Iraq elections become a battleground for Iranian influence
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/12/iraq-elections-become-battleground-iranian-influence
The poll is being held amid renewed tensions between Iran and the US in the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to revoke the nuclear deal initiated and negotiated by Barack Obama. The move has fed anti-US sentiment on the streets of Baghdad and within the PMF as the vote draws near.
The shape of a postwar Popular Mobilisation Force has, to many Iraqis, become just as important as the fate of the country itself. Some senior Iraqi officials say the central issue of Saturday’s ballot is whether the organisation – and its estimated 150,000 members, largely Shia Muslim volunteers – is integrated into the structures of the Iraqi state or instead becomes a powerful autonomous institution.
Thanks Trump for this to happen.
"but he's just giving iran a choice to cut their shit out or we'll cut it out for them!"
says person trying to justify Trump's decision, which he clearly made up his mind about long before entering office.
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