The Saudis in southern Iraq and the anti-occupation cry of Bahrain from the throat of Basra.
The Muthanna tribes, the core of the 1920 uprising against British colonialism in the last century, have also been cited as the most important barrier to Saudi investment in southern Iraq.
The movements of the Muthanna tribes, because of their far-reaching effects on other tribes in the south of the country, are reviving the 1920 uprising in the minds of many, and this is what the Muthanna tribal leaders themselves mentioned in their recent criticisms.
Although al-Kazemi’s government, in order to reassure the southern tribes, appointed a prominent official close to Muqtada al-Sadr in charge of signing a contract with the Saudis and then liaising with the southern tribes to persuade them to accept Saudi investment in the region. The region had invaded Iraq, but contrary to expectations, the move did not yield the desired results.
On January 25, Hamid al-Ghazi, the secretary of the Iraqi cabinet and affiliated with the Sadr faction, signed an agreement to connect the Iraqi power transmission line to Saudi Arabia.
Another part of the agreement was the Saudi investment in southern Iraq under the heading of agricultural projects, as well as the promise of a special law to protect the Saudi investor in Iraq.
Al-Ghazi, as the godfather of the agreement, subsequently met with the southern tribal leaders on March 10, 2014, to persuade them not to oppose the entry of Saudi capital into the province.
Most of the leaders of the Muthanna tribes refused to meet with Al-Ghazi after learning of the plans drawn up for the province under the name of Saudi capital, and a small number of them agreed to meet with the government representative on behalf of the canceled parties and conveyed the message of the protesting tribes. In particular, they announced their opposition to the entry of Saudi capital into southern Iraq.
