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2024-10-08 Iraq
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Iran-backed militia says Israel may launch ‘limited’ attacks on Iraq
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”Pay attention to USSSSS!!!” [Rudaw] An Iran-backed Iraqi armed group said on Sunday that Israel may launch “limited” attacks on Iraq but the strikes will differ from those against Lebanon, amid fears of a wider regional spillover against the backdrop of the Israel-Gaza war.
“Israel may attack Iraq, however the attacks will be limited and different from those in Lebanon because Iraq’s situation, nature, and geography are different,” Kadhim al-Fartusi, spokesperson for the Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, part of the government-linked but Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, told Rudaw.
The IRI being the name the PMF puts on, false-nose-and-mustache style, when shooting missiles in the general direction of Israel. They take it off again immediately, of course, because false mustaches are itchy. Fartusi said that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq does not speak on behalf of the Iraqi government and is not coordinating with it, but “represents the people and is the voice and will of the people.”
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war a year ago, Baghdad has struggled to keep the delicate balance between maintaining relations with pro-Iran militias and keeping them at bay, and protecting the diplomatic and military interests of Western countries, particularly the United States.
“We are in the face of a war, a historic war, one fought with pride and honor, reflecting the battles of glory and heroism. Whatever the cost for Iraq, it does not cause concern, and it should not be based on mere political or diplomatic calculations,” Fartusi stressed, adding that the Muslim world is under “barbaric attack.”
“Iraq must act and take the initiative before events escalate into a war, for which it is unprepared,” he said.
The Washington Institute think tank in 2021 called Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada “a splinter of Kataib Hezbollah” - another pro-Iran Shiite militia group - that works under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Both groups are part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a network of shadow Iraqi militia groups backed by Iran that has launched hundreds of rocket and drone strikes against US military installations in Iraq in retaliation for Washington’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza.
Abu Alaa al-Walaei, secretary general of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, said in a statement on Monday that Iraq has become the “first support front” for Lebanon and Gaza, on the first anniversary of the war.
You go ahead and pretend you're important, dear. It won’t make any difference, but you’ll feel better about yourself. He accused regional powers Saudi Arabia and the UAE of providing “financial cover” for the bombardment of Gaza.
“These sponsoring regimes are in the circle of direct responsibility for the innocent blood that is being shed and it will not make them immune from punishment,” Walaei said, referring to Riyadh and Abu Dhabi.
What innocent blood? Hamas just admitted that 80% of the 41,000 they say Israel killed are Hamasniks and their families. And the other 20% are unadmitted human shields, so international law says Hamas owns responsibility for that blood, too. An Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut late last month killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, marking a significant escalation and greatly inflaming tensions between Israel and neighboring Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq - countries where Iran’s “axis of resistance” has considerable sway.
Meh. Maybe the whole axis will have a mass stroke from the tension and fall over dead. The conflict in Gaza has intensified since October 7 of last year, when Palestinian Hamas militants launched a large-scale incursion into southern Israel - killing more than 1,170 people, according to Israeli figures. Israel responded with a massive ongoing offensive in Gaza, killing over 40,000 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Israel has also escalated its strikes in Lebanon and parts of Syria over the past year, targeting Hezbollah and Iranian commanders.
With even more to come. Enjoy your increasing tension. On Tuesday, Iran launched around 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel.
…none of which accomplished anything of note. How mortifying for Iran. The IRGC said the attack was in response to the killing of Hezbollah secretary general Nasrallah, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and IRGC commander Abbad Nilforoushan.
On Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani called on world leaders to intensify their efforts to spare the Middle East from a wider conflict.
No. Marinate in it and rotate. 
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