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Iraq
Tehran’s control over Iraqi leaders — the smoking gun
2019-11-22
[THEBAGHDADPOST] Our worst fears about Iranian dominance of Iraq have been proven true in the form of large quantities of leaked Iranian intelligence documents. These materials pertain to Iraq, yet provide insights into the nature of Tehran’s clandestine activities in Syria, Leb, Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
 and elsewhere.

These documents demonstrate that almost every senior Iraqi official is in Tehran’s pocket.
Oh dear.
Current Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi is characterized as having a "special relationship" with Iran. Former PMs Nouri al-Maliki and Ibrahim al-Jaafari were wholly under Iran’s sway. Even Haider Abadi, who is usually portrayed as pro-West, held regular private meetings with Iranian intelligence personnel. Most of Abadi’s ministers were likewise assessed to be beholden to Tehran. In the context of the fight against ISIS, one Iranian agent told Abadi: "The Sunnis are vagrants, their cities are destroyed," adding that Iran
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