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Iran's Forces and U.S. Share a Base in Iraq
2015-06-23
h/t Instapundit
The U.S. military and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are getting closer and closer in Iraq, even sharing a base, while Iran uses those militias to expand its influence in Iraq and fight alongside the Bashar al-Assad regime in neighboring Syria.

Two senior administration officials confirmed to us that U.S. soldiers and Shiite militia groups are both using the Taqqadum military base in Anbar, the same Iraqi base where President Obama is sending an additional 450 U.S. military personnel to help train the local forces fighting against the Islamic State. Some of the Iran-backed Shiite militias at the base have killed American soldiers in the past.
And will kill Americans in the future, I've no doubt.
Posted by:g(r)omgoru

#6  "MAHANISM" + "GREAT GAME" > IRAN = CHINA = HAVE NEED FOR WARM-WATER OVERSEAS MILBASES FOR PROJECTION, PROTECTION OF TRADE + MIL POWER.

E.G. GROONG > "THE CRIMEA IS GONE/LOST FROM UKRAINE. IT IS A FACT" - YANUKOVICH [Ex-UKR President] TO WESTERN MEDIAS.


* FARS NEWS AGENCY > IRAN SUPREME LEADER [Ayatollah Khameini]: TEN-YEAR KEY NUCLEAR RESTRICTIONS [+ UNIAEA Verifications] UNACCEPTABLE.

* IRAN TO OBAMA = D *** NG IT, WHAT DO WE WANT ... ...OWG CO-SUPERPOWERHOOD; WHEN DO WE WANT IT ... ... NOW!

* Again, OWG GLOBALISM = "PARITY" [Nuclear? Global Econ? Geopol?] WID THE US, NOT
"INFERIORITY" TO THE US.

VERSUS

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > [LA Times] NEGOTIATE WID IRAN ON NUKES, OR GO TO WAR.

US facing roughly the same risks wid Iran as it did agz the USSR.

Iff the US can negotiate successful Nuke Treaties wid the far more dangerous Cold War Commie USSR = Soviet Union, theres no reason in the world why it can't do so again wid Shia Rising Iran.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-06-23 23:02  

#5  One day dare the US + Chinese PLA in Guam-CNMI???

["GUAM WILL CAPSIZE" = USS OKLAHOMA BB here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-06-23 19:46  

#4  Obama is effing disgusting.
Posted by: irishrageboy   2015-06-23 16:10  

#3  Alleged Benghazi master-chef Abu Sayyaf [We've had him on speed-dial for years]....no longer useful as a source and has now been terminated with extreme prejudice is now Tango Uniform. But, but, but I thought Benghazi was spontianeirous......?

Regime still sticks with the video story.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-06-23 09:33  

#2  Forward Base Benghazi?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-06-23 08:15  

#1  I'd wager the "sharing" is much more involved than simply the base.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-06-23 02:21  

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