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U.S. not serious about fighting Islamic State – Iraqi militia leader

(Reuters) — The head of one of Iraq’s fiercest Shi’ite militias called the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State ineffective on Tuesday (July 28). Qais al-Khazali, leader of Iranian-backed paramilitary group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, also accused Washington of lacking the will to uproot the radical Sunni Jihadis controlling large swathes of Iraq and Syria. The 41-year-old Iraqi said the campaign against Islamic State had failed because of an American agenda to redraw the map of the […]