#IRAQ: Shia militias firing drones and rockets: Dr. Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf states. He is a cofounder of the Mi
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 22 November 2024
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Dr. Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf states. He is a cofounder of the Militia Spotlight platform, which offers in-depth analysis of developments related to Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
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| 0:36.1 | I'm John Bachelor. |
| 0:37.0 | Malcolm Holine Conference of President's |
| 0:38.7 | Major American Jewish Organizations, my colleague and co-host. We're very pleased to welcome |
| 0:43.2 | one more time. Michael Knight's, the Jill and Jay Bernstein Senior Fellow at the Washington |
| 0:48.8 | Institute to help us with a story that is lingering and part of the multi-front war launched by Iran against the |
| 0:57.3 | state of Israel. This is Iraq. You will remember there's an organization in Iraq calling itself |
| 1:02.4 | Khatib Hezbollah. It is not Hezbollah of Lebanon. It is Hezbollah of Iraq. And it was held |
| 1:10.6 | responsible for firing missiles and drones |
| 1:13.1 | into U.S. and allies encampments watching over the remnants of ISIS somewhere in Syria. |
| 1:22.6 | It's also been a provocative fire of missiles and drones against Israel most recently. What is to be done? |
| 1:29.4 | Michael, a very good evening to you. This group, you note in a recent piece you and your colleagues |
| 1:36.0 | published, things of itself is what? The revival of Al-Qaeda, an extension of ISIS? What is its |
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