Qais al-Khazali, the leader of Asaib Ahl al-Haq, is shown during an interview at his office in Najaf, Iraq, on July 17, 2014. (Max Becherer for The Washington Post)ColumnistA decade ago, a captive Iraqi terrorist leader told his U.S. interrogators all about how Shiite militias worked with Iran, Hezbollah and each other to attack American soldiers in Iraq. But the Trump administration hasn’t made use of its sanctions power, part of its overall failure to confront Shiite militias and their malign influence in Iraq. But he also gave interrogators juicy information on other militias supported by Iran, including Jaish al-Mahdi and the Badr Organization. Without American troops to support them, the Iraqi government turned to the Iranian-supported militias, including AAH.

Source: Washington Post August 30, 2018 15:03 UTC