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Iraq says it could deploy military into Syria following US withdrawal
2018-12-25
[IsraelTimes] Iraq’s prime minister says his government could deploy troops inside Syria, in the latest fallout from the US decision to withdraw from the war-torn country.

At a presser, Adel Abdul-Mahdi says his government is "considering all the options" to protect Iraq from threats across its borders.

The US stunned the international community last Thursday when it announced it would pull its forces out of Syria, leaving its allies, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, to fight the the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group alone.

IS jihadists hold a pocket of territory along the Syrian-Iraqi border. Iraq is keeping reinforcements at the frontier.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  The Turks and their henchmen are probably less fearsome, Charles.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-12-25 17:57  

#2  They might be busy fighting Sultanate Erdogan more than actual ISIS.
Posted by: Charles   2018-12-25 13:52  

#1  Just do not chase down MY KURDS!
Posted by: newc   2018-12-25 00:50  

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