Knights: "The Danger of Letting Iraq's PMF Authority Law Pass"
By Michael Knights, for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.
The Danger of Letting Iraq's PMF Authority Law Pass
The Trump administration needs to quietly but firmly signal Baghdad that enshrining the militia umbrella group as a de facto "Iraqi IRGC" would pose an unacceptable threat to U.S. interests.
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