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Iran’s proxies vs. America’s proxies?

On Friday, Iraqi and U.S. forces fought an outfit named Kata’ib Hizballah in a village near the Iranian border about 165 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. spokesman quoted as saying that 22 Hezbies captured. I am not sure what it means but it sure bears watching. 

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images
ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images
ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images

On Friday, Iraqi and U.S. forces fought an outfit named Kata'ib Hizballah in a village near the Iranian border about 165 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. spokesman quoted as saying that 22 Hezbies captured. I am not sure what it means but it sure bears watching. 

On Friday, Iraqi and U.S. forces fought an outfit named Kata’ib Hizballah in a village near the Iranian border about 165 miles southeast of Baghdad. U.S. spokesman quoted as saying that 22 Hezbies captured. I am not sure what it means but it sure bears watching. 

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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