Sheri Laizer

Author of IRAQ & THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLAGRATION
& STEALING SYRIA: FROM ISIS & THE HIJACK OF THE ARAB SPRING TO THE BETRAYAL OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD
& KURDISTAN BOOKS

[Sheri Laizer @SheriLaizer]

Al-Zaidi from Da'wa to peak of Iraq's rentier system https://t.co/jXEuFiVS0c

Beneath the gloss lies endemic corruption. That appeals to Donald.

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Andy Burnham: Back a Public Inquiry on Gaza Sign the petition https://t.co/kgHc3xPu7z #YourParty

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@ismailrhoda @MiddleEast_24 Bir sahtekar!

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https://t.co/dqiVtM5W0z

AN EXCELLENT APPRAISAL OF EMBEDDED CORRUPTION WITHIN THE IRAQI SYSTEM SINCE 2003

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@nedalalamari What, you call these fake selfie lovers freedom celebrants? Pathetic scene.

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Debunked PKK leader Ocalan Will Never Be Set Free https://t.co/d16OIzHsQP

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No to more military spending! Sign the petition https://t.co/zl1tkgh6jC #YourParty

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

The ‘Great Israeli Real Estate Event’ is to be held in London this Sunday.

This disgraceful event will involve the sale of land stolen from Palestinians in illegal Israeli settlements.

Today, I called for the Government to ban this event.

[Kurdistan Watch @KurdistanWatch]

Remarkable: KRG PM Masrour Barzani opened Youth Hub in Erbil today, a co-working and services complex built at a cost said to exceeding $10 million, complete with tiered monthly membership fees. The hub sits inside Erbil Avenue, a far larger commercial and lifestyle development valued at well over $100 million. Both are owned by Areen Barzani, the PM's son.

The opening has received extensive coverage from KDP-aligned outlets including Ava and Kurdistan24, framing it as a contribution to Kurdish youth. The same media apparatus that operates within Masrour Barzani's circle is advertising his son's private commercial venture as civic progress, and none of that coverage asks the obvious question: how does a young man with no employment history and no independent income build a $10 million complex inside a $100 million development?

The answer runs through his entire biography. Areen graduated from the American University of Kurdistan, an institution founded and chaired by his father, where he was publicly presented as the top-ranked student in his cohort with a perfect cumulative GPA. A record of that kind, if it reflected genuine and externally competitive academic ability, would ordinarily lead to a highly selective international university. He instead completed a master's degree at City, University of London, a lower-ranking institution with no meaningful admissions barrier for a well-funded applicant. The distance between a perfect GPA at his father's university and a master's at a such an institution is, in effect, the distance between a credential that was his to receive and one that actually had to be earned.

The same pattern applies to his Sandhurst listing, which appears in his public profiles as a marker of military distinction. The placement came through a UK training slot allocated to the Kurdistan Region specifically for Peshmerga ministry personnel. Areen Barzani is not and has never been a Peshmerga. The slot was redirected from its intended recipient to the PM’s son so that a credential could be added to his profile.

Erbil Avenue is also far from an isolated case. It is one of dozens of projects across prime land and lucrative sectors that have been allocated to Areen, a portfolio that has grown steadily as Masrour Barzani uses his position to consolidate his son's standing within the Barzani family and prepare him as a successor.

The through-line across all of this is consistent. The top GPA came from his father's university. The Sandhurst entry came from a slot meant for someone else. The $10 million hub sits inside a development he also owns, opened by his father and covered favourably by his father's media. Each element is presented in public as an individual achievement. Together they describe a biography in which every credential, every platform and every endorsement originates from the same source of power, openly and without apology.

[Sheri Laizer @SheriLaizer]

Baybasin stond op weg naar vrijlating, tot Turkije zich roerde https://t.co/1kRmETV6T0

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Nobody wants to live next to a war criminal... I've just signed my name calling for the government to investigate Brits who have returned from serving in the IDF - you should too! @DeclassifiedUK https://t.co/NNyXUnQNVT

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ONGOING ILLEGAL DETENTION OF KURDISH POLITICAL ACTIVIST IN HOLLAND DESPITE FULL UNAVOIDABLE PARDON Hüseyin Baybaşın moved to secure prison at Turkey's request https://t.co/bNeXcx0Zvv

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@MPSarkawtShams Thank you for making this known.

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Shahrarudi should have been arrested in Kurdistan of Iraq during his visits. The KDP and PUK's ´pragmatism' equates to allowing Kurds from the other regions to be sacrificed to their power grasp. Interesting you have highlighted anew the vile assassin remaining prominent in Iran. Regrettably, Trump is even more callous.

[Sheri Laizer @SheriLaizer]

@KevorkAlmassian Exactly!

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@FranceskAlbs Before our very eyes!

[Rudaw English @RudawEnglish]

France is leading a diplomatic initiative at the UN that centers on a 60-state declaration to halt hostilities in Lebanon, France’s Permanent Representative at the UN Jerome Bonnafont told Rudaw.

READ MORE: https://t.co/zP2hXjihJr

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There was outrage and still is. Even the NY Times reported Europe rejecting Trump and Spanish PM Sanchez on Israel demanding the immediate arrest of Netanyahu being a war criminal. Be encouraged. Civilised people condemn Trump, Netanyahu and their extreme henchmen. Action is needed and fast!

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@LizHurra Typo - out of Iraq intact! Unlike poor Margaret Hassan who loved Iraq eh?

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@LizHurra Glad you got out if Iraq intact!