A member of the Iraqi security forces opens fire during clashes with fighters from Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Ibrahim bin Ali village, west of Baghdad, June 24, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ahmed Saad
Iran General Says Ready To Help Iraq Against Militants -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Iran is ready to help Iraq fight an armed revolt using the same methods it deployed against opposition forces in Syria, an Iranian general said, suggesting Tehran is offering to take a larger role in battling Sunni militias threatening Baghdad.
Iranian leaders to date have said they would help defend Shi'ite Muslim shrines in neighboring Iraq if necessary, but have also said Iraqis are capable of doing that job themselves.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei on June 22 also said he rejected intervention in Iraq by Washington or any other outside power against Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militia.
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Update: Iran 'ready to use Syria methods' in Iraq -- Al Jazeera
My Comment: Iran's involvement in Iraq is only going to exacerbate sectarian divisions and make the civil war into what ISIS has been claiming all along what what it is .... A Sunni - Shiite war. In the meantime .... Iraqi lawmakers are now facing a July 1 deadline to form a government to confront the crisis.
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