War on terror
Less than two months
ago, an offensive by Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit from Islamic State
fighters was stalled. American commanders had washed their hands of a major
operation led by Iranian Quds force commander Qassem Soleimani and dominated by
Iranian-backed Shiite militias that many feared would further provoke a
sectarian civil war with retribution killings. The entireU.S. campaign to turn back the Islamic
State tide in Iraq was floundering on the shoals of strategic incoherence.
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