Nouri al-Maliki (twice PM of Iraq; State of Law / Dawa; Coordination Framework's PM candidate) — post on X, 28 Jan 2026, after Trump threatened to cut US support over his comeback: "We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs… a violation of sovereignty." The Iraqi sovereigntist / anti-US-interference pole. [Second doc — distinct sovereignty axis; an evolution from his 2006 US-Congress address.]

We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs.

We consider it (US interference) a violation of sovereignty, contrary to the democratic system in Iraq after 2003, and an infringement on the decision of the Coordinating Framework for selecting its candidate.

[SECOND DOCUMENT for Nouri al-Maliki, covering a DISTINCT axis (Iraqi sovereignty / rejection of US interference) and a striking EVOLUTION from his existing 2006 document (his address to the US Congress as the US-backed Prime Minister). Source: his post on X, 28 January 2026, as reproduced verbatim by GlobalSecurity (and corroborated by Euronews); English translation of his Arabic statement; tier-2; confirmed verbatim against the fetched page; "(US interference)" is the source's editorial clarification; the first quote's terminal comma before "the 75-year-old Maliki wrote" is rendered here as a period.] A distinct declared position of Nouri al-Maliki — twice Prime Minister of Iraq (2006–2014), leader of the Islamic Dawa Party and the State of Law Coalition, and the candidate of the Iran-aligned Shia Coordination Framework for a third term. After US President Trump threatened to cut off all support to Iraq if al-Maliki returned as PM, al-Maliki rejected the threat as an assault on Iraqi SOVEREIGNTY: "We categorically reject the blatant American interference in Iraq's internal affairs," calling it "a violation of sovereignty, contrary to the democratic system in Iraq after 2003, and an infringement on the decision of the Coordinating Framework for selecting its candidate." This is the IRAQI SOVEREIGNTIST / ANTI-US-INTERFERENCE pole within the Shia political bloc — national sovereignty and the elected (Coordination Framework) majority's right to choose the government, against external (US) dictation — a notable contrast with his 2006 self-presentation as a partner of the United States, and aligned with the Iran-leaning bloc's resistance to US influence. [Axes: sovereignty / foreign-policy (rejection of US interference; Iraqi sovereignty and independent decision-making; alignment against US influence), regime / democracy (the elected Coordination Framework's right to nominate the PM; majoritarian Shia politics; the post-2003 system), Iraq's-orientation (the Iran-leaning Shia bloc vs US influence), sectarian-power (the Shia Coordination Framework as the legitimate selector of government).]