US representatives question State Dept policy in Iraq favoring Iran over Kurds
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US Congressional representatives and others gather in front of the Capitol to support Kurds in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Several US congressmen including war veterans gathered in front of the Capitol to slam the presence of Iran-backed militias within the Iraqi Interior Ministry and call for more US State Department and White House support for Kurds.”A picture is worth 1,000 words. There’s the M1 Abrams tank with a Hezbollah flag. I don’t care what the State Department says, they can’t argue with this. At the best, the State Department has been derelict in its duties,” US Congressman Duncan Hunter, while holding up a photo of what he believes were Shiite militias on a US tank. “At worse they’ve been complicit.”Many of congressmen and advisors who took turns talking on Wednes...