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US Airstrikes To Support Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Offensive In Iraq? -- RT
Iran deployed its Revolutionary Guard to help Iraq battle insurgents from a group inspired by Al-Qaeda, according to a recent report. In the meantime, the US is mulling airstrikes to support the Iraqi government.
On Wednesday, Al-Qaeda affiliate insurgents from the armed group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) conquered former dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, marking the second major loss for the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Earlier this week, insurgents captured Mosul, the second-largest city in the country. With jihadists threatening Baghdad and security forces unable resist the Sunni Islamists' assault, Maliki turned to foreign powers for help, getting responses from two unlikely allies, Iran and the US.
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My Comment: This is all speculation .... but if the U.S. does launch air strikes against Sunni insurgents in Iraq, someone will have to tell U.S. strike commanders and U.S. warplanes in the sky on where the Iranians are deployed .... and intelligence will need to be shared (and coordinated) on how to maximize these airstrikes.
Who could have predicted all of this a week ago?
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I'm sure Obama's thinking about his legacy right now.
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