Posted on 06/13/2014 6:05:15 PM PDT by Lorianne
The U.S. may be joining forces with an unlikely adversary -- Iran -- if President Barack Obama decides to use force in Iraq. And it’s an idea that Tehran is open to, according to a senior Iranian official.
“We can work with the Americans to end the insurgency in the Middle East,” the official told Reuters in a story published Friday. "We are very influential in Iraq, Syria and many other countries."
The possibility of Iran working with the U.S. to quell the insurgency has been discussed internally among high-ranking Iranian officials, the source said. But it was unclear if those talks reached anyone else, including the United States.
Iran sent two units of its elite Quds Forces into Iraq on Thursday to fight alongside Iraqi soldiers. The units are already making progress, helping the Iraqis reclaim most of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from the al Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
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No, that’s not true at all!
The muslim world still hates us
and
he alienated us seeking to destroy relationships with our ww2 allies and G7 trading partners.
He is trying to bat 100% of the world against America.
I’ve mentioned her numerous times, Venezuela funded Chavez’ campaign. Chavez turned Venezuelan into a NARCO nation.
I see the same thing happening here, and have said we are being duped.
ISIS has pledged allegiance to Al Qaeda. Iran has had an allegience with Al Qaeda for years.
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/10/opinion/bergen-iran-al-qaeda/
The Iraq army outnumbers ISIS rebels 40 - 1. None of this makes sense.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/13/isis-s-secret-allies.html
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