Apparently the Washington Post hasnt followed events in Iraq for the past few years and believes the US-Iranian War on Terror (sic) alliance there to be a new development... The U.S. and Iran are aligned in Iraq against the Islamic State — for now 26-12-2014: Iranian military involvement has dramatically increased in Iraq over the past year as Tehran has delivered desperately needed aid to Baghdad in its fight against Islamic State militants, U.S., Iraqi and Iranian sources say. In the eyes of Obama administration officials, equally concerned about the rise of the brutal Islamist group, that’s an acceptable role — for now. ...Iraq’s Shiite-led government is increasingly reliant on the powerful militias and a massive Shiite volunteer force, which together may now equal the size of Iraq’s security forces. Although the Obama administration says it is not coordinating directly with Iran, the two nations’ arms-length alliance against the Islamic State is an uncomfortable reality. That’s not only because some of the militia shock troops who have proved effective in fighting the Islamic State battled U.S. forces during the 2003-2011 war there, but also because in Syria, Iran continues to support President Bashar al-Assad, whom the U.S. would [supposedly] like to see toppled.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 02:32:42 +0000
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