Iran eclipses U.S. as Iraq's ally in fight against militants
Source: Associated Press
BAGHDAD In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country's best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and the coalition air campaign against the militants. It's Iran, which is credited with stopping the extremists' march on Baghda
Shiite, non-Arab Iran has effectively taken charge of Iraq's defense against the Sunni radical group, meeting the Iraqi government's need for immediate help on the ground.
Two to three Iranian military aircraft a day land at Baghdad airport, bringing in weapons and ammunition. Iran's most potent military force and best known general the Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force and its commander Gen. Ghasem Soleimani are organizing Iraqi forces and have become the de facto leaders of Iraqi Shiite militias that are the backbone of the fight. Iran carried out airstrikes to help push militants from an Iraqi province on its border.
Read more: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/01/12/iran-iraq-militants/21623533/
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)Employees don't make the best soldiers.
candelista
(1,986 posts)There will just be Greater Iran, and the Islamic State.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)They are just negotiating the boundaries of the new political entities.
The West created it and the West has now destroyed it.
Good job.
candelista
(1,986 posts)And what is going on now is not "negotiating."