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2025-12-02 Iraq
US said to warn Iraq that Israel will strike militias that seek to aid Hezbollah
[IsraelTimes] Envoy Tom Barrack meets newly reelected PM in Baghdad, reportedly tells him to crack down on Iran-backed groups and stay out of regional conflicts

US envoy Tom Barrack reportedly warned Iraq’s leader on Sunday that Israel could carry out strikes on militias in Iraq if they seek to aid Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

Barrack, the US ambassador to The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
and special envoy on Syria, met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
i in Baghdad.

In a statement, Sudani’s office said the pair discussed "preventing any further escalation in the region," and that Barrack stressed Iraq’s "constructive and essential role" in such a goal.

The state-owned Saudi al-Hadath TV network reported Monday that Barrack warned Iraq of a "harsh Israeli strike," if Iraqi factions seek to intervene in support of Hezbollah.

Citing sources, the station said Barrack told Baghdad that Israel’s operations in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
will "continue until Hezbollah is disarmed."

According to The New Arab news outlet — citing its Arabic-language sister site — Barrack warned Sudani to stop Iraqi groups from providing Hezbollah with military and financial support.

Citing an Iraqi source, the website said Barrack’s visit to Baghdad was designed to pass on the Trump administration’s positions on the current situation in both Syria and Lebanon.

"The Americans don’t want Iraq to interfere in the affairs of Syria or Lebanon, specifically the armed factions allied with Iran," the anonymous source told the news site.

Sudani won reelection last month in a national vote in Iraq, and now seeks to bring balance to a country in a region racked with turmoil.

Tensions between Israel and both Syria and Lebanon have ratcheted up over the past week. The IDF has intensified its strikes against Hezbollah targets, which it accuses of violating the ceasefire, including killing the group’s chief of staff in a rare strike on Beirut last week.

In Syria, IDF soldiers engaged in a rare shootout with button men in southern Syria on Friday during an arrest operation Israel said it carried out due to intelligence warning of imminent attacks.

Over the past two years, as Israel fought wars on numerous fronts, it held back from any strikes on forces in Iraq — even as militias there fired drones at Israel — likely due to the heavy presence of US forces in the country.

Iraq seeks to maintain a delicate balance between its allies, Iran, and the US, even more so now that the Middle East is undergoing seismic changes, with new alliances forming and old powers weakening.

Even as its influence wanes, Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
hopes to preserve its power in Iraq — challenging the US with powerful Tehran-backed gangs, and keeping the Iraqi market open to products from its crippled economy. Washington, which holds much sway in Iraq and has forces deployed there, conversely hopes to cripple Iran’s influence, and has been pressuring Baghdad to disarm the pro-Iran groups.

US President Donald Trump
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
has made it clear that he is seeking a de-escalation across the region, pushing Israel to move ahead with the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
ceasefire and reach a deal with Damascus, and pressuring Beirut to rapidly disarm Hezbollah in order to stabilize the shaky truce there. Trump warned Israel on Monday not to "interfere with Syria’s evolution into a prosperous state." # id) ?>
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