The blue hats are the last link in the development of the militia of Iraqi Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr, who has been re-coloring and reshaping his armed arm since 2003.
During the few days, the demonstrators monitored numerous abuses by the blue-haired militia against peaceful protesters, at the invitation of Sadr personally.
In Najaf Province, Sadr's followers fired live bullets at protesters who were blocking the road to protest against Muhammad Allawi's assignment as prime minister.
The name "blue hats" began to appear during the end of October last year, after Sadr ordered some of his followers to attend the demonstration squares, especially in Al-Haboubi Square in central Nasiriyah, southern Iraq.
The role of the blue hats became more prominent in December, when elements arrived in large numbers to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad.
The stated goal of the Blue Hat Militia was to separate the demonstrators and the security forces in order to prevent clashes, in the period in which Sadr announced his support for the protesters before he withdrew his support last month, and proceeded to withdraw his followers from Tahrir Square and the rest of the squares.
The coordinators of the Iraqi demonstrations on January 25 accused Al-Sadr of "betraying the revolutionaries" after the security forces broke up the sit-in in the city of Basra, as soon as Al-Sadr's supporters withdrew, which raised activists' doubts about Al-Sadr's complicity and the message to be delivered.
Shiite groups journalist Muhannad Al-Ghazzi told Al-Hurra website that the blue hats are an unarmed organization descended from Surya al-Salam, which is part of the Mahdi Army militia that Sadr formed after 2003.
Al-Sadr had announced the establishment of an armed militia to fight the American army under the title "Imam Al-Mahdi Army", which had left the womb of 10 other armed Shiite factions, but Sadr had frozen the Mahdi Army and its special forces dubbed "the promised day", after the bombing of the military shrine in 2006 , Says the invader.
Sadr has been rejecting any militia activity in Iraq since his militia was dissolved in 2006, but he returned to the militia activity again by establishing the Saraya Al-Salam movement in 2014 after ISIS took control of the city of Mosul.
The Peace Brigades are a branch of the Mahdi Army, which is also part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which was established to fight ISIS in 2014. The Peace Brigades have two brigades in the crowd, Brigade 313 and Brigade 314, according to al-Ghazi.
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With the outbreak of the Iraqi popular movement in October 2019, al-Sadr announced the establishment of the owners of "blue hats" from the womb of the Peace Brigades militia, and Al-Ghazzi pointed out that the badges carried by members of the blue hats in Baghdad, for example, indicate their affiliation with the Baghdad leadership of the Peace Brigades.
Protesters also spotted a member of the Mahdi Army nicknamed "Abu Daraa" as part of the "millionth demonstration" that took place in Baghdad last month.
Abu Daraa is a figure known for her role in the sectarian conflict in Iraq, where he had a role in the kidnapping and killing of Sunni citizens, and Sadr revealed in 2011 that Abi Daraa had fled to Iran for a period because of the crimes he committed.
During the few days, the demonstrators monitored numerous abuses by the blue-haired militia against peaceful protesters, at the invitation of Sadr personally.
In Najaf Province, Sadr's followers fired live bullets at protesters who were blocking the road to protest against Muhammad Allawi's assignment as prime minister.
The name "blue hats" began to appear during the end of October last year, after Sadr ordered some of his followers to attend the demonstration squares, especially in Al-Haboubi Square in central Nasiriyah, southern Iraq.
The role of the blue hats became more prominent in December, when elements arrived in large numbers to Tahrir Square in central Baghdad.
The stated goal of the Blue Hat Militia was to separate the demonstrators and the security forces in order to prevent clashes, in the period in which Sadr announced his support for the protesters before he withdrew his support last month, and proceeded to withdraw his followers from Tahrir Square and the rest of the squares.
The coordinators of the Iraqi demonstrations on January 25 accused Al-Sadr of "betraying the revolutionaries" after the security forces broke up the sit-in in the city of Basra, as soon as Al-Sadr's supporters withdrew, which raised activists' doubts about Al-Sadr's complicity and the message to be delivered.
Shiite groups journalist Muhannad Al-Ghazzi told Al-Hurra website that the blue hats are an unarmed organization descended from Surya al-Salam, which is part of the Mahdi Army militia that Sadr formed after 2003.
Al-Sadr had announced the establishment of an armed militia to fight the American army under the title "Imam Al-Mahdi Army", which had left the womb of 10 other armed Shiite factions, but Sadr had frozen the Mahdi Army and its special forces dubbed "the promised day", after the bombing of the military shrine in 2006 , Says the invader.
Sadr has been rejecting any militia activity in Iraq since his militia was dissolved in 2006, but he returned to the militia activity again by establishing the Saraya Al-Salam movement in 2014 after ISIS took control of the city of Mosul.
The Peace Brigades are a branch of the Mahdi Army, which is also part of the Popular Mobilization Forces, which was established to fight ISIS in 2014. The Peace Brigades have two brigades in the crowd, Brigade 313 and Brigade 314, according to al-Ghazi.
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With the outbreak of the Iraqi popular movement in October 2019, al-Sadr announced the establishment of the owners of "blue hats" from the womb of the Peace Brigades militia, and Al-Ghazzi pointed out that the badges carried by members of the blue hats in Baghdad, for example, indicate their affiliation with the Baghdad leadership of the Peace Brigades.
Protesters also spotted a member of the Mahdi Army nicknamed "Abu Daraa" as part of the "millionth demonstration" that took place in Baghdad last month.
Abu Daraa is a figure known for her role in the sectarian conflict in Iraq, where he had a role in the kidnapping and killing of Sunni citizens, and Sadr revealed in 2011 that Abi Daraa had fled to Iran for a period because of the crimes he committed.
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