According to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Iran-backed Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH) and Kata’ib Hezbollah militants attempted to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi during a terrorist attack on November 7. Meanwhile, President Biden condemned the terrorist attack but avoided blaming Iran.
“I strongly condemn the terrorist attack targeting the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Kadhimi,’ Biden said in a White House statement.
“I am relieved the Prime Minister was not injured and commend the leadership he has shown in calling for calm, restraint, and dialogue to protect the institutions of the state and strengthen the democracy Iraqis so richly deserve.”
“I have instructed my national security team to offer all appropriate assistance to Iraq’s security forces as they investigate this attack and identify those responsible,” Biden said.
But most experts are certain Iran was behind the attack.
ISW’s Key Takeaway:
Iran likely supported and facilitated a failed attempt by its Iraqi proxy militias to assassinate Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to retain Iran’s dominant influence in Iraq. Iran likely permitted the attack after Iraqi nationalist Shi’a cleric Moqtada al-Sadr began to pursue a new government without the participation of Iran’s proxies in the aftermath of Iraq’s October 10, 2021, elections. Iran and its proxies are most likely to deescalate if Sadr agrees to form a consensus government without Kadhimi as prime minister.
However, Iran has demonstrably shifted its policy towards the current Iraqi government and may be willing to permit more violence to achieve its objectives: an Iranian-influenced government under a controllable prime minister who accepts Iran’s dominant position. In a less likely but most dangerous scenario, Sadr could deploy his own militias to counter Iranian threats, risking a wider civil war in Iraq.
The ISW report added:
Tehran most likely supported and facilitated the assassination attempt. Anonymous regional officials claimed that Tehran had prior knowledge of the attack but did not directly order it.[5] The participation of KH, Iran’s most loyal and ideologically devoted proxy, indicates that Iran had prior warning and the opportunity to stop the attack but chose not to. Iran has long used KH as a threat to keep Kadhimi in line, even as it offered boons in the form of political support for Kadhimi’s premiership from other proxy groups.
Senior Iranian officials and their Iraqi allies quickly responded to the attempted assassination with notably consistent statements.
Team Biden seems obsessed with avoiding placing blame on Iran as they feverishly try to revive the failed 2015 Obama-Biden nuclear deal. Meanwhile, this increasing Iranian-backed internal conflict in Iraq could lead to a broader civil war.
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No Surprise here from the Winnie in Chief.
OOPS! My Spelling error. Meant Weenie in Chief! Need spell checker before I post!
Biden is nothing but a Limp dick.His brain.is dead . Lets go limpbdick Biden
Biden is a Shiite Muslim – led to Islam by Valerie Jarret and Obama
Gen Milley is a Shiite Muslim – converted while stationed in Afghanistan
Valerie Jarret is Biden’s Chief White House adviser and she was also Obama’s Chief adviser.
Make the paradigm shift Biden is al with the jihadists on dath to America.n
Just another pathetic Hateful Lier Coward.
Biden is just following his bosses orders. Biden can’t wipe hos own ass he so incapable and always has been but now ot is so obvious and he still has idiots that believe in him. How sad is that. But hey as the saying goes “you can’t fix stupid”.
You Can’t Fix Stupid@ but + funding to globalists, planned parenthood criminal organization is a good start, allow those globalist puppet, libby snow flake sheep to cure their own mental illness .
globalists probably have globalist puppet chester biden involved in the assassination attempt .
Just bow to Iran & kiss its ass right Biden
Can’t STAND to “listen” to any of them! The more insane “it” sounds, you can rest assured that “it” will be done by a Friday, so “sleepy Joe” can go hideout in Delaware. NOT ONE ‘person” in his cabinent has any BRAINS ! “They” NEVER anticipate ANYTHING and ALWAYS “lead from behind”, AND are ALWAYS on DEFENSE! Anyone who WAS in business will tell you, “THIS MAN’S A MORON”!
🎶 FK JOE BIDEN
What a freaking coward and chief we have! He has no backbone. Trump would have said what he had to say and be done with it. Old crybaby and weenie is a stinking coward.