DW: Iraqi PM orders Iran-backed militias into army command
Baghdad has ordered militias to join the army and their leaders to choose between paramilitary or political activity. The move comes amid concern that Iraq could become a battleground as US-Iran tensions spike.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has issued a decree seeking to bring mostly Iran-backed militias under the command of the armed forces.
The mostly Shiite militias fall under an umbrella grouping known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), powerful paramilitary and political forces that fought against the "Islamic State" alongside the US-backed Iraqi army.
In all there are about 140,000 battle-hardened armed men in militias in Iraq.
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WNU Editor: These Iranian-backed militias are not happy .... Iran-backed militia criticises Iraq prime minister’s order (Arab Weekly).
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5 comments:
Good luck on that.
JH
Better late than never. Let's see....are we going to get a three car bomb reply or the five vehicles and one crowded park nail bomb allah level reply from the militias?
It's a good thing America invaded and wrecked Iraq in 2003 because of their nuclear bombs and harboring al Qaeda.
If we didn't it might be an unstable hell-hole today.
Just to be safe we should attack Iran, they have many nuclear bombs as well.
No wmd found you say.. We found Oil though and fought them in their own yard..
You have to look where the WMDs are. The Russians, Iraqis, and Syrians played a shell game. Some of the best money the Russians ever spent.
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