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The US military will build a base on the border in Iraq to stop Iranian weapons from reaching Shia extremists. “The push also includes construction of fortified checkpoints on the major highways leading from the Iranian border to Baghdad and the installation of X-ray machines and explosives detecting sensors at the only formal border crossing between Iran and Iraq,” The Wall Street Journal reported.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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