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The Iranians Escalate in Baghdad

(Wall Street Journal) Editorial - As an Iranian proxy militia surrounded the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, the real story was Tehran's desire to push the U.S. out of Iraq. The 2015 nuclear deal provided Tehran a $150 billion windfall, and it spent it lavishly arming and training proxy forces throughout the Middle East such as Kataib Hezbollah, a Shiite militia loyal to Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Iran now uses these groups to spread its political influence in neighboring countries and to commit terrorist acts while denying responsibility. If Iran or its proxies escalate again, the U.S. can't rule out targeting Iran's Revolutionary Guards in Syria. Israel has shown how that can be done. Gen. Soleimani, the orchestrator of anti-American actions going back to the Iraq war, may also be a worthy target. He certainly has the blood of enough Americans on his hands.
2020-01-01 00:00:00
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