Iran's Land-Bridge Through Iraq

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Iran’s Land-Bridge Through Iraq

Iraq’s Security Forces Were Built To Facilitate IRGC Hegemonic Goals IRAN’S LAND-BRIDGE IS OPERATIONAL The areas where this anti-IRGC Coalition can Fish Khabur disrupt this land-bridge are in the Sunni Arab and Graphic created by Michael Pregent Kurdish areas of Iraq – The issue: Iran is “The Rabia Strongest Tribe” right now and Sunni tribes are waiting for the US to counter what they believe Mosul we empowered: IRGC militias. UBCP

Bashmaq

Tikrit al-Qaim

al-Tanf Ramadi

al-Amarah

Iran will use al-Amarah and Basra corridors as their main entry points to transport equipment and supplies through Iraq to the al-Tanf, al-Qaim, Basra Rabia border crossings with Syria; and Bashmaq for Raba and Fish Khabur Primary IRGC Land-bridge Secondary IRGC Land-bridge UBCP Unofficial Border Crossing Point The Narrative Fish Khabur Graphic created by Michael Pregent The Facts Today with data provided by ISW and NGA “Iran’s Land-bridge Doesn’t exist” The IRGC-QF has Freedom of DOD Rabia Movement and a Permissive Mosul Environment in Iraq. Its proxies “Iraq is no longer in the Iranian UBCP have primacy and control its Sphere of Influence” DOD, DOS, FASTPASS to Syria NSC Bashmaq This graphic shows integrated “The Iraqi Military is a bulwark operations with IRGC-QF militias – against what Iran wants to do in they operate in the same battle Iraq” NSC, DOD, DOS Tikrit al-Qaim space. “Iran could not sustain a land- Iran will sustain its land-bridge bridge even if they had one” NSC through IRGC tentacles in Iraq’s al-Tanf economic sectors “The Iraqi Security Forces are a Ramadi non-sectarian national military The Iraqi Security Forces are 95% force” DOD, DOS, NSC Shia and have laid waste to Sunni Iraq and moved on US Kurdish allies “The US Train and Equip Program is al-Amarah not being used by the IRGC-QF” The Iraqi Ministry of Interior is DOS controlled by IRGC-QF proxy – Badr “PM Abadi is our guy in Baghdad.” IRGC-QF militias are now legitimate DOD, DOS, NSC Basra forces in the ISF with access to US Funds and Equipment.

Everything Soleimani has achieved and put in place in Iraq happened and is happening under PM Abadi. IRAN’S LAND-BRIDGE IS OPERATIONAL THE IRGC-QF AND ITS PROXIES HAVE PRIMACY, FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, AND A PERMISSIVE ENVIRONMENT Fish Khabur Graphic created by Michael Pregent IRGC-QF Militias Rabia with data provided by ISW and NGA

UBCP BADR

AAH

Kataib Hezbollah

al-Qaim Harakat al-Nujaba

al-Tanf Saraya al-Khurasani

Kataib Imam Ali

Imam Mohammed al- Jawad Brigade

Imam Ali Combat Division

The IRGC-QF militias are now official ISF units – they have access to US Funds and Equipment. They are hijacking the US Train and Equip Program. The Peshmerga is no longer in the ISF. There are no Sunni Arab brigades, battalions, or companies left in the ISF. Iran’s IRGC-QF has effectively co-opted the MOD and MOI through its premier IRGC-QF proxy BADR – giving IRGC-QF militias primacy. IRAN’S LAND-BRIDGE IS OPERATIONAL Fish Khabur Graphic created by Michael Pregent Rabia BADR UBCP KH/AAH

BADR Bashmaq KH/AAH

BADR KH/AAH al-Qaim

al-Tanf BADR BADR KH/AAH KH/AAH

BADR KH/AAH

The IRGC-QF militias are now official ISF units – they have access to US Funds and Equipment. They are hijacking the US Train and Equip Program. The Peshmerga is no longer in the ISF. There are no Sunni Arab brigades, battalions, or companies left in the ISF. Iran has effectively co-opted the MOD and MOI through Badr, and its militias have primacy. IRAN’S LAND-BRIDGE IS OPERATIONAL BADR Fish Khabur Fish Khabur Graphic created by Michael Pregent with data provided by ISW and NGA KH/AAH

Rabia Rabia Mosul

Mosul BADR UBCP UBCP KH/AAH

Bashmaq BADR Bashmaq KH/AAH Tikrit al-Qaim al-Qaim BADR KH/AAH al-Tanf Ramadi al-Tanf BADR BADR KH/AAH KH/AAH

al-Amarah BADR KH/AAH

Basra BADR KH/AAH The Narrative IRGC-QF Militias Have Primacy in shared Battle-Space The Facts Today

“Iran’s Land-bridge Doesn’t The IRGC-QF has Freedom of exist” DOD Movement and a Permissive Environment in Iraq. Its proxies “Iraq is no longer in the Iranian have primacy and control its Sphere of Influence” DOD, DOS, FASTPASS to Syria NSC This graphic shows integrated “The Iraqi Military is a bulwark operations with IRGC-QF militias – against what Iran wants to do they operate in the same battle in Iraq” NSC, DOD, DOS space.

“Iran could not sustain a land- Iran will sustain its land-bridge bridge even if they had one” through IRGC tentacles in Iraq’s NSC economic sectors

“The Iraqi Security Forces are a The Iraqi Security Forces are 95% non-sectarian national military Shia and have laid waste to Sunni force” DOD, DOS, NSC Iraq and moved on US Kurdish allies.

“The US Train and Equip Graphic created by Michael Pregent The Iraqi Ministry of Interior is Program is not being used by with data provided by ISW and NGA controlled by IRGC-QF proxy – Badr the IRGC-QF” DOS IRGC-QF militias are now legitimate “PM Abadi is our guy in forces in the ISF with access to US Baghdad.” DOD, DOS, NSC Funds and Equipment.

Everything Soleimani has achieved and put in place in Iraq happened and is happening under PM Abadi. The Narrative IRGC-QF Militias Have Primacy in shared Battle-Space The Facts Today