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Here's John Bachelor.

I welcome Bill Rajo, a senior fellow for the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy's.

Following very carefully, the Taliban and all the bad actors gathered in the ungoverned spaces of the of Central Asia and the

Middle East.

We begin not with the Taliban, but an organization that is now looking very much like it's linking itself to

Taliban and Tehran decisions about Israel. This is Iraq's most

influence one of Iraq's most influential and powerful Iran-backed malicious.

You will recall that Kataib Hezbollah fired missiles into American deployments in Jordan and a little bit in Syria.

This is the border watching ISIS and after that the U.S US responded by a targeted killing of a Kataib Hezbollah commander in

East Baghdad is my memory. Well another organization from those malicious is speaking up is Does this work with or is it parallel with or is it similar to

could time his belong? Good evening to you. Good evening John.

Aseva Hawker as you noted it's called the League of the Righteous. This is one of the

original Iraqi militias. noted it's called's called the League of the Righteous that sprung up from the

Mahdi army back in the early 2000s after the US invasion occupation of Iraq.

People say they split off, but I think it's a little more complicated that.

Hezbollah brigades and a Seibel Hopger, League of the Righteous, were two of the Prime

Malicious. They were formed of the Prime Malicious.

They were formed by Mahdi Army commanders.

The US military called them the Mahdi Army special groups,

and we talked about them decade, well over a decade ago, John, and they're still here.

It's the Cebal Hawk is run by a man named Kaysal Kazali.

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