US officials: Up to 100,000 Iran-backed fighters now in Iraq | Fox News
-you are right , and no one has questioned that Iran is not fighting the Islamic State.
but you close your eyes to the rest of the story, in this first artical you post it says
"As Iran advances, one anti-American actor is being replaced with another,”
again it says
raising concerns that should the Islamic State be defeated, it may only be replaced by
another anti-American force that fuels further sectarian violence in the region.
that first story you posted goes on and says
The Iranian-backed group has claimed responsibility for over 6,000 attacks against U.S.
forces in Iraq since 2006 and operates under the supervision of Soleimani, according to
a report by the Institute for the Study of War.
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now this last artical dated dec, 2014
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/...irstrikes-hit-islamic-state-in-iraq.html?_r=0
again I am not arguing they have troups fighting over there.
but that does not mean we are friends with Iran, and they are now good guys.
on the contrary, we see them more blantent then ever.
but lets read this link you gave.
Iran conducting military operations openly on foreign battlefields
rather than covertly and through proxies [like Hezbollah, Houthi rebel group ]
stepping from the shadows into a more overt use of hard power
as it[ promotes Shiite influence] around the region.
Tehran and Washington find themselves fighting the same enemy
in an increasingly public fashion.
While there is [no direct coordination] between Iran and the United States, there
is a de facto nonaggression pact that neither side is eager to acknowledge.
-seems they do not trust each other, and there is no coordination between them.
go google Hezbollah and Houthi rebel groups see what you get.
-continue reading your story
In Iraq, a degree of coordination between the American military and Iran’s is imperative
but also awkward, making it appear that the United States is working in tandem with its
adversary. Often [a single Iraqi officer] will serve as an intermediary between the
American-led air campaign and the Iranians.
The Obama administration has made clear that while it welcomes Iran’s help
in fighting the extremists, there is no actual coordination.
Ali Khedery, a former American official in Iraq, said,
“For the Iranians, really, the gloves are off.”
Of the growing regional role of General Suleimani, Mr. Khedery was blunt.
“Suleimani is the leader of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen,” he said.
“Iraq is not sovereign. It is led by Suleimani, and his boss,
Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei” — Iran’s supreme leader.
-so Iran claimes 4 other countrys capitols under there control, why?
The article you just read acknowledges that truth.
The articles you posted acknowledges that Iran has troups fighting in iraq.
the articals also say no actual coordination between them and the U.S..
that Iran said they would attack if they felt the U.S. in there way.
stated that one anti-American country is being replaced with another.
that Iraq is not sovereign-that Iran’s supreme leader is in charge.
but nowhere in those articals does it say Iran is safe and a friend of the U.S.