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CNN. Broadcasting More Iranian Butt Smooching While Barry Tries Getting A Nuclear Agreement !

 

 

 

POTUS Approves U.S. Troops Sharing Base with Iran

 

Cant make this up…Iran has been an enemy of the United States for decades and now our uniformed personnel in Iraq are forced to share an air base, Taqqadum, in Anbar. This is not sitting well with one senator and frankly, we should be screaming about it. What is worse, is the Joint Chiefs are apparently cool with it unless there are chairs and tables being thrown about in the halls of the Pentagon?

 

 

Monday, June 22, 2015
Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in response to reports that the United States is sharing a military base with Iranian forces in Iraq:

“When I was a soldier fighting in Iraq, Iran supplied the most advanced, most lethal roadside bombs used against coalition forces. Many American soldiers lost their lives to Iran’s proxies and Iranian-supplied bombs. Further, Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and has been attacking the United States for decades. It’s deeply troubling that the President now finds it acceptable to share a military base with this enemy, even while we are attempting to negotiate a deal to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

“This report is a stark and nearly absurd demonstration of the Obama administration’s tacit accommodation of Iran’s strategic aim of extending its influence in Iraq. It echoes the president’s tacit accommodation of Iran’s wish to maintain Bashar al-Assad in Syria and his explicit accommodation of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.”



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Iran's Forces and U.S. Share a Base in Iraq

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The U.S. military and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are getting closer and closer in Iraq, even sharing a base, while Iran uses those militias to expand its influence in Iraq and fight alongside the Bashar al-Assad regime in neighboring Syria.

Two senior administration officials confirmed to us that U.S. soldiers and Shiite militia groups are both using the Taqqadum military base in Anbar, the same Iraqi base where President Obama is sending an additional 450 U.S. military personnel to help train the local forces fighting against the Islamic State. Some of the Iran-backed Shiite militias at the base have killed American soldiers in the past.

Some inside the Obama administration fear that sharing the base puts U.S. soldiers at risk. The U.S. intelligence community has reported back to Washington that representatives of some of the more extreme militias have been spying on U.S. operations at Taqqadum, one senior administration official told us. That could be calamitous if the fragile relationship between the U.S. military and the Shiite militias comes apart and Iran-backed forces decide to again target U.S. troops.

American critics of this growing cooperation between the U.S. military and the Iranian-backed militias call it a betrayal of the U.S. personnel who fought against the militias during the 10-year U.S. occupation of Iraq.

“It’s an insult to the families of the American soldiers that were wounded and killed in battles in which the Shia militias were the enemy,” Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain told us. “Now, providing arms to them and supporting them, it’s very hard for those families to understand.”

The U.S. is not directly training Shiite units of what are known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which include tens of thousands of Iraqis who have volunteered to fight against the Islamic State as well as thousands of hardened militants who ultimately answer to militia leaders loyal to Tehran. But the U.S. is flying close air support missions for those forces.

The U.S. gives weapons directly only to the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Security Forces, but the lines between them and the militias are blurry. U.S. weapons often fall into the hands of militias like Iraqi Hezbollah. Sometimes the military cooperation is even more explicit. Commanders of some of the hard-line militias sit in on U.S. military briefings on operations that were meant for the government-controlled Iraqi Security Forces, a senior administration official said.

This collaboration with terrorist groups that have killed Americans was seen as unavoidable as the U.S. marshaled Iraqis against the Islamic State, but could prove counterproductive to U.S. interests in the long term, this official said.

The militias comprise largely Shiite volunteers and are headed by the leader of the Iraqi Hezbollah, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. He was sanctioned in 2009 by the Treasury Department for destabilizing Iraq. Al-Muhandis is a close associate of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian Quds Force commander, who has snapped selfies with the militia leader at key battles.

Other militias that have participated in the fighting against the Islamic State include the League of the Righteous, which in 2007 carried out a brutal roadside execution of five U.S. soldiers near Karbala. The group to this day boasts of its killing of U.S. soldiers. In an interview in February, a spokesman for the militia defended the killings and said his militia had killed many more American soldiers.

Members of these groups have also been deployed by Iran to defend the Assad regime in neighboring Syria. James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, confirmed in a June 3 letter to seven Republican senators, which we obtained, that "Iran and Hezbollah have also leveraged allied Iraqi Shiia militant and terrorist groups -- which receive training in Iran -- to participate in pro-Assad operations." 

The Washington Institute in 2013 identified three militias -- the League of the Righteous, Iraqi Hezbollah and Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada -- as sending elite fighters to Syria to fight for Assad. All three help to lead the popular mobilization committees that fight the Islamic State in Iraq.

These militias also stand accused of gross human rights abuses and battlefield atrocities in Sunni areas where they have fought. The State Department heavily criticized Iran’s support for the Iraqi militias and those militias’ behavior in its annual report on worldwide terrorism, released late last week.

“Despite its pledge to support Iraq’s stabilization, Iran increased training and funding to Iraqi Shia militia groups in response to ISIL’s advance into Iraq. Many of these groups, such as Iraqi Hezbollah, have exacerbated sectarian tensions in Iraq and have committed serious human rights abuses against primarily Sunni civilians,” the State Department reported. “Similar to Hezbollah fighters, many of these trained Shia militants have used these skills to fight for the Assad regime in Syria or against ISIL in Iraq.”

Accounts of the number of Iraqi Shiite fighters at Taqqadum vary. One senior administration official told us there are “only a few” militia representatives at the base, to coordinate with Iraqi Security Forces, while the bulk of the popular mobilization forces are deployed in the field, mostly around Ramadi, which is held by the Islamic State. A different senior administration official told us that there were hundreds of Shiite militia fighters at the base recently and that they flow in and out of the base for operations in the area.

The U.S. government has sought and received formal assurances from the government of Iraq that the Shiite militias on the base would not interfere with American military personnel. But there’s widespread skepticism that the politicians in Baghdad exert any real control over the hard-line militias. So far, in the 11 months since U.S. special operations forces have been in Iraq, Iranian-supported militias in Iraq and U.S. personnel have not clashed while fighting a common enemy.

“There’s no real command and control from the central government,” one senior administration official said. “Even if these guys don’t attack us … Iran is ushering in a new Hezbollah era in Iraq, and we will have aided and abetted it.”

With the deadline approaching for a nuclear deal that would place up to $150 billion in the hands of Iran, the U.S. is now openly acknowledging in its annual report on international terrorism that Iran is supporting a foreign legion, comprising Afghans, Iraqis and Lebanese fighters, to defend Iranian interests throughout the Middle East. 

But the U.S. response to this is inconsistent. In Iraq, America is fighting alongside Iranian-backed militias. In Syria, U.S.-supported forces are fighting against these same militias. The tragedy of this policy is that the Islamic State has been able to hold and expand its territory in Iraq and Syria, while Iran has been able to tighten its grip on Baghdad.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-22/iran-s-forces-and-u-s-share-a-base-in-iraq

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anyone see where that molehill went?  i've been scouring this mountain to find it.  

 

both iran and usa have a tremendous capital interest in iraq.  sharing space is not the same as an alliance.  too much....just too much.  the united states is doing everything possible to get us an RV and we go kicking and screaming about it.   SMH

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if i don't get an rv until iraq is stabilized, for heavens sake please do WHATEVER you have to do and bunk with whomever you have to bunk with to get my cheddar.  are you all nutz or something?!  aren't we trying to realize some wealth here???

Let me preface here and remind you of the amount of respect I've

for you.

Now be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

With the way Obama has now positioned our troops in Iraq

ISIS could feasibly slaughter hundreds of American soldiers.

Imagine what the political outrage Americans would have if they saw

pictures of American soldiers being murdered like we did with

the Iraqis.

It would be reported as, American soldiers murdered by Syrian

backed terrorist group known as ISIS. Americans would demand

that we launch a massive response and further that we go into Syria

and make certain this never happens again.

In the process Iraq is secured and can then RV.

Now tell me again, how much you don't care how Iraq RV's?

Because I've got a very sick and sinking sorrow deep within me

that this is what's going to occur.

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Let me preface here and remind you of the amount of respect I've

for you.

Now be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

With the way Obama has now positioned our troops in Iraq

ISIS could feasibly slaughter hundreds of American soldiers.

Imagine what the political outrage Americans would have if they saw

pictures of American soldiers being murdered like we did with

the Iraqis.

It would be reported as, American soldiers murdered by Syrian

backed terrorist group known as ISIS. Americans would demand

that we launch a massive response and further that we go into Syria

and make certain this never happens again.

In the process Iraq is secured and can then RV.

Now tell me again, how much you don't care how Iraq RV's?

Because I've got a very sick and sinking sorrow deep within me

that this is what's going to occur.

but if that's the case why didn't they Rv when Iraq was somewhat stable 4 years ago? I'm guessing someone will say because of Maliki but I don't buy that.

Sleeping with the enemy is wrong ! No amount of money is worth this. I surely respect the office of president but I don't respect the man one stinking bit

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One American life......Not worth all the dinars....rv'd or not.

i read what you are saying with great sentiment but we ALL know this is not reality.  our sons and daughters as warfighters have not died for american freedom in over a century.  it has all been about protecting corporate interest, wouldn't you agree??

 

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Smedley Butler on Interventionism

-- Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933, by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.

 

 War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.

 

I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we'll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.

 

I wouldn't go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.

 

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.

 

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

 

I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

 

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

 

During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

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CNN. Broadcasting More Iranian Butt Smooching While Barry Tries Getting A Nuclear Agreement !

 

 

 

POTUS Approves U.S. Troops Sharing Base with Iran

 

Cant make this up…Iran has been an enemy of the United States for decades and now our uniformed personnel in Iraq are forced to share an air base, Taqqadum, in Anbar. This is not sitting well with one senator and frankly, we should be screaming about it. What is worse, is the Joint Chiefs are apparently cool with it unless there are chairs and tables being thrown about in the halls of the Pentagon?

 

 

Monday, June 22, 2015

Washington, D.C.— Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today released the following statement in response to reports that the United States is sharing a military base with Iranian forces in Iraq:

“When I was a soldier fighting in Iraq, Iran supplied the most advanced, most lethal roadside bombs used against coalition forces. Many American soldiers lost their lives to Iran’s proxies and Iranian-supplied bombs. Further, Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and has been attacking the United States for decades. It’s deeply troubling that the President now finds it acceptable to share a military base with this enemy, even while we are attempting to negotiate a deal to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

“This report is a stark and nearly absurd demonstration of the Obama administration’s tacit accommodation of Iran’s strategic aim of extending its influence in Iraq. It echoes the president’s tacit accommodation of Iran’s wish to maintain Bashar al-Assad in Syria and his explicit accommodation of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.”

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Time to calm down, Thug.

 

U.S. troops and Shiite militiamen share Iraq base

By Andrew Tilghman, Staff writer4:54 p.m. EDT June 23, 2015

 

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The 450 U.S. troops who are settling into their new outpost at Iraq's Taqaddum Air Base are sharing the facility with some Shiite militiamen — but only a few.

Not long ago, Taqaddum was home to a large contingent of Shiite militia fighters, some of them likely linked to groups that were targeting U.S. troops in combat operations a decade ago.

But that changed after American military commanders recently identified Taqaddum, a sprawling base in the heart of Anbar province, as a good location for a new forward operating base for about 450 U.S. troops who will help support the Iraqis' fight against the Sunni extremist group known as the Islamic State group.

Top U.S. military officials told the Iraqis that the irregular Shiite militias, along with any Iranian military units, had to leave before American service members would arrive as part of the latest buildup of U.S. forces.

"One of the conditions for our arrival there was that these units move off of Taqaddum Air Base," Army Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said Tuesday.

U.S. officials also specifically told the Iraqis to remove any units or leaders from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, Warren said.

The IRGC is a faction of Iran's military that is providing training and support to the Iraqi military in its fight against the Islamic State group.

For now, the Shiite militia presence at Taqaddum is limited to "some individuals who are working or serving in some sort of a liaison capacity" with the Iraqi army units at the base, Warren said.

"The [shia militia] representatives who are on Taqaddum and the American forces who are on Taqaddum are separated by space. The government of Iraq is helping to coordinate the separation of these two groups," Warren said.

Just a couple of months ago, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East said Iraq's Shiite militias have American blood on their hands and he hoped today's mission to defeat the Islamic State extremists would not involve an alliance with those groups.

"Three tours in Iraq commanding troops who were brutalized by some of these Shia militias ... I will not — and I hope we never — coordinate or cooperate with the Shia militias," Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, chief of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 26.

For instance, in March, the U.S. refused to provide airstrikes in support of an anti-ISIS operation in Tikrit that was led mainly by Shiite militias and some Iranian military officials.

American officials are wary of Shiite militia fighting in predominantly Sunni regions of Iraq for fear they will mistreat the local civilians and fuel sectarian tension in Iraq.

U.S. officials say sectarian tension is fueling support for the Islamic State group, which appeals to local Iraqis as a defender of Iraq's Sunni community against a repressive Shiite-led government in Baghdad and aggressive Shiite militias.

But after the demoralizing fall of the city of Ramadi to Islamic State forces in May, the U.S. military softened that stance and now agrees to support any military forces that are "under the command and control" of the Iraqi government.

These irregular forces that are not formally a part of the Iraqi army but operate under Iraqi commanders are known as "popular mobilization forces."

Today, U.S. aircraft can provide air support to ground-level Shiite militias fighting Islamic State forces. But apparently, sharing a base with those same units is a bridge too far.

"As we conducted our broader force protection analysis, we felt that it was in our interest, in the interest and safety of our personnel, to have these militia units move off of al Taqaddum Air Base," Warrren said.

The majority of the 450 U.S. troops who are setting up the American outpost at Taqaddum are dedicated to force protection. A small portion, potentially fewer than 100, will be mounting an advise-and-assist mission with the Iraq military leaders there.

The White House on June 10 announced plans to deploy an additional 450 troops to Iraq. That could bring the total number of U.S. forces to 3,500.

Those Americans who have begun arriving at Taqaddum recently welcomed about 500 Sunni fighters to a ceremony where the locals were officially inducted into a "popular mobilization" unit, and given pay and arms, said Marine Brig. Gen. Thomas Weidley, who is the chief of staff for the war effort in Iraq and Syria.

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/pentagon/2015/06/23/troops-share-iraq-base-with-shiites/29173663/

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