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State Dept. Ignored Warnings of Iranian Efforts to Destabilize Iraq
Free Beacon ^ | 6/16/14 | Adam Kredo

Posted on 06/16/2014 2:14:29 PM PDT by Nachum

State Department counterterrorism officials warned in late April that Iran had “trained, funded, and provided guidance” to ethnic Iraqi terror groups bent on destabilizing the country.

The April warning appears to directly contradict and undermine comments last week by a State Department spokeswoman claiming that the United States and Iran have a “shared interest.”

As Iraqi militants continue to wage attacks and seize territory, the State Department has signaled that it is willing to work with neighboring Iran to stabilize the country. They have even raised the idea of discussing Iraq on the sidelines of the ongoing nuclear discussions taking place in Vienna.

However, the recent outreach to Iran runs counter to the State Department’s own Country Report on Terrorism issued just six weeks ago.

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TOPICS: Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedaspring; dept; europeanunion; ignored; iran; iranian; iraq; israel; jordan; kurdistan; lebanon; nato; obamaforeignpolicy; obamalegacy; proislamist; russia; state; syria; turkey; waronterror

1 posted on 06/16/2014 2:14:29 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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2 posted on 06/16/2014 2:15:00 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

The more radical the muzzie group, the more SOS and 0bama want them to win.


3 posted on 06/16/2014 2:16:51 PM PDT by ComputerGuy (BS, MS, PhD and a BMF besides)
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To: Nachum
Surprise?

Hell, we knew and we're still saying we're gonna buddy up with Iran.

When will this Obama nightmare end.

4 posted on 06/16/2014 2:17:23 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Nachum
"I will stand with.............."

Obama from "Dreams of My Father"

5 posted on 06/16/2014 2:19:39 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Nachum

You mean “John Kerry ignored warnings of Iranian efforts to destabilize Iraq.”


6 posted on 06/16/2014 2:22:52 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Nachum

The state department was way too busy destabizing Iraq to pay any attention to what Iran was doing.


7 posted on 06/16/2014 2:26:18 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Sacajaweau
“I will stand with..............”
Obama from “Dreams of My Father”

zer0 causes the political winds to go in an ugly direction. He is the traffic cop directing said ugly winds that he blows out of his bone smuggling port.

8 posted on 06/16/2014 2:31:06 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Nachum

The Al Qaeda Spring

Hard to say that this isn’t Obama’s goal.


9 posted on 06/16/2014 2:38:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
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To: Nachum

Oh my .. not another discredit to Mrs. Hillary ..??

How can that be ..??


10 posted on 06/16/2014 2:42:09 PM PDT by CyberAnt (True the Vote: MY AMERICA, "... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
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To: Nachum

It seems Uncle Scam and Saudi Arabia’s proxy army has beat them to it.


11 posted on 06/16/2014 2:50:10 PM PDT by Count of Monte Fisto (The foundation of modern society is the denial of reality.)
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To: Nachum

They have a shared interest in the drug trade.


12 posted on 06/16/2014 5:18:52 PM PDT by mgist (.)
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Thanks Nachum.
State Department counterterrorism officials warned in late April that Iran had “trained, funded, and provided guidance” to ethnic Iraqi terror groups bent on destabilizing the country. The April warning appears to directly contradict and undermine comments last week by a State Department spokeswoman claiming that the United States and Iran have a “shared interest.”

13 posted on 06/16/2014 5:33:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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