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.
Abdul-Mahdi issued the order on Sunday, but the official letter was only published on Wednesday.
Hashd al-Shaabi has yet to officially comment on the matter.
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.
Several attempts have been made to fully integrate the PMFs into Iraq’s formal security apparatus to professionalize the armed forces, reduce Iran’s influence, and reduce the likelihood of a proxy war between Iran
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Last year, under pressure to curb the independence of Iran-affiliated gangs in Iraq, Abdul-Mahdi issued a decree ordering the July 31 integration of Hashd al-Shaabi units into the Iraqi army on July 1.
The call for unit integration has been met with both delay and resistance.
Units within Hashd al-Shaabi that have close ties with Tehran have increased their anti-US activity inside Iraq since the US liquidations of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
and top PMF leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in early January in Baghdad. Iraqi bases hosting US troops have been frequently targeted by rockets since then, but the attacks have largely halted since the onset of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
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