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March 1, Iraq launches offensive to take back Tikrit from ISIL, and than Mosul, and Anbar the critical part next in the Mission: but Who Will Evict ISIL?

Moreover who will get the most out of it?

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Are we allowing the Iranian Spirit out of the Bottle? Do we think to get it back-in?Ever noted the saying The Shia Cresent? Liberators or invaders?

"Today the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army is fully prepared and monitors ISIL's moves; no doubt, ISIL does not have the capability to take action against the sacred land of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Pourdastan told FNA

- At a rally last month on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani gloated: “We are witnessing the export of the Islamic Revolution throughout the region. From Bahrain and Iraq to Syria, Yemen and North Africa.” Although the subject of the “export of the Islamic Revolution” is often discussed, it’s seldom properly defined and understood.

- In remarks made last year, IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani stated that “by establishing the Basij, the third child of the revolution is being born in Iraq after it was mobilized in Syria and Lebanon.” Hamedani was referring to Iraq’s “Popular Mobilization Forces,” or hashd which is Arabic for basij.

- Now the Islamic revolutionary model is being reproduced in Iraq, Syria and Yemen as well, by setting up those same structures. The “Army, People (Basij), Resistance” formula is not a mere slogan. It’s an Iranian blueprint dating back to the birth of the Islamic Revolution. And that’s what’s now being copied across the region

- Iran is using the same recipe in Syria, creating the parallel army Haras al-Qowmi (Ethnic Guard) with the help of the Lebanese Hezbollah

“Today, Baghdad is the capital of our culture and identity, and Iraq is geopolitically inseparable from Iran” says Ayatollah Ali Yunessi, special adviser to President Hassan Rouhani. “Having fought together, we must become one.”

“You think the mullahs are weak? You think those bearded fanatics will give up? No, they are not weak, they will never give up.” “Houthis drove the Western- and Saudi-backed government out of Yemen’s capital... prompting Iranian officials to boast that they now occupied ‘four Arab capitals.’” Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Gen. Qassem Soleimani is overseeing Iraq’s offensive against Islamic State. Accordingly, Tehran is in dire need for the nuclear deal, because it would allow it to press ahead with its wars in Syria and Yemen, which are necessary for Iranian strategy to have access to the Mediterranean and control Bab al-Mandeb, as well as have a foothold on the Yemeni border with Saudi Arabia. However, this does not mean that Iran will prevail in the long run. The challenges in Iraq are serious, and a large part of the Iraqi people is angry with Tehran. If the partitioning of Iraq

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will reassure Iran and shield it from resentment and retribution, the Iranian "empire" will collapse in the long run because of the grudges that go beyond Iraq and ISIS. Though Iran is benefiting today, it could be implicated tomorrow among enemies, especially if it moves to partition Arab countries to build its Persian Crescent.

An Iranian general who has been a key adviser in Iraq's fightback against ISIS was voted Iran's person of the year in an annual poll released Sunday 15 March. General Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, won 37 percent of the votes cast in the survey to mark the Persian New Year, Nowruz.

15 March, We’re letting Iran and ISIS carve up Iraq By Amir Taheri

The good news: The Iraqi army, backed by Kurdish and Shiite militias, has captured parts of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein’s hometown, from the Islamic State after weeks of bitter fighting. It may take several more weeks of bitter house-to-house fighting before IS retreats toward its heartland of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqah in Syria, but the army of the self-styled caliph has already experienced its biggest battlefield defeats. The bad news: Iran is the biggest winner in the Tikrit fight — and IS is gaining elsewhere. The two are dancing toward a de facto partition of Iraq between them. While IS was retreating on the Tikrit front north of Baghdad, its forces were making major gains east of the Iraqi capital with the aim of capturing Ramadi, Iraq’s fourth-largest Arab Sunni city. In fact, IS (aka ISIS, or Daesh in Arabic) still controls the largest chunk of territory that any terrorist group ever has. It also continues to attract large numbers of volunteer jihadists, from Western Europe and even from China, the Philippines and Japan. In propaganda terms, IS has also scored new gains by securing pledges of loyalty from other jihadi movements in Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Algeria and Mali. The latest came from Boko Haram in Nigeria.Meanwhile, the general perception in Baghdad and elsewhere is that the real winners of the (as yet incomplete) victory in Tikrit were Shiite militias backed and even led by military advisers from the Quds Corps of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has tried to claim the victory for his forces, but Iran’s propaganda machine is in full gear awarding credit to the military genius of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, the celebrity Quds Corps commander. Some Iranian officials even claim a new Persian empire is taking shape across most of the Middle East. “Today, Baghdad is the capital of our culture and identity, and Iraq is geopolitically inseparable from Iran” says Ayatollah Ali Yunessi, special adviser to President Hassan Rouhani. “Having fought together, we must become one.” Such talk is a propaganda boost to IS, which bases part of its claim to legitimacy on its “resistance against Iranian plots to conquer Arab lands and force Sunnis to convert to Shiism.”Meanwhile, Iran seems to be applying the recipe it’s used in Lebanon and Yemen to beleaguered Iraq. They key ingredient: creating a parallel army that, in time, can outgrow the national army of the “host” nation. This is just what Iran achieved with the branch of Hezbollah (Party of God) it set up in Lebanon and its sister organization, Ansar-Allah (Helpers of God), which last month seized power in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.Iran is using the same recipe in Syria, creating the parallel army Haras al-Qowmi (Ethnic Guard) with the help of the Lebanese Hezbollah. The Iraqi version, Hashad al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization), is modeled on Iran’s Baseej Mustazafeen (Mobilization of the Downtrodden). At its core are four Shiite militias theoretically disbanded under ex-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: the Badr (Full Moon), Jaish al-Mahdi (The Mahdi Army), the Iraqi Hezbollah and Jund al-Shuhada (Army of Martyrs).

The Iranian regime knows it lacks the military power and the political support needed to seize direct control in any Arab state, least of all Iraq. This is why it plans to create a state-within-a-state situation — where the formal government in Baghdad, like the formal governments in Beirut or Damascus, will be an empty shell, with real power exercised by heavily armed and well-funded groups linked to Tehran. These Iranian-controlled groups would command chunks of territory while letting Sunni jihadists set up shop in their own neck of the woods. In other words, Iran is not aiming to defeat IS, let alone destroy it. All Tehran wants is to create a safe corridor through Iraqi territory to Syria and thence to Lebanon. And IS seems to be preparing for just such an outcome by diverting resources to its eastern and southeastern fronts — with the ultimate aim of threatening Jordan and, later, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The deadly dance of IS and the Quds Corps is facilitated by President Obama’s inability or unwillingness to define his war aims, let alone develop a credible strategy for preventing IS and Iran from dividing the Levant between them. Debating Obama’s demand for a war authorization to deal with the situation in Iraq, Congress must start by asking the president to clearly define what he intends to do and how he intends on doing it. If the answer is to continue with Obama’s current policy and posture, don’t expect anything good to come out it — for either the United States or Iraq.

Commander: ISIL Unable to Threaten Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- The ISIL terrorists will never dare to approach and pose a threat to the Iranian borders, Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan said on Sunday. "Today the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army is fully prepared and monitors ISIL's moves; no doubt, ISIL does not have the capability to take action against the sacred land of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Pourdastan told FNA. "Today the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran have come to realize that our country enjoys extraordinary military capabilities, and this power has deterred the enemies," he stressed. In relevant remarks on Saturday night, Pourdastan blasted the arrogant powers' support for the terrorist groups in the region, and said the ISIL and other Takfiri groups were fighting in a US proxy war against the Muslim world. Addressing a ceremony in the Western province of Kurdistan, he said that the Islamic Republic had faced different plots during its 36-year-old life.Noting that the enemy had waged a war against Iran in the past by accusing the country of violating the human rights and democracy, he said, "Today, the enemy has taken its mask off (its face) and we are facing new threats and should, thus, create the necessary capacities to defuse these threats." Pourdastan warned of the US and its allies' plots to prevent the empowerment of the Muslim world, and said, "Today, there is strong unity between the Shiite and Sunni brothers, but the world arrogance is deeply fearful of this unity." Warning that the world arrogance had changed its strategy against Muslims, he said, "The US has created Takfiri, ISIL, Taliban and Boko Haram groups to fight for it in a proxy war against Islam."Also in January, Commander of the Iranian Border Guards troops Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee said The ISIL Takfiri terrorists are keeping a wide distance from Iran's borders. "The ISIL has kept a wide distance from the Iranian borders as the Iraqi army is forcefully pushing back the ISIL from regions under their control," Brigadier General Rezayee told reporters in the city of Zahedan, Southeastern Iran. He underlined that full security has been preserved along the country's borders in the West, while border entanglements and control have grown tighter than before in Eastern and Southeastern Iran.

Alarm over Iran's rising influence 2 Tehran's growing influence in the Middle East has caused alarm in the Gulf states. 16 Mar 2015 Not many countries have come out of the Middle East's recent upheaval unscathed. And even fewer have seen their fortunes rise. But one country - Iran - has seen its influence and power grow, while its neighbours battle to keep their states from disintegrating. Iran's influence is felt in major capitals across the region; Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut and Sanaa. And that's worried leaders in Gulf states, as well as critics of US President Barack Obama, who say he's not doing enough to curb Tehran's clout. Does Iran's rising power really represent a threat to the stability of the region? Or could Iran prove to be a useful partner?

16 March, A senior member of the Saudi royal family has warned that a deal on Iran's nuclear programme could prompt other regional states to develop atomic fuel. "I've always said whatever comes out of these talks, we will want the same," said the prince, Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief. "So if Iran has the ability to enrich uranium to whatever level, it's not just Saudi Arabia that's going to ask for that. "The whole world will be an open door to go that route without any inhibition, and that's my main objection to this P5+1 [the six world powers] process. "Iran is already a disruptive player in various scenes in the Arab world, whether it's Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, or Bahrain," said Prince Turki. "So ending fear of developing weapons of mass destruction is not going to be the end of the troubles we're having with Iran." Of most concern to Saudi Arabia is Iran's backing of Iraqi Shia militias in the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants. "Now it seems that Iran is expanding its occupation of Iraq and that is unacceptable," said Prince Turki. "Inevitably I believe fighting [IS], or Fahesh 3 as I prefer to call it, is fighting Assad," Prince Turki declared, using an Arabic word for obscene that rhymes with "Daesh", the Arabic acronym of the group's previous name Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. "It's because of Assad's treatment of his people that Fahesh has taken advantage of the situation… so the enemy is both Fahesh and Bashar al-Assad," the former Saudi intelligence chief added.

Differences Among Iraqis Over Iran's Role in the War on ISIS -4- There are fundamental disputes between Iraqi leaders in the government and parliament, and will certainly have an impact on the battle against ISIS, especially in Mosul and Anbar. A segment of Iraqi officials are talking about the post-ISIS phase, after victory in the battles with Iranian help, and are behaving as though the US-Iranian accord is now the natural umbrella protecting the new Iraq. Another segment is warning against Iranian encroachment in Iraq, regardless of the pretexts, especially in areas adjacent to Turkey, where Iranian incursions are seen by Ankara as a challenge to its national security. These Iraqi officials also talk about huge losses suffered by the Popular Mobilization militias and also crimes committed by the latter that resemble the crimes of ISIS that these militias are fighting, and warn against ethnic cleansing attempts and bids to partition Iraq in the service of a "Persian Crescent" project. Some ask if there is a strategy for the Sunni Arabs and Turkey to counter the US and Israeli-sanctioned Persian/Shiite expansion, and whether the fundamental difference between Turkey and Egypt over the Muslim Brotherhood is an obstacle that can be overcome to build a Saudi-Egyptian-Turkish alliance of a different nature.

So what lies on the horizon? Vice President of Iraq Osama al-Nujaifi, who hails from Mosul, said, "Neglecting the Sunni dimension will not end the battle" with ISIS, but will "give it the justification to carry on." He said that the new government is an opportunity that must

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not be missed to build the Iraqi homeland. Nujaifi warned that building a Shiite force -- 100,000 strong -- that would be larger than the Iraqi army was cause for concern and said that it must be kept under control, calling for building a balanced military force "for all Iraqis." He said that the religious authorities "influencing" Popular Mobilization groups must make a decision in this regard, while Sunni religious authorities must address and seek to eliminate extremist ideology adopted by groups like ISIS. Iraqi Parliament Speaker Saleem al-Jubouri urged people to think about the post-ISIS phase. He said the areas where people were allowed to bear arms such as with the Popular Mobilization could suffer consequences of this. Jubouri warned publicly that Iraq could be on the verge of partitioning if no understanding is reached regarding placing armaments under the government's authority later, if Iraqi and regional circumstances are not made to encourage such agreements. These are fundamental disputes between Iraqi leaders in the government and parliament, and will certainly have an impact on the battle against ISIS, especially in Mosul and Anbar. In effect, disputes intensify when the conversation in Iraq shifts to the Iranian role in this battle. For example, Faleh Fayad, the national security adviser, said, "Frankly, we will ask support from Iran and from the United States." He also said "yes" to Iran's military role, and said Iranian military advisers present in Iraq deserve credit after the international community was delayed in assisting Iraq. Fayyad said, "We will thank Iran and the United States despite the sensitivity Iran causes in the regional surrounding, which has not come to terms with Iran's role in Iraq." By contrast, Vice President Nujaifi said, "Iran used the vacuum to its advantage, but the absence of the Arabs fueled the disequilibria" threatening Iraq. These divisions are sharp and real in relation to the assessment of the battle against ISIS and the future of Iran in Iraq, especially in light of the truce and partnership coming to the US-Iranian relationship. US General David Petraeus, known for the successful idea of Al-Sahawat, Sunni tribes recruited to defeat al-Qaeda, expressed deep concern over the militias' control of the territory recaptured from ISIS, calling for their integration into the Iraqi army. He called for thinking about the nature of the military forces controlling the streets in Mosul after ISIS's defeat there, and said the key question is who will control whatever is left of Mosul. What is most interesting about what Petraeus said what not his allusion to the US military role which he said is bigger than people realize. What is most interesting is what he said about the long term effects of the Iranian backing of the Popular Mobilization, warning that the latter could pose a long-term risk to Iraq. Petraeus said Qassem Soleimani's public appearance in the Sunni Triangle could backfire on Iran.

Iran is Exporting its Islamic Revolution into Syria, Iraq and Yemen Just as it Did in Lebanon6th March 2015 - Business Insider At a rally last month on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani gloated: “We are witnessing the export of the Islamic Revolution throughout the region. From Bahrain and Iraq to Syria, Yemen and North Africa.” Although the subject of the “export of the Islamic Revolution” is often discussed, it’s seldom properly defined and understood.Most people tend to focus on the “Islamic” in “Islamic Revolution.” Thus, they look for the imposition of strict religious norms in society and for movement toward the establishment of an Islamic system of government. However, when Iranian officials speak of exporting the revolution, they have a more comprehensive model and specific structures in mind that they look to clone abroad. It’s these structures, now visible from Yemen to Lebanon, to which Soleimani was referring.

As the Iranian-backed Houthis marched on in Yemen, an Iranian site affiliated with the IRGC illustrated this point. It did so by laying out Abdul Malik al-Houthi’s plan for securing the victory of the “revolution” in Yemen. This strategy drew on critical elements of the Iranian revolutionary model. Namely, the Iranian site underscored the role of “popular committees” in “protecting the revolution” and “strengthening the foundations of security” by going after those who “act against the revolution.”These “popular committees,” the function of which is to control the streets and help consolidate the nascent revolution, recall the various revolutionary instruments in Iran, like the “revolutionary committees,” but also the Basij paramilitary force. The latter organ, also known as the “people’s militia,” was formed in 1980 and is a hallmark of the Islamic Revolution. It is the template the Iranians are cloning in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. In remarks made last year, IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Hamedani stated that “by establishing the Basij, the third child of the revolution is being born in Iraq after it was mobilized in Syria and Lebanon.” Hamedani was referring to Iraq’s “Popular Mobilization Forces,” or hashd which is Arabic for basij. These units, which are led by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis—perhaps Qassem Soleimani’s closest lieutenant in Iraq and the head of the Kataib Hezbollah militia—form the second parallel structure to the Iraqi Security Forces, next to the IRGC-banner, Hezbollah-style militias. “Popular committees” were likewise established in Syria in 2012, as was the “Popular Army”—both instruments modeled directly after the Basij, as openly acknowledged by Iran. “We fundamentally believe in popular defense,” said the IRGC’s Hamedani. “When the people entered alongside the military in Syria, the situation turned in favor of the resistance.”The juxtaposition of “the people”, “the military,” and “the resistance,” in that last sentence echoes the mantra of “the Army, the people, and the resistance,” which Hezbollah insists represents the foundation of security in Lebanon. “The people” in this equation represent, in reality, “popular mobilization,” that is: the Basij. So, in successfully imposing this equation, Hezbollah has in fact only erected a fundamental structure of the Islamic Revolution.This exported model of revolutionary organs acting parallel to the regular military, and at the same time determining its operations, was of course first implemented and perfected in Lebanon with Hezbollah. Indeed, Ali Akbar Velayati, the foreign policy advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei, recently expressed to a Houthi delegation in Tehran his desire to see the Ansar Allah group “play a role similar to Hezbollah in Lebanon.” How so? By operating “alongside” the military. And this way, the army “sides with the people.” This is the model that the revolutionary clique sought to clone abroad since the very birth of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. This is precisely how Hezbollah came to be—as an extension of revolutionary instruments that emerged in Iran between 1979-1981. These instruments were followed by others, such as the numerous Iranian cultural and economic institutions that were copied in Lebanon, such as Construction Jihad. Now, Construction Jihad is seemingly coming to Syria on the back of the Basij, as the IRGC’s Hamedani recently announced: “Construction Basij has been established in Syria.” Soleimani’s boast, then, is not rhetorical. When he talks about exporting the Islamic Revolution, Soleimani is referring to a very specific template. It’s the template that the Khomeinist revolutionaries first set up in Lebanon 36 years ago by cloning the various instruments that were burgeoning in Iran as the Islamic revolutionary regime consolidated its power. As a result, Hezbollah remains the most comprehensive and developed export of the Iranian model. And it is in this sense that Hezbollah was and remains “the Islamic Revolution in Lebanon.” Now the Islamic revolutionary model is being reproduced in Iraq, Syria and Yemen as well, by setting up those same structures. The “Army, People (Basij), Resistance” formula is not a mere slogan. It’s an Iranian blueprint dating back to the birth of the Islamic

Revolution. And that’s what’s now being copied across the region. Tony Badran is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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15 March, Report: Hezbollah to send forces to fight alongside Iraq in Mosul, against ISIS - 5 Hezbollah will send 800 men to fight alongside Iraqi forces against Islamic State for the control of Mosul, London based al-Arabi al-Jadeed newspaper reported Sunday.According to sources, following the battle over Tikrit, Tehran turned to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with a joint Iraqi-Iranian request to support the fight against IS in Mosul with trained fighters. An unnamed source told al-Jadeed that Nasrallah agreed to send about 800 men from elite units to participate in the anticipated battle. The source cited the similarity between the topography of southern Lebanon and the mountainous terrain of Mosul as an advantage in the integration of Hezbollah forces into the fighting in Mosul, saying that the Lebanese men are already familiar and experienced fighters in both open areas and narrow streets. The fighters, according to the report, will enter Iraq equipped with light gear and arms. Once there, Iran will equip the men with heavy weapons. The source told al-Jadeed that unless there are any developments on the Israel-Lebanon border, the chosen Hezbollah fighters will deploy to Iraq within two-to-three weeks. The men are expected to be stationed in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, where they will work to draft plans for the attack on Mosul. Iran has already began operating an operations center in Samarra led by Qassem Soleimani, Commander of Iran's Quds Force. According to the report, Iran's interest in advocating for the integration of Hezbollah in Iraq's fight against IS lies in its desire to deter US forces from engaging in ground activity for the liberation of Mosul. Iran, according to the source, is trying to lead a battle against IS without the integration of US-led coalition forces, and plans to independently lead preemptive air strikes on IS targets (similar to those traditionally conducted by the American-led coalition).

“The assaults that Hezbollah is committing against Sunnis in Syria are not a secret anymore... Our target at this stage is to attack the Iranian party's strongholds.” Al-Qaida affiliate al-Nusra Front said Monday that it will begin to target Lebanese terror group Hezbollah for its ties with the Syrian government and Iran. The group said the reason for this was major crimes against Sunni muslims in Syria at the hands of the Syria's Bashar Assad government. “The assaults that Hezbollah is committing against Sunnis in Syria are not a secret anymore... Our target at this stage is to attack the Iranian party's strongholds,” al-Nusra Front said via Twitter. Al-Nusra called Hezbollah's biggest supporters a “legal target,” and warned that Lebanon was at risk of a massive war like that in Syria. “Don't let Hezbollah make you pay the price of its crimes ... The Sunnis have pledged not to return to their homes until they avenge those who treated them with unjust,” al-Nusra warned. In January, al-Nusra Front threatened action against members of the Lebanese security forces it holds as captives after police stormed a wing of the country's largest prison where Islamist militants are detained. "As a result of the deterioration of security in Lebanon, you will hear about surprises regarding the fate of the prisoners with us," the Nusra Front said on its Twitter account. Four of the soldiers held by the Nusra Front have been killed in detention despite ongoing negotiations with the Lebanese authorities for their release. Reuters contributed to this report.

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Iraqi DM: Army to Launch New Offensive against ISIL in Anbar Province TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Defense Minister Brigadier General Khaled al-Obeidi announced that the Arab country's army and popular forces are preparing to launch a fresh offensive against ISIL positions in Al-Anbar province. "The Iraqi forces will launch fresh operations against ISIL's positions in Al-Anbar province in next few days to set the region free from the Takfiri terrorists' control," Brigadier General al-Obeidi said on Sunday.The Iraqi defense minister is in Al-Anbar province to supervise the army's operations against the ISIL terrorists. Al-Obeidi has already met the commander of Al-Anbar province's military operations and the provincial council members as well as tribal leaders and people. Earlier today, Iraqi warplanes hit the positions of ISIL in the Western town of Ramadi in Al-Anbar province, and claimed the lives of large groups of the terrorists. According to reports on Sunday, Iraqi fighter jets pounded ISIL positions in al-Jomhouri area in Ramadi and killed dozens of terrorists. A senior army official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said yesterday that the army troops tightened noose around the ISIL terrorists in Ramadi and besieged them inside Al-Andlis, Al-Huz and Al-Mustwda districts.The ISIL terrorists sustained a heavy toll in Ramadi as they attempted to sneak into the city.The Iraqi troops, backed by the army's warplanes, targeted the Takfiri group and pushed back the offensive after claiming the lives of a large number of them. The ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently control shrinking swathes of Syria and Iraq. They have threatened all communities, including Shiites, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Ezadi Kurds and others, as they continue their atrocities in Iraq. Senior Iraqi officials have blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and some Persian Gulf Arab states for the growing terrorism in their country. The ISIL has links with Saudi intelligence and is believed to be indirectly supported by the Israeli regime.