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| Iran rejects U.S. action in Iraq, ISIL tightens Syria border grip |
| 2014-06-23 |
| [REUTERS] Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni forces of Evil drove toward Storied Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's condemnation of U.S. action came three days after President Barack Obama I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody... offered to send 300 military advisers to help the Iraqi government. Khamenei may want to block any U.S. choice of a new prime minister after grumbling in Washington about Shi'ite premier Nuri al-Maliki. The supreme leader did not mention the Iranian president's recent suggestion of cooperation with Shi'ite Tehran's old U.S. adversary in defense of their mutual ally in Storied Baghdad. On Sunday, forces of Evil overran a second frontier post on the Syrian border, extending two weeks of swift territorial gains as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ... the current version of al-Qaeda in Iraq, just as blood-thirsty and well-beloved as the original... (ISIL) pursues the goal of its own power base, a "caliphate" straddling both countries that has raised alarm across the Middle East and in the West. "We are strongly opposed to U.S. and other intervention in Iraq," IRNA news agency quoted Khamenei as saying. "We don't approve of it as we believe the Iraqi government, nation and religious authorities are capable of ending the sedition." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 * RELATED? BHARAT RAKSHAK > [NSNBC International] US EMBASSY IN ANKARA [ordered + supported] FOR ISIS WAR ON IRAQ - HARIRI INSIDER. Oh my. * FYI SAME > [News18 = Uttar Pradesh] INDIA SHIA ORGANIZATION OFFERS YOUNG BOYS [age 15-30 y.o.] RS 140 LAKH TO FIGHT ISIS MILITANTS IN IRAQ. VERSUS * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > IRAQI FORCES CAN'T TURN THE TIDE [CAN OBAMAHDI DO WIDOUT "IRAQ WAR III"? WHERE'S IRAN?] | [Kuwait Times] SCANT HOPE SEEN FOR IRAQI FORCES TO TURN THE TIDE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-23 20:50 |
| #2 What about Iran's interference in Iraq? Using Iraqi airspace to resupply Syria? Iran and Maliki bear their share of the blame for what is happening in Iraq. By making Iraq a partner in the civil war in Syria they invited reprisals. So boohoohoo. Besides, Iran doesn't have a say in how the US acts. I wish 'bamer would get a clue. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-23 12:04 |
| #1 Ditto as per Rafsanjani, whom like other Iran bigwigs is also now questionning the Bammer's motives + willingness to defend Iraq from the ISIS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-06-23 01:20 |