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| Iraq |
| Iraq’s prime minister walks tightrope in struggle with militias |
| 2020-12-27 |
| [Jpost] The militias have fired dozens of rockets at facilities where US personnel are located. They have frequently fired Iranian-supplied 107mm rockets at the US embassy in Baghdad. It wasn’t so long ago that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, a former activist and intelligence chief, was wearing a jacket that the Hashd al-Shaabi had presented him. Last night he khaki jacket was no where in appearance as he met his security chiefs in Baghdad at night as tensions rose with a militia that is part of the Hashd. Kadhimi is walking a tightrope. The Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, part of the Hashd, which is itself part of the security forces, has threatened the Prime Minister, the American forces in Iraq and Iraq’s illusory sovereignty itself. Asaib is run by Qais Khazali, a former US detainee who was held at Camp Cropper, and a former ally of Moqtada Tateral-Sadr |
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