US denied Iraq with key info on ISIL
Iran Press TV
Sun Jun 22, 2014 11:2PM GMT
A clandestine US intelligence center in Baghdad refused to provide Iraqi officials with sensitive information about insurgent groups including the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL, according to US media reports.
The administration of President Barack Obama authorized the secret plan late last year, the Market Watch reported.
The center was supposed to aid the Iraqi military in its fight against terrorists by sharing intelligence about the location of insurgent groups in remote areas of the country, the current and former American officials familiar with the issue said.
The officials added that intercepted communications of the leaders of the ISIL militant group and real-time drone feeds were among the info which was denied to the Iraqi government.
Iraqis were only provided with limited photographic images.
Washington, the officials claimed, was worried the data could end up in the hands of Iranians.
The Takfiri group, whose leader was released from a US-run prison in Iraq before the American forces withdrew from the country, has overrun a number of cities and towns in northern and northeastern Iraqi provinces in past days.
The groups is also said to be financially backed by US allies in the region including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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