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Tom Cotton: Why are the Qods Force increasingly the dominant force inside of Iraq, and why is Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the…

On the recordMarch 23, 2015
Why are the Qods Force increasingly the dominant force inside of Iraq, and why is Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the Qods Force, a man with the blood of hundreds of American troops on his hand, showing up like a celebrity on Facebook and other social media throughout Iraq?
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Cotton highlights Iranian influence in Iraq and Suleimani's notoriety.

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