PREVIEW: #IRAQ: #DECAPITATION: From a conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute re the report that the US launched a strike in West Baghdad that killed three members of the Iran-backed Iraqi militia, Ketaib Hezbollah -- a killing s
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🗓️ 8 February 2024
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| 0:00.0 | We all have a fire inside us. It gives us energy and spirit to do the things we love. |
| 0:06.0 | Every morning we get to feed that fire and set ourselves up for the day with a warming |
| 0:10.8 | and satisfying bowl of Quaker oats. |
| 0:13.0 | Because when we feed it right, when it's fully ablaze, |
| 0:18.0 | we can take on anything the day might bring. |
| 0:20.0 | Feed more than just your body. |
| 0:24.6 | Feed the fire inside. |
| 0:27.6 | Quaker oats. |
| 0:29.6 | This is John Bachelor. |
| 0:31.6 | Speaking to my colleague Anertold Leaven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible |
| 0:36.0 | Statecraft, about the news that the U.S. has launched a drone strike in West Baghdad against leadership of the Kataib Hezbollah, |
| 0:47.0 | the Iranian-backed Iraqi militia said to be responsible for attacks tax on the American sponsored outposts in the tribe order |
| 0:56.1 | region of Iraq, Syria, and Jordan. |
| 0:59.2 | The news is confirmed as best it can given the fog of war. This is inside Iraq and until they |
| 1:06.7 | even comments on this strike and what it means for Iraq, for Iran, and for the United States, these many years later |
| 1:17.2 | after the U.S. withdrew from Iraq. A strike against people in Iraq, presumably Iraqis, in the city of Baghdad by the U.S. we presume |
| 1:30.0 | in response to the attacks on the US |
| 1:33.1 | outposts in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, we presume. |
| 1:36.8 | I mention that this is a decapitation strike. |
| 1:39.9 | Here's Anatole. |
| 1:41.7 | I think it is worth mentioning. |
| 1:43.8 | I mean in the context of, you know, attacks on targets in Iraq. |
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