Qais al-Khazali, AAH leader, July 2015

Date
July 2015
Name of Author
Qais al-Khazali
Body

“[T]he American project is trying at least to limit the presence of the Hashid Shaabi [Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units] to the borders of Fallujah and not reach Ramadi. This is the magnitude of the pressure from the American leadership now on the Iraqi prime minister.”Samia Nakhoul, “Iraqi militia leader says U.S. not serious about fighting Islamic State,” Reuters, July 28, 2015, http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-khazali-idUSKCN0Q22ED20150728.

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