Iraqi PM Rejects US “Boots On Ground” As Shiite Militias Pledge To Kill US Soldiers

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• What is the deployment of US force into Iraq about? It is about retaking back Iraq from the Shiites ie. Iran/Russia alliance. It is about war, wars and more wars. Not peace.
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• Iraqi PM Rejects US “Boots On Ground” As Shiite Militias Pledge To Kill US Soldiers
  by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com  
  … In Syria, the FSA falls into the “best case scenario” category but as we’ve been at pains to explain, arming them now makes even less sense than it did initially because, i) you risk starting a world war as they are using US-supplied weapons to fire on Iranian soldiers and Russian equipment, and, on a practical level, ii) they’re using US-supplied weapons to kill the same Iran-backed Shiite militiamen who are fighting with the Iraqi regulars just across the border. 
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  Consider the following excerpts from various media outlets: 
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  Shi’ite Muslim militiamen and Iraqi army forces launched a counter-offensive against Islamic State insurgents near Ramadi on Saturday, a militia spokesman said, aiming to reverse potentially devastating gains by the jihadi militants. – Reuters, May 23
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  U.S. airstrikes targeting ISIS around Ramadi are proving “not very effective,” according to the head of the Iran-backed militias surrounding the conquered Iraqi city. “We expect more from the Americans,” Hadi al-Ameri told NBC News. “There are no real airstrikes against ISIS headquarters.” – NBC, June 23
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  Iraqi forces and the Shiite militias fighting alongside them announced Friday that they had retaken the oil refinery at Baiji from Islamic State militants, in some of the first significant progress against the extremist group after months of stalled efforts. – New York Times, October 16
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  Iraq’s official military doesn’t appear to be in any position to take on ISIS. Shiite militia groups have proved much more effective at fighting ISIS than Iraq’s official military, and it’s the Shiites who are taking the lead in the Iraqi government’s new campaign to retake Anbar. – Slate, May 26, 2015
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  You get the idea. 
  Make no mistake, there are some very serious questions about these militias’ human rights record, but the point is that when it comes to fighting Sunni extremists, there’s no one better to have on your side than fearsome Shiite militiamen even if some of those militiamen were responsible for killing hundreds of US soldiers with copper-tipped IEDs during the Iraq occupation. 
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  As we documented extensively in “Who Really Controls Iraq? Inside Iran’s Powerful Proxy Armies,” Tehran controls these fighters and thanks to their effectiveness on the battlefield, the militias effectively control the US-armed Iraqi regulars. As Reuters noted in October, “the Fifth Iraqi Army Division now reports to the militias’ chain of command, not to the military’s, according to several U.S. and coalition military officials. The division rarely communicates with the Defence Ministry’s joint operation command, from which Abadi and senior Iraqi officers monitor the war, the officials said.”
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  Here’s a bit more color from the same investigative piece that should give you an idea of what’s going on in Iraq:
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  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a Shi’ite, came to office just over a year ago backed by both the United States and Iran. He promised to rebuild the fragmented country he inherited from his predecessor, Nuri al-Maliki, who was widely accused of fueling sectarian divisions.Since then, though, even more power has shifted from the government to the militia leaders.
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  Those leaders are friendly with Abadi. But the most influential describe themselves as loyal not only to Iraq but also to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three big militias – Amiri’s Badr Organisation, Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Kataib Hezbollah – use the Iranian Shi’ite cleric’s image on either their posters or websites.Badr officials describe their relationship with Iran as good for Iraq’s national interests.
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  Iraq, for all intents and purposes, is now an Iranian colony both politically and militarily. 
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