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| Shiite militias: We will fight US Special Forces in Iraq | |
| 2015-12-03 | |
Iraqi Shiite hard boyz of Kataib Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Badr Organization and Asaib Ahl al-Haq on Tuesday pledged to fight US troops. "We will fight any American force deployed in Iraq," said Jafaar Hussaini, a spokesperson for Kataib Hezbollah, as quoted by Rooters. He added that the group's primary target will become US troops if they are deployed in Iraq, warning that Kataib Hezbollah has fought Americans in the past and will fight them again. According to Rooters, the Iran-backed Badr Organization and Asaib Ahl al-Haq have also claimed similar statements against the United States, which has been playing a big role in the battle against ISIS since 2014, when it began providing advisors and trainers to Iraqi forces as well as direct air support. Up to 3,500 US troops are currently advising and assisting Iraqi forces, including Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. The United States announced Tuesday it would send an "expeditionary" elite group to combat ISIS. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the force would be larger than the 50 American special operations troops already being deployed in neighboring Syria. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Obviously, they want to be the next vicious dictator, if only for a part of the country once known as Iraq. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2015-12-03 07:48 |