In this Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019 photo, a billboard depicting Shiite spiritual leaders and volunteer fighters from the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces who were killed in Iraq fighting Islamic State militants, is displayed in Basra, Iraq. As the U.S. and Israel step up their efforts to contain Iran, countries in Tehran’s orbit are feeling the heat. Nowhere is that being felt more than in Iraq, where Shiite forces tied to Iran pose a growing challenge to the government’s authority.
As the pressure mounts, divisions within Iraq’s pro-Iranian factions have burst into the open, threatening to collapse a fragile government coalition and end a rare reprieve from the violence that has plagued the country for years. Israel has not confirmed its involvement in the attacks, and U.S. officials have said Israel was behind at least one strike inside Iraq.
This week, there was a sense of foreboding following an attack by drones and cruise missiles on key Saudi Arabian oil installations. Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed it was in response to the yearslong Saudi-led war there, but U.S. and Saudi officials said it was launched from the north. Iran and Iraq lie to the north of Saudi Arabia, while Yemen is in the south.
Instead, PMF billboards reading “Death to America” have popped up between lanes of traffic in central Baghdad, following allegations of Israeli involvement in the series of airstrikes. One poster bears a picture of what looks like the ghost of the Statue of Liberty wearing a black hood. “America is the reason for insecurity and instability in the region,” it reads.
zkaram qabdulzahra Yes, while U.S does it to Iran, Iraq will do it to U.S its guardian Angel? So what does U.S gain by doing it to Iran? Pompeo any idea?
zkaram qabdulzahra Would be better to contain Israel and USA no matter Iran
zkaram qabdulzahra Akhir zaman akan tiba. Laluan the false messiah Dajal dari Isfahan Iran terus dipermudahkan.
zkaram qabdulzahra Has always been the case, when the avaricious regime of the US’s political threats reach an impasse& run into a brick wall, its propagandistic arm, western media jumps in & tries to find another angle attack on the independent country where wants to plough its own furrows.
zkaram qabdulzahra The real story should be how an entire Islamic sect is willing to betray their own countries elected government to their greatest regional enemy (the theocratical dictatorship next door in Iran) just because they lose an election or two. Seems like oddly familiar behavior...
zkaram qabdulzahra What?shiite are iraquis ,US and Israel are the saints...strange news
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