Amiri, Iraq's transport minister, is head of the Badr Organisation, a political movement which arose from a heavily-armed Iran-trained militia and many of whose members are now part of Iraq's security forces.
Amiri's Badr Brigades militiamen fought on Iran's side in the 1980-88 war against Iraq Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein's government. The militia came to dominate much of southern Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003 toppled Saddam, and during the sectarian fighting that followed.
After the last general elections in 2010, Amiri shifted his loyalties to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, leader of the rival Shi'ite Daawa Party.
While it is unclear to what extent he is reflecting the views of the Maliki government......
Really? Is it?
- Sarah Palin, 2013
I would love to see the worst radicals continue flowing to Syria, where Assad can continue making the world a better place.
Thunderdome
They’re ready to fight? Well there’s a shocker!!!!
But this time around, we don't have to worry about the impact on our own national interests in terms of energy - IF ONLY we would accelerate the development of our own newly discovered resources and become self sufficient in this regard. It's in our grasp.
As such, we could and absolutely should leave these bloodthirsty savages to their own part of the world, let them wipe huge numbers of each other out, and STAY OUT OF IT!! With our own potential energy reserves at home, this welcome fight is NOT in our national interest to get involved in, but IS in our national interest to stay out of and let happen because it diverts the attention and numbers of our current declared enemies in the world - wild-eyed, radical islamists.
Roach Motel
Syria certainly seems to be the focus now for all the prophet’s children. From Egypt to Libya to Iraq, they can’t wait to express some Arab spring love.
Sounds great.
I vote we transport some sunnis in and build a giant wall around Syria.
The Iran-Iraq War lightened the load, but didn't draw in other Muslims. Lately, they are happy to travel to the fighting.
Syria is a great place to host for the next few years, but the Iranians will have a hard time with the commute, and I doubt the Paki’s are interested.
If we could manage to fire off an Iranian-Paki war, that would be just the ticket.