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Iran Offers Iraq ‘Everything It Needs’ To Fight ISIS -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
As ISIS marches closer to Baghdad, the world's leading sponsor of terrorism, Iran, is offering the Iraqi government the use of its army and spies.
As President Obama weighs whether to re-enter the Iraq war, the country’s neighbor, Iran, is looking to step into the void.
U.S. and senior Iraqi officials tell The Daily Beast that Iran is now offering the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki its army, its spies and highly trained irregular units from its revolutionary guard corps to root out the Sunni insurgency that now threatens Baghdad. Gen. Qassem Solaimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, arrived in Baghdad last week with an entourage of military advisers to begin preparations for such a counter-offensive. A member of the Quds Force has already allegedly been killed fighting in Iraq.
While last week a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said his government received no formal requests for military assistance from Iraq’s government, senior Iraqi officials tell The Daily Beast that Iran has offered such support nonetheless.
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My Comment: All that I can say is that in the event that the Iraqi government does agree to this Iranian offer .... it will tell me that they are now very desperate.
Update: The Iranian "volunteers" are starting to line up .... Over 5,000 Iranians 'sign up to defend Iraq holy sites' -- AFP
2 comments:
If Iraq does agree to this, and it is exceedingly likely that they may, expect them to pay a high price for this help in some form.
"If Iraq does agree to this, and it is exceedingly likely that they may, expect them to pay a high price for this help in some form."
Agreed, and it has probably been a standing (ahem) offer from the Iranians for awhile.
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