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When US leaves, Turkey and Iran will split Iraq – ex-Mossad agent
Published: 29 July, 2010, 10:38
Edited: 30 July, 2010, 05:52
Iranian Army soldiers march during Iran's Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. (UPI Photo / Mohammad Kheirkhah)
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Former Mossad agent and chairman of the National Council for Jewish Restitution, Rafi Eitan, shares what he thinks President Obama needs to do about Iran, and looks back at his days hunting Nazi war criminals.
“The Shia in Iraq are, in practice, a tool in the hands of Iranians. I would say that when Americans leave Iraq, we are facing that Iran through the Shia of Iraq will win and dominate at least a part of Iraq. Some people say that today there is some agreement between Iran and Turkey, that the Turkish will dominate the northern part of Iraq, including the Kurds, while the Iranians, the southern part, including Baghdad,” Eitan told RT.
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Good interview. He is probably right about Iraq as all the other countries in the region Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt Dubai, UAE, etc are US/British vassal states. Given that Turkey and Iran both fear Kurdish separatist groups they probably are allied on the Kurdish issue but I don’t think the Iraq government would have any authority over Northern Iraq if that were the case. Also interesting to note that for years now Mossad and Israel security personal has been training Kurdish fighters in Northern Iraq starting in the 90’s which they would no doubt utilise to break any alliance between Iran and Turkey.
I really do not know why RT thinks that a commen of a former Mossad agent on Iraq has any credibility. Israel wanted to destroy the last strong Arab nation. But of course, the destruction of Iraq has backfired on the U.S and Israel as Iran and Turkey are benefiting from it.
This is about as likely as Iraq and Iran sharing/splitting turkey this coming thanksgiving.