Think that's pretty much propaganda to denigrate the Coalition air strikes. The Hashd forces have various claims that the U.S. killed a number of their fighters and Federal Police.
Think that's pretty much propaganda to denigrate the Coalition air strikes. The Hashd forces have various claims that the U.S. killed a number of their fighters and Federal Police.
Just wrote a report about Sheikh Akram Kaabi and his Hezbollah al-Nujaba group. Kaabi was a student of Ayatollah Sadiq al-Sadr, then became a military commander within the Mahdi Army under the son Moqtada. In 2004 after battles of Najaf Iran said that it was ready to fully support Sadr in his fight against the U.S. and they created Asaib Ahl Al-Haq as a secret cell of the Sadr movement. Iran eventually grew tired of working with Sadr seeing him as too difficult and encouraged AAH to break away which happened in 2008. Kaabi went with AAH and became a top leader in that organization. When Syrian war started Kaabi created Hezbollah al-Nujaba which he claims is an independent organization but appears to still be part of AAH like AAH was secretly still part of the Sadr movement originally. Kaabi openly praises his ties to Iran, attacks the U.S. threatening to target their aircraft in Iraq, and says he believes in vilyat al faqih. Read more here.
Perfectly possible: there are really loads of unbelieveable claims and misinformation flying all over the Middle East - and in our media too - these days.Originally Posted by JWing
That said, can't say I would be sorry if this one proves to be truth.
BTW, something of similar kind could now happen to IRGC-QFs in Yemen. Despite Saudi-Sudanese re-approachment of the last year, and the SuAF deploying its Su-24s to Saudi Arabia two days ago, there is still a significant number of Iranian advisers working with the Sudanese armed forces and in the local defence industry.
Would by 'funny' if some IRGC-QF advisor working for Houthi now gets bombed out by a SuAF Su-24...
UN just released a report on Iraq's justice system. Found systematic abuse by police to gain confessions from defendants and judges ignoring it. Many other human rights groups have made similar reports, but usually focus upon terrorism cases. UN found that there is a denial of due process and acceptance of abuse by Iraq's judiciary in all types of cases from those accused of terrorism to prostitution. Read more here.
Just released my monthly totals for violence in Iraq in March. Attacks and casualties both went up from February largely due to Tikrit operation. Numbers are still lower than highs of the summer of 2014. Read more here.
Just wrote up an analysis of the successful clearing of Tikrit. Exposed internal and external divisions within Iraq. 1st it showed that while IS tactics can delay an offensive they don't have the manpower to stop government forces. 2nd the rivalry between Iran and the US for influence in Iraq was in full play in the operation. Iran wanted to be the sole power behind the campaign and did not want US involvement. Baghdad ended up asking for US support. 3rd it showed that some Hashd forces are not under govt control as they burned homes and looted. That caused an uproar within the political class and religious establishment in Najaf and was luckily brought under control. Read the full article here.
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