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Iraqi militia vowes (sic) to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit
Source: Reuters
Iraqi militia vowes to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit
BAGHDAD | Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite militia group said on Friday it would attack U.S. interests in Iraq and the region if Washington carries out a military strike on Syria.
President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States was still in the planning process for a response to the chemical weapons use in Syria.
"All their interests and facilities in Iraq and the region will be targeted by our militants if the United States insists on attacking Syria," a spokesman for the Iraqi militia group al-Nujaba'a told Reuters by telephone, without giving details.
Al-Nujaba'a is an umbrella group which includes Iraqi Shi'ite militants who have crossed into neighboring Syria to fight alongside troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad is from the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
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BAGHDAD | Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - An Iraqi Shi'ite militia group said on Friday it would attack U.S. interests in Iraq and the region if Washington carries out a military strike on Syria.
President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States was still in the planning process for a response to the chemical weapons use in Syria.
"All their interests and facilities in Iraq and the region will be targeted by our militants if the United States insists on attacking Syria," a spokesman for the Iraqi militia group al-Nujaba'a told Reuters by telephone, without giving details.
Al-Nujaba'a is an umbrella group which includes Iraqi Shi'ite militants who have crossed into neighboring Syria to fight alongside troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Assad is from the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/30/us-syria-crisis-iraq-idUSBRE97T0XH20130830
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Iraqi militia vowes (sic) to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2013
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pangaia
(24,324 posts)1. Oh that's sweet.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)2. Again why did we go there in the first place.......
I couldn't care less if they kill each other off......if its contractor perhaps they should be leaving while they can.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)3. The big Embassy with it's 5000 contractors ?
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, along with several consulates, will have some 15,000 workers, making it the largest U.S. diplomatic operation abroad. Those diplomats will be protected by a private army consisting of as many as 5,000 security contractors who will carry assault weapons and fly armed helicopters.
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/27/144198497/no-u-s-troops-but-an-army-of-contractors-in-iraq