Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, center, a commander in the Popular Mobilization Forces, attends a funeral procession of Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) members, who were killed by U.S. airstrikes in Qaim district, in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2019.
Politico: State Department faults Iraq for failing to protect U.S. troops
The State Department is faulting the Iraqi government for allowing an Iranian-backed militia to attack U.S. outposts in Iraq, including one that prompted the Pentagon to respond with airstrikes Sunday.
“It’s moments like this when you see people’s true colors,” a senior State Department official told reporters Monday, referring to Iraqi officials who condemned the U.S. airstrikes, yet have not similarly denounced the Kataib Hezbollah militia for the Friday rocket barrage that killed an American contractor and wounded several U.S. soldiers.
The militia rocket attack against an Iraqi airbase in Kirkuk that hosts U.S. troops was the latest in a string of similar incidents, although the other attacks didn’t claim American lives.
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WNU Editor: The Iraqi government is in disarray right now. Protests throughout the country calling for a change in government have been ongoing for months. The Prime Minister has promised to resigned. And Iran is trying to maintain its influence while be confronted by Iraqi protesters. I am willing to bet that providing protection for US soldiers is probably at the bottom of Baghdad's priority list right now.
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Oh for the good old days when Saddam maintained the peace in Iraq.
"Oh for the good old days when Saddam maintained the peace in Iraq."
- Lord Haw Haw
1) Iran Iraq War (1 million+ per The Guardian)
2) Invasion of Kuwait (1,000+)
3) Anfal Campaign 1 through 8 (50,000–182,000 civilians killed)
4) Mass Graves
"An estimated 500,000 Iraqi and Iranian soldiers died, in addition to a smaller number of civilians. The end of the war resulted in neither reparations nor border changes."
"During the Iraqi occupation, about 1,000 Kuwaiti civilians were killed and more than 300,000 residents fled the country."
"Iraq has made little effort to address the hundreds of missing Kuwaitis, despite trying to mend diplomatic relations with Kuwait in other ways"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfal_genocide
"Al-Anfal is the eighth sura, or chapter, of the Qur'an. "Al Anfal" literally means the spoils (of war) and was used to describe the military campaign of extermination and looting commanded by Ali Hassan al-Majid. His orders informed jash (literally "donkey's foal" in Kurdish) units that taking cattle, sheep, goats, money, weapons and even Kurdish women was legal."
"International Experts estimated that 300,000 victims could be in these mass graves alone. The mass graves mostly included the remains of Shia Muslims and ethnic Kurds, who were killed for opposing the regime between 1983 and 1991."
"After the establishment of republican rule in Iraq, enormous numbers of Iraqis fled the country to escape political repression by Abd al-Karim Qasim and his successors, including Saddam Hussein; by 2001, it was estimated that "Iraqi emigrants number more than 3 million (leaving a population of 23 million inside the country)."
Bob Huntley != good guy
Not particularly bright either
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