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Mohamed Fahmy: How Iraq became Iran's launch point for terrorism

Militias have turned southern Iraq into a convenient base of operations for attacks on Gulf states

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The already fragile U.S.-Iran regional truce is being dangerously undermined by Tehran’s ongoing shadow war, carried out through its proxy militias in Iraq, which have used Iraqi territory in recent days as a launch pad for drone attacks against Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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On Sunday, the three drones targeting the U.A.E.’s $20 billion Barakah nuclear power plant shocked the region not only because of the timing, amid a supposed truce, but because they marked a dangerous new phase of escalation by directly targeting critical energy and nuclear infrastructure.

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The drones slipped through Emirati air defences and one hit an external generator, with no radiological leak or injuries reported, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. In the days that followed, three more hostile drones targeted the country, once again during a supposed truce.

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During my coverage of the war from its outset almost three months ago on the ground in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, people I spoke with on the street — from cab drivers and waiters to academics and bystanders standing in disbelief outside civilian sites struck by drones — all shared the same question.........

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