Does David Cameron Secretly Like ISIS? Russell Brand The Trews (E137) Iraq Veterans Against the War. After U.S. Sanctions & Wars Tore Iraq Apart, Can American-Led Strikes Be Expected to Save It? This is viewer supported news Islamic State militants have reportedly made advances in both Iraq and Syria despite an escalating U.S.
-led bombing. Iraq: Divided They Prosper - Geopoliticalmonitor.com. While it’s expected that it will be the Kurds who separate from Iraq, the real beneficiaries from a break-up of the country would be the Shia.
They’re the ones who control 80 percent of the country’s oil wealth, and they would prefer not to share it with hostile neighbors. The invasion by the Islamic State into the western provinces of Iraq is only half of the war with Baghdad. The other half is the civil war that began when the Western tribes joined with Islamic State in an attempt to reestablish Sunni control over the central government and the wealth that three million barrels of oil per day can provide.
If the army of the Islamic State is defeated, the battalions of soldiers will disappear, but the rebel tribes and the hundreds of disgruntled former military officers from the Saddam Hussein regime will remain. Documentary - Meeting ISIL (PressTV goes deep inside the terrorist group)