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“There are no forces or military groups in Iraq that receive orders from abroad, whether from Iran or from another country,” said Iraq’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad Mahjoub in Washington on Wednesday, according The Washington Times.

He was speaking during a round-table discussion with reporters held at the Iraqi Embassy in the US capital, where he is on a trip to hold talks with US officials.

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Aren't there 2 us bases in Iraq on the border w Syria?
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There are no forces or military groups in Iraq that receive orders from abroad, whether from Iran or from another country
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i posted that story because it's an example of the tension i'm talking about here... it's what's usually missing from the "realist" back-and-forth about whether the U.S. should set up dictatorships or not. governments supported by outside have to satisfy at least some powerful constituency in their country to survive, and they have an obligation to feign autonomy, and the amount of plates they need to keep spinning to convince their patron they're still worth the effort becomes untenable and ridiculous. the Diem government is the go-to example. a few years ago, Iraq's government started making noises about U.S. military activity, the U.S. government demanded their leadership resign, suddenly ISIS storms in and presto, leadership steps down. now Saairun is causing the U.S. government even more headaches at a time when they seem to be trying to turn the proxy war of U.S. allies against Iran into an all-out regional war to rival Iran-Iraq, and you end up with the spokesman for Iraq's Foreign Ministry making the absurd statement that there are no armed groups in Iraq that take their orders from outside the country.