Omar al-Baghdadi, a leader in the “Islamic State of Iraq” al-Qaeda franchise who the US military said was dead, apparently isn’t dead, and is threatening Iran with reprisals if Teheran doesn’t stop meddling in Iraq. This via Greg Djerejian who suggests we dispatch Norm Podhoretz to handle the diplomatic outreach. I feel like Michael Ledeen needs to get involved somehow.
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