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Iran Deploys Quds Forces To Support Iraqi Troops, Helps Retake Most Of Tikrit
International Business Times ^ | 06/12/2014 | By Howard Koplowitz

Posted on 06/12/2014 12:22:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

In a stunning development that threatens to further destabilize the Middle East, Iran has deployed an elite unit of its Revolutionary Guard to help the Iraqi government take on ISIS, the Sunni militant group that has seized several areas in the northern part of the country.

Two battalions of the Quds Forces are already making progress in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, the Wall Street Journal reported. The militant group took control of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit on Wednesday, but Revolutionary Guard and Iraqi troops overtook 85 percent of the city on Thursday, Iraqi and Iranian security forces told the paper.

Iran, which is dominated by Shiites, has close ties to Iraq’s Shiite-led government. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called ISIS “an extremist, terrorist group that is acting savagely” during an appearance on state television, Al Jazeera reported. "For our part, as the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ... we will combat violence, extremism and terrorism in the region and the world."

The Iranian military is considering shifting troops fighting in Syria, where forces are supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government, to Iraq if the deployment of the Quds Forces doesn’t make any progress in the latest offensive.


(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; iraq; isis; tikrit
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1 posted on 06/12/2014 12:22:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What a mess, this does not bode well for the USA.


2 posted on 06/12/2014 12:24:55 PM PDT by seeker41 (take your country back by whatever means necessary & remove the son of a kenyan mooslimb)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh for f*cks sake...

I may need that Friday drink early.


3 posted on 06/12/2014 12:25:23 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: VanDeKoik

Bizzaro world eh?


4 posted on 06/12/2014 12:26:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee, we didn’t see this coming.

Obama is an absolute dumba—.


5 posted on 06/12/2014 12:26:34 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Last thing I ever expected to read.


6 posted on 06/12/2014 12:26:45 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: seeker41

So they go the chimps and gibbons go ape killing each other. I’m not so sure this isn’t a bad thing. Let them.

I suggest we just keep drilling and fracking here.


7 posted on 06/12/2014 12:27:11 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: SeekAndFind

They won’t just be helping Iraq, they’ll be helping themselves.


8 posted on 06/12/2014 12:27:47 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: seeker41
The enemy of my enemy is STILL my friggin' enemy!!
9 posted on 06/12/2014 12:30:54 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’s because the ISIS are going to exterminate Shia anywhere and everywhere they find them

but look out because Quds has some very “special” weapons

this whole mess is like watching scorpions fight each other to the death... who are you going to cheer for?


10 posted on 06/12/2014 12:31:34 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: SeekAndFind
Let's see - hmmm - up is down, left is right, over is under, bad is good. To paraphrase another Freeper, we are double parked in the twilight zone.
11 posted on 06/12/2014 12:32:25 PM PDT by buckalfa (Charter Member of the Group W Bench)
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To: silverleaf

We just need some Star trek fight music to go with our popcorn.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AphxyjrH4SE


12 posted on 06/12/2014 12:35:22 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: cripplecreek
bizarro world eh

Oh, c'mon. What's bizarre about Iran having to kill off the terrorists we trained and armed?

13 posted on 06/12/2014 12:35:27 PM PDT by grania
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To: SeekAndFind

Good News! Sunnis killing Shiites - Shiites killing Sunnis. Kill em all - Let Allah sort em out.


14 posted on 06/12/2014 12:37:42 PM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: SeekAndFind

That is why we need to stay out these guys way, they end up fighting each other.


15 posted on 06/12/2014 12:46:30 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: SeekAndFind

Gosh, they got right to it. What a surprise (not).


16 posted on 06/12/2014 12:46:51 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (ObamaCare IS Medicaid: They'll pull a sheet over your head and send you the bill.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Now the breaking news is that the Kurds have taken Kirkuk.


17 posted on 06/12/2014 12:49:41 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: silverleaf
who are you going to cheer for?

Both of them. Let each side kill as many of the other as they can.

18 posted on 06/12/2014 12:51:31 PM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
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To: silverleaf

Scorpion vs. camel spider... hmmm...


19 posted on 06/12/2014 12:52:18 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: SeekAndFind
President Barak Hussein Obama

After 9-11, who the hell thought that was a good idea?
20 posted on 06/12/2014 12:53:36 PM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Free World has a new leader--his name is Benjamin Netanyahu)
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