CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper March 2, 2015 21:28:00
It is fielding here. but u.s. officials are privately doubtful the iraqi numbers are that high. the u.s. is saying little about the operation, viewing it as a gauge of iraq's sectarian divide. tikrit is a sunni town. the troops are shia-led. even as u.s. tensions with iran grow tehran is in the thick of the tikrit fight. the iranian news agency is reporting that the commander of the elite iranian qods brigade is in iraq over seeing the operation. iran is also providing iraq and its shia militias with weapons and ammunition. another sign? no one can predict isis' next move. nearly two dozen chr...
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