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Daesh and the militants of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi in Iraq are two sides of the same coin: both wallowing in extreme violence, and exploiting each other’s existence to justify their expansive, extremist agendas. The Hashd’s Iranian masters have also exploited Daesh and Al-Qaeda in their quest for regional supremacy. Soon after the creation of Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi in 2014 from