To counter Iran's increasingly aggressive role in Iraq, the UnitedStates should disrupt Iran's subversive network and raise the risksof its proxy war in Iraq; pressure Iraqi Shiite and Kurdishpolitical parties to distance themselves from Tehran if they wantcontinued U.S. support; and privately warn Tehran that continuedefforts to subvert Iraq will have negative consequences.
Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics emboldened his Iranian-backed rivals
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics emboldened his Iranian-backed rivals and raised the prospect of fresh factional flare-ups.
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, occupying parliament with no immediate.