Iraq: Is Iran providing trainning and logistic support to Al-Sadr's Mahdi army?

Posted 11 weeks 3 days ago by Mercyphotography

Both the CIA and the US army have been making the claim for sometime now. Iran's government is vehemently contesting the validity of it.

After a trip to Iran, and with a battle still going on in Sadr City, Prime minister Al-Maliki's government wants to get to the bottom of the issue. Today, it was announced that his government will put in place hearings to investigate the matter.

It is a positive indication that the Al-Maliki's government is taking a hard look at a critical issue for the future of Iraq and the growing split within factions of the Shiite community.

In the US elections context, Senator Obama is attacking Senator Clinton for using a " Bush diplomatic approach "when she made the claim that , in case of an attack on Israel by Iran, the US should retaliate and " obliterate Iran ". Is Senator Clinton making a stand for political purpose or does she really mean what she said ?

To listen to NPR's report go to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90180121

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I certainly hope she is, I think she is trying to sound tough and compete with Sen.McCain on that level.
I think it is a very bad idea to use terms like " obliterate " in any foreign policy context, it is not productive and, as matter of fact quite the opposite.

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