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Experts Warn: Iran-Allied Shiite Militias in Iraq to Threaten U.S. After Mosul Falls
Breitbart ^ | 1 Mar 2017 | Edwin Mora

Posted on 03/01/2017 8:31:18 AM PST by GonzoII

The U.S.-led coalition and its Iraqi partners should be vigilant against a near certain reemergence attempt by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after it loses its territory in Iraq, where tens of thousands of Iran-allied Shiite militias pose just as serious of a threat to America’s interests, experts warned.

Dr. Michael Knights, a Boston-based fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy that champions conservative perspectives, and Hardin Lang, a fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP), testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; islam; shiites; trump
We will have to deal with Iran, have no doubt.
1 posted on 03/01/2017 8:31:18 AM PST by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII

It is of limited value to try and break up a dog fight.


2 posted on 03/01/2017 9:01:18 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: GonzoII

The seemingly endless struggle for power

Maybe the Iranian resistance movement needs some arms and advisors...


3 posted on 03/01/2017 9:02:10 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: silverleaf

What if the MeK found a “Donald Trump” ?
hmmm


4 posted on 03/01/2017 9:03:55 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: GonzoII

Set fire to their nest and the rats will scurry off to someplace else.

You need guys with PhD’s from fancy schools who work for think tanks to clue you in on THAT one??


5 posted on 03/01/2017 9:14:32 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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