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Iraq
Emboldened by US exit from Afghanistan, Iran threatens ops in northern Iraq
2021-09-20
[Rudaw] Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has threatened to expand operations against what it described as "American and Zionist mercenaries" in northern Iraq, vowing to annihilate them weeks before millions of Iraqis head to the polls in a national election.

The threats from Iran’s chief of the armed forces come as Tehran feels emboldened following the US abandonment of Afghanistan.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  U.S. troops is attacked by drone
Published Tue, Jul 6 2021
The U.S. military confirmed a Tuesday evening drone attack in northern Iraq, near a base that houses American troops.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651   2021-09-20 08:15  

#2  Yeah. And I don't think the neocons were playing 4D chess...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-09-20 04:38  

#1  US wars are what gave Iran an opening in Iraq in the first place. Everyone said, knock Saddam off his perch and Iraq becomes an Iranian province. And then a shocker: it happened.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-09-20 04:35  

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