“If it were not for the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and General Soleimani, we would not today have a government headed by Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad,” Ameri said during a memorial service for a fallen soldier, according to Fars News Agency.
But CIA Director John Brennan seems less sure of General Soleimani. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Brennan said that Suleimani – and Tehran, at large – could destabilize Iraq even further once the Islamic State is defeated.
Brennan called General Soleimani “very aggressive and active,” and expressed fears that he and the Iranian government could forge a close ties with Iraq, only to turn against Sunni and Kurdish Iraqis.
via CIA Director Mad That Iranian General Fights Against ISIL in Iraq / Sputnik International.
Indiĝenaj Inteligenteco 