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Dempsey says Iran’s role in Iraq might be 'positive'

Americans consider Islamic State, not Iran, as top threat to US in Mideast; terrorists in Syria planning “mass casualty attacks” in West; Salafists in Gaza look to Islamic State.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, listens to a question during the House Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 13, 2014. — REUTERS/Larry Downing

Iran gets another "positive" from US

Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Jan. 8 that Iran’s influence in Iraq could be “positive.”

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