US Is “In Cahoots With ISIS,” Iraqis Swear: “It Is Not In Doubt”

• US Is “In Cahoots With ISIS,” Iraqis Swear: “It Is Not In Doubt”
  by Tyler Durden, www.zerohedge.com  
  On Tuesday evening, we took a look at how Iran’s Shiite proxy arms fighting ISIS in Iraq responded to Ash Carter’s contention that the US would soon send an “expeditionary targeting force” to assist Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the battle against Islamic State.
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  From Kata’ib Hezbollah: “We will chase and fight any American force deployed in Iraq. Any such American force will become a primary target for our group. We fought them before and we are ready to resume fighting.”
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  From the Badr Organisation: “All Iraqis look to (the Americans) as occupiers who are not trustworthy.” And as for the official reaction from Baghdad, we go to PM Haider al-Abadi: “Iraq does not need foreign ground combat forces on Iraqi land.”
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  So basically, “thanks, but we’ve seen enough of your ground troops over the past 15 years and if they come here again, they’re likely to get shot at, and not just by ISIS.”
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  “U.S. airstrikes targeting ISIS around Ramadi are proving not very effective,” the head of the Iran-backed militias surrounding the conquered Iraqi city told NBC back in June.“We expect more from the Americans. There are no real airstrikes against ISIS headquarters.” 
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  Now, The Washington Post has taken a look at what, to the American public, probably seems like a peculiar phenomenon: Iraq is pretty sure the US is “in cahoots” with ISIS. 
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  “Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion,” WaPo reports, adding that “ordinary people also have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion — one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S. control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.”
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