He described Iran's influence 'in' and 'on' Iraq as 'positive'.
As US secretary of State, John Kerry, reassured global audiences that the operation “was put together... formulated...[and]...executed by the Iraqis”, an eye witness account brings to life a very different story.
According to ‘Yaqeen Private Net’ news agency, ISIS’s takeover of Tikrit, hometown of former President Saddam Hussein, has, as many Iraqis feel, presented to Iran a golden opportunity to ‘pounce’ and further undermine the sovereignty of the nation of Iraq.
Local sources have reported dozens of Iranian military vehicles crossing the border of Manfath, Diyala province. A local source from Yaqeen is said to have spotted a convoy consisting of an estimated sixty tanks and vehicles, en route towards Saladin, as tanks and vehicles trickled through the Manfath border crossing in clusters.