Shi'ite volunteers run while securing the area from the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), south of Baghdad, June 28, 2014. Photo by Reuters
New Alliances Bring Old Enemies Together As Isis Advances In Iraq -- Martin Chulov, The Observer/The Guardian
Iran, the US and even the Shia militias who fought the American invasion are turning uneasily to each other
The Syrian air force jets swooped in low over the Iraqi border, dropping two bombs before soaring back to Damascus. The insurgents beneath, caught unawares, were obliterated, but the several thousand more nearby had already got what they wanted – an 800km stretch of border with Iraq that gave them an open passage between both countries.
The attack on Tuesday night was praised by Iraq's embattled leader, Nouri al-Maliki, even if he did dispute which side of the border the Syrians hit and claimed no prior knowledge of it.
In Syria, too, news travelled quickly. There though, and elsewhere, the strike in the desert was seen not as a random act but as a move choreographed with allies – some of whom were not long ago foes – to deter a common threat.
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Update: Iraq crisis pushing Obama toward alliance with Syria and Iran -- Haaretz
My Comment: I can guarantee one thing about such an "alliance" .... the U.S. will be the junior partner.
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