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Iraq
Iranian general up to no good in Iraq, says CIA chief
2015-03-23
[CSMONITOR] Having the leader of Iran's elite Quds Force direct Iraqi forces battling the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group is complicating the U.S. mission against terrorism and contributing to destabilization in Iraq, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency said Sunday.

The comments by CIA Director John Brennan on "Fox News Sunday" are among the strongest yet voiced by American officials about the involvement of shadowy Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in the war against the myrmidon group.

Brennan described Soleimani as being "very aggressive and active" as he advises Shiite militias battling the myrmidons, most recently in the ongoing offensive targeting Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown.

Brennan said he "wouldn't consider Iran an ally right now inside Iraq."
Posted by:Fred

#6   So, Iran can be trusted with da bomba, but not in Iraq?

They won't be using the bomb on Iraq...
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-23 12:23  

#5  Brennan went off script. Obama's handlers will have him corrected rather quickly.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-03-23 03:33  

#4  The 'Master' has returned from sabbatical.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-03-23 03:27  

#3  So, Iran can be trusted with da bomba, but not in Iraq?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-23 02:04  

#2  Yes, we need the Captain Obvious avatar back.

What's going on inside the opaque curtains of the current administration?

We have the joint chiefs essentially thumbing their noses at the Iran negotiations and now we have DCI saying the Iranians are real bad guys and using them to stabilize the region is a bad idea.

Are the sycophants suddenly in rebellion?
Posted by: Mystic   2015-03-23 01:51  

#1  Is the Master of the Obvious picture on sabbatical?
Posted by: Raj   2015-03-23 00:34  

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