Quote Originally Posted by JWing View Post
New article today about how the militias/Hashd al-Shaabi might be a political threat to the established Shiite parties in Iraq.
Joel,
when researching about topics of this kind, please try to find out what's the stand of each of these parties' towards Tehran, especially what kind of contacts they have to the Khamenei clique (for example: via Soleimani-Vahid axis or in some other fashion).

IMHO, such links are likely to prove decisive for their future positions and strength too.