ISIS Iraq Massacres Confirmed, as US in Unintended Alliance with Iran
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Jihadi fighters carried out mass executions of Iraqi soldiers after starting their blitz attacks two weeks ago, a report said Friday, as the US, Russia, Iran and Syria were thrown into an unintended alliance against insurgents bent on shifting the Middle East map.
But as they find themselves on the same side in the battle against insurgents that include jihadis and former loyalists of Saddam Hussein’s ousted regime, there is no accord among the global and regional powers on Iraq’s political battlefield.
In Baghdad, the embattled Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was in danger of being swept away by events, as parliament agreed to convene on Tuesday to choose a new government, and Iraqi politicians indicated that the two-term prime minister was no longer a viable option.
But the voices in Baghdad also acknowledged that removing Maliki would not be easy, because his party garnered a large number of votes in elections that preceded the Sunni insurgency, and because he is backed by powerful Iran.
Syria also has declared where it stands in the war, after its fighter jets carried out border raids on militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which is fighting to carve out an Islamic state that straddles both countries.
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