Iraq Proxy War and Regional Escalation

Iran's Iraq militias are deeply embedded as an IRGC extension, built over 17 years by Soleimani. New details: IRGC commanders directly oversee militias and money laundering in Baghdad. US strikes on them instead of Iran prove the strategy works. Their political-economic embedding makes dismantling nearly impossible; al-Zaidi's September deadline looks aspirational. This widens the conflict into Iraq, adding a new front.