THE SURGE: How much of a success?
By Andy Zelleke and Robert Dujarric
Published: July 31, 2008
Historical animosity between Persians and Arabs, combined with conflicting national interests, may impede the emergence of a full-fledged Iran-Iraq axis. Many senior Iraqi Shiite leaders spent years in exile in Iran; and it would be prudent to assume that some of them have become Iranian agents, whether out of conviction or coercion. It would also be extraordinary if Iran had not taken advantage of Saddam Hussein's downfall to infiltrate numerous low-level operatives as well as senior spies and agents in government, business, the army, and the clergy into Iraq.
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