Iraqs impossible predicament: why the country is trapped between Iran and the US

With the outbreak of this years war, Iraqs balancing act between the two antagonists has collapsed, exposing a perilously fragile stateOne week after the United States and Israel killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and ignited a regional war, drones started flying over Basra in southern Iraq. They were targeting Iraqs oil industry. They hit an oilfield operated by BP, as well as a cargo terminal at Basra airport and alarge compound that houses foreign companies that service the oil sector. Another att...