5/13/22 Jason Ditz: An Update on Iraq

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Scott Horton

News, Politics

4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Jason Ditz, senior editor of Antiwar.com, joins the show to provide an update on what’s been happening in Iraq. They start with a look at Iraqi politics. An election was held in October, but the numerous factions have hit a wall in their attempt to form a government. That being said, Ditz does not think anyone is inclined to unilaterally seize power any time soon. Next, they turn to the recent Turkish offensive against the PKK in northern Iraq. Turkey claims they have the support of Iraqi officials, yet those same officials quickly came out against the campaign. Lastly, they touch on some intra-Shi’ite violence concerning gravesites that Ditz has been reporting on at Antiwar.com. NOTE: After recording the above episode, Iraq's political situation continues to deteriorate with Sadr now ruling out a consensus government. Read Jason Ditz's latest on the situation here. Discussed on the show: “Tensions Lead to Iraq Intra-Shi’ite Violence” (Antiwar.com) news.antiwar.com Jason Ditz is senior editor of Antiwar.com. Read all of his work at news.antiwar.com and follow him on Twitter @jasonditz. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.5	Welcome back to the show. How you doing, Jason?
0:56.5	I'm doing good, Scott.
0:57.5	How are you?
0:58.5	I'm doing great, man.
0:59.5	Appreciate you joining us here and figure out to take that pressure off from all the talk of nuclear holocaust and everything.
1:05.6	We'll just talk about Iraq, which is hardly a thing at all if you think about it.
1:09.4	In the scheme of things, catching up here, Iraq War 3.5, I think is where we left off.
1:17.0	We still have troops stationed, I think mostly in Iraqi Kurdistan in the north, but I'm not sure if that's all of them.
1:23.6	And I know that last I heard they were still going out on missions against ISIS,
1:30.5	whether or not embedded with the Iraqi army but I don't really know and also I do know that the
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