Harith Hasan

Al-Monitor

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Iraqi scholar based in Washington, DC and a political analyst for the news website Al-Monitor, he also writes columns for Iraqi newspapers

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When the US completed its troop withdrawal nearly two years ago, President Obama said Iraq could stand on its own.

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