Experts Warn: Iran-Allied Shiite Militias in Iraq to Threaten U.S. After Mosul Falls - Breitbart

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Experts Warn: Iran-Allied Shiite Militias in Iraq to Threaten U.S. After Mosul Falls

by Edwin Mora1 Mar 20176

The U.S.-led coalition and its Iraqi partners should be vigilant against a near certain reemergence attempt by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) after it loses its territory in Iraq, where tens of thousands of Iran-allied Shiite militias pose just as serious of a threat to America’s interests, experts warned.

Dr. Michael Knights, a Boston-based fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy that champions conservative perspectives, and Hardin Lang, a fellow at the liberal Center for American Progress (CAP), testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

They suggested that the United States should leave behind a military force of between 3,000 to 5,000 troops to continue working with their Iraqi counterparts for at least three years.

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