiyah on January 20
    that a "quick and hasty U.S. withdrawal from Iraq means
    turning Iraq into an Iranian governorate," emphasizing that
    an Iranian presence in Iraq is more dangerous than an
    American presence in Iraq.

    ¶3. (C) Jamaleddin is among several contacts who have
    reached out to the Embassy recently to warn about Iranian
    influence, which is a favorite topic of conversation among a
    wide range of Iraqis. He claims to be carrying the message
    of Ayatollah Muhammad Sayyid Al-Hakim, a potential heir to
    Ayatollah Sistani and first cousin of Abdelaziz Al-Hakim,
    head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), the
    political party closest to Iran. Despite Al-Hakim's ISCI
    family ties, he urged Jamaladdin through an emissary to "go
    to Washington, to Tel Aviv, anywhere" to seek help to stop
    Iran,s nefarious project to subjugate Iraq, according to
    Jamaleddin. Jamaleddin said he was surprised this message
    was coming from the Ayatollah, but the emissary maintained
    that Iran's aggressive efforts had struck terror into the
    hearts of the entire Najafi clerical establishment.

    ¶4. (C) Specifically, Jamaleddin claimed to us that Iran is
    paying "10,000" imams across southern Iraq $200 USD a month
    to deliver Friday sermons that inspire the faithful with
    righteous rhetoric and subtly include a positive gloss on
    Iran. In our meeting February 11 and an earlier meeting
    February 9, he repeated several times that he was not afraid
    for himself or Iraq, but rather the whole region, claiming
    that Iran is already controlling Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. He
    emphasizing that the Khomeini ideology of
    wilayat al-Faqih (jurisdiction of clerics) is "the most vile,
    Satanic ideology" ever devised by man "it's much worse than
    Nazism."

    ¶5. (C) As for Iraq, he said, every member of the Iraqi
    cabinet who travels to Iran visits the religious center of
    Qom to pay homage to Jawwad Shahristani, who he identified as
    the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)
    Qthe Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)
    official responsible for Iraq. They go to Qom as if they are
    going to pray at the Ka'ba (in Mecca), he said, citing in
    particular GoI spokesman Ali Dabbagh. He added that
    Shahristani is the son-in-law of Grand Ayatollah Sistani and
    head of Sistani's office in Qom.

    ¶6. (C) We pressed Jamaleddin on his contention that Iranian
    influence in Iraq is increasing, noting that Iraq had signed
    the Security Agreement and Strategic Framework Agreement with
    the USG despite Iranian opposition and that in visits to
    Basra, for instance, we hear from many Iraqis who hate Iran
    because of their memories of the Iran-Iraq war and, more
    recently, Iranian-sponsored militia violence. He responded
    that "they hate Iran, but they don't hate money." He
    compared the Iran-Iraq relationship to the Syria-Lebanon
    relationship, saying that Syria controls Lebanon even though
    Lebanese are, like Iraqis,
    strong and independent people who seek to be free from
    foreign influence. Likewise we pressed Jamaleddin on his

    BAGHDAD 00000383 002 OF 002

    contention that Iran controls militias in southern Iraq,
    noting that the violence has decreased from the period of a
    year or two ago. He responded that Iranian-sponsored
    militias have hidden weapons and retain the ability to rise
    up if summoned by Iran.

    ¶7. (C) When asked what the appropriate USG response should
    be, he urged us to stop "supporting" Iranian-sponsored
    political parties such as ISCI. He did not dispute our
    response that in fact the USG does not support any particular
    party or politician, and in fact urged us to provide media
    access to clerics who are willing to stand up to Iran. He
    mentioned in particular a Lebanese cleric he identified as
    Ayatollah Ali al-Amin.

    ¶8. (C) Comment: Jamaleddin's extreme anti-Iranian rhetoric
    is nothing unusual; we hear such sentiments frequently,
    although not always with so much colorful detail. However,
    it is notable that he claims to be carrying the message of
    Ayatollah Muhammad Sayyid Al-Hakim and that the ISCI setback
    in the January 31 provincial elections, which is generally
    viewed as a setback to Iran (reftel), has done nothing to
    mitigate his concerns about Iranian influence.
    CROCKER

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