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IRAQ'S ASSASSINS - Frontline
Award-winning FRONTLINE correspondent Ramita Navai (Iraq Uncovered) investigates allegations that Iranian-backed Shia militias are threatening and killing critics with impunity and targeting U.S. interests. Also in this two-part hour, a look at how COVID is worsening Yemen’s humanitarian crisis.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/iraqs-assassins/
Back when ISIS controlled parts of Iraq I remember reading about the tactics that were just about as bad from Iranian-backed Shia militias. The violence from the militias are also part of what helps groups like ISIS recruit.