The war on ISIS is getting weird in Iraq
The US has started providing "air strikes, airborne intelligence, and Advise & Assist support to Iraqi security forces headquarters" as Baghdad struggles to drive ISIS militants out of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The Iraqi assault has heretofore been spearheaded by Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, the foreign arm of the […]Michael B. Kelley writes for Business Insider:
The US has started providing "air strikes, airborne intelligence, and Advise & Assist support to Iraqi security forces headquarters" as Baghdad struggles to drive ISIS militants out of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The Iraqi assault has heretofore been spearheaded by Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force, the foreign arm of the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and most of the Iraqi forces are members of Shiite militias beholden to Tehran.
The British magazine The Week features Suleimani in bed with Uncle Sam, which is quite striking given that Suleimani directed "a network of militant groups that killed hundreds of Americans in Iraq," as detailed by Dexter Filkins in The New Yorker.
