Down The Rabbit-Hole

Friends,

Down the Rabbit-Hole Time. Iran is arming Iraqi militias because the U.S. is arming Iraqi militias. Bastards, that's our excuse.

Rev O

Los Angeles Times

"A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran's borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials in the U.S., Iran and Iraq."

"It would be a scandal if the U.S. was not funding these groups," said John Pike, director of globalsecurity.org, a website about intelligence and military issues. "The support would be covert and might be done in ways that the groups themselves remain unaware of the ultimate source of their funding."

Iran says U.S. aids rebels at its borders
By Borzou Daragahi Los Angeles Times
The violence may be driving Tehran's efforts to back its own allies in Iraq.