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Iraq |
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a US departure |
2021-02-06 |
![]() Abu Arkan Ibrahim picked up a rifle and joined the Iraqi insurgency against U.S. troops when they occupied his hometown of Fallujah in 2003. He was badly burned in the fighting. Now, he fears the departure of the Americans he once battled. Over the past 17 years, the municipal employee has watched his city fall to the United States, al Qaeda, Islamic State |
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#1 Essawi, the Sunni paramilitary leader, said the Shi’ite militias have been emboldened by talk of the U.S. drawdown. The Iran-aligned forces, Essawi said, have put their flags back up at some checkpoints they had planned to abandon. 2011-2012 all over again... Captain Obvious forsees an ISIS resurgence. |
Posted by: Tennessee 2021-02-06 11:29 |