Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

[JWing]

Is this unexpected or a bad thing?

Expected. After the massive Iranian mobilization for Syria it wasn't going to let Iraq right on its border go down too. Might be interested in reading my interview with Phillip Smyth about Iranian and Shia militia mobilization that's currently going on in Iraq

http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...-mobilize.html