Iranian analyst: "Iraqi generals hand over Mosul to ISIS to create instability and discontent with the Iraqi Shia-led government."

Iranian analyst: "Iraqi generals hand over Mosul to ISIS to create instability and discontent with the Iraqi Shia-led government." HT: Brookings.

In an interview with Tasnim News Agency, Iranian political analyst Hassan Hanizadeh was asked why Iraqi military forces fled Mosul.

According to Hanizadeh, “This issue is connected to the Iraqi generals whose goals were to hand over the city to terrorist groups and create instability and discontent with the Iraqi Shia-led government. The generals want to organize the fleeing forces and reconstruct them with remnants of the Baath Party under the pretext of combating the terrorist groups, and stage a coup to overthrow the government of Mr. Maliki.”

In an article entitled, “Mosul under the Control of American and Saudi Arabian Terrorists,” hard line Resalat News suggests “the Islamic State of Iraq in Syria (ISIS) has been supported by the U.S. and Saudi Arabia over the years,” and that in response to ISIS’s takeover of Mosul, the Iraqi government should “mobilize military forces around the country, declare a state of emergency, request that Iraqi tribes join military and militia forces,” and a number of other measures.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham condemned the ISIS takeover of Mosul calling it “a blatant example of the transnational threat of terrorism.”

Hard line Javan Online published an editorial entitled, “The growth of the cancer of terrorism reaches Mosul,” and argues, “Influential individuals that have penetrated the police, security, and military forces have been the source of many disasters in Iraq, including Mosul.”

The article goes on to dispute how “two to three thousand ISIS fighters could take over a large city such as Mosul quickly.” Read the full story here.