Iraq could become 'very dangerous' as US-Iran tensions ramp up, ex-US ambassador says
. Silliman pointed out that along with Soleimani, the strike also took out a powerful Iraqi militia leader, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis — a detail that escaped much media coverage.
"What worries me the most is that much of the world press and much of the world, as they're looking at an American-Iranian potential conflict, the impact on Iraq could be huge," the ambassador told CNBC's"I think that the loss of Soleimani and Muhandis could be very dangerous inside Iraq," he added. What you might see is less experienced, less well-trained militias who are angry, feeling they can take it upon themselves to make these decisions to use violence and that could be dangerous for Iraq.— the foreign operations wing of the elite paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while al-Muhandis oversaw Iran-backed Iraqi militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Al-Muhandis was at Baghdad's international airport on Friday to receive Soleimani who had just arrived by plane when the U.S. airstrike occurred,
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