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Iraqs increased reliance on Iran to fight ISIS is raising alarms among Washingtons regional Arab allies.
Fox News National Security Analyst KT McFarland spoke to foreign policy analysts Ambassador Adam Ereli and Retired Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer about the latest round of fighting against the Islamic State.
Neighboring Sunni Arab countries are closely following Iraqi troops and Iranian-backed Shiite militias as they go on the offensive against ISIS.
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan see Iran as the major threat and see Iran as taking advantage of the instability produced by ISIS to extend its control and influence over Iraq, said Ereli, former U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain.
He believes U.S. and coalition airstrikes are not only helping Iraqis, but also the Iranians. We are really facilitating the further Iranian takeover of Iraq and this is a far cry from what we went into Iraq to do in 2003.
Critics point out Iran has a more direct role in Iraqs battle strategy than first believed.
The reason they are having success in Tikrit this is simply not an Iranian militia; this is an effort by the Iranians to both gain ground and access to all of Iraq, said Shaffer, a senior fellow with the London Center for Policy Research.
He believes if Iran firms up its control, this will dissuade Sunnis in Iraq from helping their government stop ISIS.
This situation, Ereli believes, is leaving U.S. allies in a no-win situation. On the one hand, they are afraid of ISIS because ISIS has them in their sights, so they are working with the United States on air operations and logistical support but it also makes them afraid of Iran because as the Iraqis push out ISIS, they are being replaced by Shia extremists who are also targeting the Sunni states.
This is leading to a growing call in the region for moderate states to take the lead in fighting ISIS.
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Iran's increased role in Iraq stirs concerns among US' Arab allies
Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities says the government is investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is being the latest to be attacked by the Islamic State militant group.
BAGHDAD Iraq's government is investigating reports that theancientarchaeological site of Khorsabad in northern Iraq is the latest to be attacked by theIslamicStatemilitant group.
Adel Shirshab, the country's tourism and antiquities minister, told The Associated Press there are concerns the militants will remove artifacts and damage the site, located 15 kilometers (9 miles) northeast of Mosul. Saeed Mamuzini, a Kurdish official from Mosul, told the AP that the militants had already begun demolishing the Khorsabad site on Sunday, citing multiple witnesses.
On Friday, the group razed 3,000-year old Nimrud and on Saturday, they bulldozed 2,000-year old Hatra both UNESCO world heritage sites. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has called the destruction a "war crime," and a statement by his spokesman on Sunday night said Ban was "outraged by the continuing destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq" by theIslamicStategroup.
Khorsabad was constructed as a new capital of Assyria by King Sargon II shortly after he came to power in 721 B.C. and abandoned after his death in 705 B.C. It features a 24-meter thick wall with a stone foundation and seven gates.
Since it was a single-era capital, few objects linked to Sargon II himself were found. However, the site is renowned for shedding light on Assyrian art and architecture.
The sculptured stone slabs that once lined the palace walls are now displayed in museums in Baghdad, Paris, London and Chicago.
TheIslamicStategroup currently controls about a third of Iraq and Syria. The Sunni extremist group has been campaigning to purgeancientrelics they say promote idolatry that violates their fundamentalist interpretation ofIslamiclaw. A video released last week shows them smashing artifacts in the Mosul museum and in January, the group burned hundreds of books from the Mosul library and Mosul University, including many rare manuscripts.
At a press conference earlier Sunday, Shirshab said they have called for an extraordinary session of the U.N. Security Council to address the crisis in Iraq.
"The world should bear the responsibility and put an end to the atrocities of the militants, otherwise I think the terrorist groups will continue with their violent acts," he said.
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The National Museum of Iraq, shuttered 12 years ago in the wake of the country's invasion by U.S.-led troops, hasreopened in Baghdad. According to the BBC, the opening date was moved up to Saturday in direct response to a statue-smashing propaganda video released last week by the so-called Islamic State.
The video shows plaster replicas being toppled from pedestals in northern Iraq's Mosul Museum and crashing to the floor, as well as actual stone antiquities being hacked with sledgehammers and drills. An on-camera narrator claims the wanton destruction is mandated by passages in the Koran that forbid worship of false idols.
The video is part of an aggressive media war being waged by Islamic State, especially online and on social media sites, in addition to its brutal military tactics on the ground.
TheNational Museum of Iraq suffered severe looting in 2003, when U.S. war-planners failed to provide security for what is regarded as the primary repository of important art and artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia, often called "the cradle of civilization." About a third of the 15,000 missing objects have been recovered. Illicit trade in looted antiquities is one of Islamic State's main sources of funding.
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