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Iraqi militia vows to attack U.S. interests if Syria hit
reuters.com ^ | August 30, 2013

Posted on 08/31/2013 3:21:14 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

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.

The group includes fighters of the Asaib al-Haq and Kata'ib Hezbollah militias and the Mehdi army militia of anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, which was mostly disbanded after its defeat by Iraqi and U.S. forces in 2008.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; Russia; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; israel; jordan; muqtadaalsadr; russia; syria; turkey; unitedkingdom; waronterror

1 posted on 08/31/2013 3:21:14 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe

[Yawn]


2 posted on 08/31/2013 3:21:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“You’re doing a heckuva job, Barack.”


3 posted on 08/31/2013 3:22:04 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Everyone is always promising to hit us if we do this or do that. Maybe we should just kill everyone who talks sh*t like this for now on.


4 posted on 08/31/2013 3:25:30 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Tailgunner Joe

oh wait...we are!


5 posted on 08/31/2013 3:26:06 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Tailgunner Joe

It is amusing how so many Middle East dictators rattle their sabers. If the secret to military victory is the surprise element, they appear to be basically just losers.


6 posted on 08/31/2013 3:27:56 PM PDT by Misterioso (I was born an atheist and after 76 years haven't yet changed my mind.)
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To: I got the rope

Muslim hyperbole (Mother of all battles, rivers of blood!) is like the flying car... it makes for interesting articles but it never really delivers.


7 posted on 08/31/2013 3:29:29 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Are they pretending to not know that Hussein already supports the Sunnis?


8 posted on 08/31/2013 3:33:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: I got the rope

They all hate us anyhow
So let’s drop the big one now


9 posted on 08/31/2013 3:34:43 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Tailgunner Joe

0bama is getting a free pass on this unilateral attack.


10 posted on 08/31/2013 3:39:15 PM PDT by I want the USA back
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To: Tailgunner Joe
It's obvious that establishment constituents in both political parties (as seen on the political discussion boards) have no will to fight regardless of the threats (see Iran, Syria, etc.).

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11 posted on 08/31/2013 4:23:44 PM PDT by familyop (cbt. engr. (cbt.), Army National Guard, '89-'96)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Yes, that master strategist named Barack, looking to start his own personal war.


12 posted on 08/31/2013 4:24:49 PM PDT by rintense
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Barack Obama - Healing The Planet Since 2009


13 posted on 08/31/2013 4:39:53 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("You bring me the man, I'll find you the crime" - Lavrentiy Beria [and Eric Holder])
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks Tailgunner Joe.
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. The group includes fighters of the Asaib al-Haq and Kata'ib Hezbollah militias and the Mehdi army militia of anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr...

14 posted on 08/31/2013 5:19:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

We were supposed to leave 10,000 combat troops in Iraq, but Obama pulled them.


15 posted on 08/31/2013 6:03:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Boy if this ain’t like some Three Stooges routine. Moe smacks Larry, Larry smacks Curly and Curly comes around to smack Moe but hesitates and then lets Larry have it. If we attack Syria, Iraq attacks us and Syria lets Israel have it. Nyuck, nyuck!.


16 posted on 09/01/2013 3:09:00 AM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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