Iraqi commander slams US Congress bill to split Iraq

‘A high-ranking Iraqi military figure has strongly dismissed a controversial US Congress bill which proposes the division of Iraq into three states and allows the Kurdish forces and the Sunni tribesmen to be armed directly without Baghdad’s approval, Press TV reports.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Tuesday, Secretary General of Iraq’s Badr Organization Hadi al-Ameri censured the proposed bill as a “Zionist plan,” adding, “We should realize that dividing Iraq, Syria or any other Arab nation is a Zionist project to help Israel exhibit itself as the strongest entity in the region.”’

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