Michael P Pregent
Former Intel Officer | Politics, Terrorism, & Cowboys - over Scotch, Chess, & Guitar | Senior Fellow | Veteran of 3 Wars | H-MINUS | Born in NY - Raised in TX.
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The Biden team will try to avoid linking Iran to the Erbil rocket attack - they will downplay the role IRGC-QF militias had in the attack. They will defer to Baghdad on attribution...
The IRGC & its Qods Force is being hit in Iran for the actions of its proxies in Iraq and across the region. Military, missile sites, & sites tied to Iran's illicit nuclear progra...
U.S - Iraq talks will focus on fast, free, & fair elections in Iraq - The U.S. sees the protest movement as leverage. With new elections & more than 65% of Iraqis expected to vote...
"There are two camps in Washington about policy towards Iraq. The first camp includes Michael Knights from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Anthony Pfaff from the...
PM Kadhimi sat to the left of Falah al-Fayad & Abu Fadak - the new Mohandes - sat to Fayad's right. The militias are not worried about Sa'adi at CTS, not concerned about Othman...
"Iran Is Losing Its Grip in Iraq" This couldn't be further from reality @EliLake, not surprising when Knights is one of your sources. Fact: The IRGC-QF, Badr, AAH, & Lebanese Hez...
So, ISIS is attacking Sunni PMF across Iraq while the more capable Shia PMF tied to Tehran, argue that these ISIS attacks are justification for their existence. Sunni PMF are sayi...
Let's not forget it was the Iraqi Government that condemned our strikes on Kataib Hezbollah after killing Nawres Hamid on Dec 27th. Let Kataib Hezbollah, AAH, and others inside th...
Here Americans go again... confusing an Intel Directorβs willingness to go after Sunnis under the umbrella of the ISIS campaign with the willingness to go after QF militias. Those...
Soleimani replacement picked to intimidate Iraqi protesters and Kurds - protesters across the Shia Crescent. What is he known for? Ismael Ghaani, carried out the execution of eve...
Time to listen to the Iraqi people not the grouping of Soleimani's militias in the COR. Stay to ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS and counter Iran's malign influence. Sanction M...