U.S. Warplanes Are Helping Iran Win

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Iran and America are still enemies, technically. But U.S. airpower has ISIS pinned down in Iraq. And that’s helping Iran move in.

Published Mar. 12 2015 5:15AM EDT

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Forces loyal to Iran are threatening to break ISIS’s grip on the key Iraqi city of Tikrit. Officially, the American military isn’t helping these Shiite militias and Iranian advisers as they team up with Iraqi forces to hit the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

Nancy A. Youssef

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U.S. Warplanes Are Helping Iran Win

Iran and America are still enemies, technically. But U.S. airpower has ISIS pinned down in Iraq. And that’s helping Iran move in.

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Nancy A. Youssef