Shiite official: US can’t control a hand’s-breadth of Iraq

Shiite official: US can’t control a hand’s-breadth of Iraq

By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor on August 31, 2015

“The tension between the Americans and the Hashd al-Shaabi has crippled the military operation to liberate Ramadi,” Fahdawi said.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Reports of tension between US forces and the Shiite militias known as the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces, escalated Saturday with some saying the dispute is stalling the war against the Islamic State.

Karim Nury, Hashd al-Shaabi deputy spokesman, on Saturday denied claims that the US government forced the Shiite fighters to retreat from Anbar province.

“Retreat from Anbar means a collapse and handing over the province to the ISIS militants,” Nury said. “American soldiers don’t have the ability to control even a hand’s width of Iraqi soil without the help of Iraqi tribes. The experience with Al-Qaeda proves this claim.”

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