Iranian-backed Shiite Militias In Iraq Tell Obama To Take His "Help" and Go Eff Himself

The money quote from the article from Rudaw article is:

As the US prepares to send an additional 450 personnel to Iraq, the Iranian-backed militias have said assistance from the US-led coalition only hurts their efforts.

By the way, this article is all about this "new" strategy that the Shia militias will regain Fallujah and THEN they will go after Ramadi- what a joke....they KNOW they can't take back Ramadi until they get around 20,000 Iranian troops on the ground in Iraq so they're simply picking an easier target (which they probably can't take back either).

Official: Shiite militias gather to attack Fallujah


ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Shiite militias aligned with the Badr Organization have been deployed to Samara in Salahadin province, to start a campaign against ISIS in the Anbar province cities of Fallujah and Garma, the group’s spokesman announced.

The Shiite militias, known collectively as the Hashd al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilization Units, have recaptured a large area around Samara in preparation for the attack on Anbar, said Bader Raza Tamimi, Badr spokesman, on Friday.

“They [Shiite militias] are now in control of about 58km of territory on the way to Fallujah,” Tamimi said.

According to Tamimi, Samara is a strategic location from which to launch the campaign to recapture Fallujah and Garma.

"We think the liberation of Fallujah will allow us to enter Ramadi without any fighting. The battle we are preparing for is the battle of Fallujah," Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Badr Organization, told journalists Friday at an outpost on the Salahadin-Anbar border.

As the US prepares to send an additional 450 personnel to Iraq, the Iranian-backed militias have said assistance from the US-led coalition only hurts their efforts.

The administration of Barack Obama decided last week to extend their military support for Iraq by increasing the number of US military trainers.

"If they really wanted to help us, then they would leave Iraqis to liberate Iraq by themselves,” Mahdi, a Shiite militia fighter, told the Associated Press on Friday.

Recent statements by the Iraqi government claimed more international support is needed to liberate Anbar from ISIS.