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> [A defeat for ISIS in Iraq will be defeat for ISIS in Syria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/a-defeat-for-isis-in-iraq-will-be-defeat-for-isis-in-syria/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

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## Other authors on Defeat Isis

## More by Patrick Cockburn

> [There are some things that could hold it together, notably oil revenues. But at the moment, the much vaunted surge has had a measure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/there-are-some-things-that-could-hold-it-together-notably-oil/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Mosul stands rally at a sort of juncture of sectarian and ethnic differences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/mosul-stands-rally-at-a-sort-of-juncture-of-sectarian-and-ethnic/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [I don't think the whole of Iraq would be under al-Sadr, but I think he would be the predominant force on the Shia side.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/i-don-t-think-the-whole-of-iraq-would-be-under-al-sadr-but-i-think-he/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Young Shia who have been brought up with nothing, who are pretty anarchic, pretty dangerous. In 2004 when they came close to killing me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/young-shia-who-have-been-brought-up-with-nothing-who-are-pretty/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Muqtada leads the only real mass movement in Iraq. It's a mass movement of the Shia, who are 60 percent of the population, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/muqtada-leads-the-only-real-mass-movement-in-iraq-it-s-a-mass/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [But from the moment George Bush decided to overthrow Saddam, the people who were going to benefit here were the Shia, who are 60…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/but-from-the-moment-george-bush-decided-to-overthrow-saddam-the/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Muqtada is radical in the sense that he wants the U.S. occupation to end and has always said so from the beginning. Secondly, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/muqtada-is-radical-in-the-sense-that-he-wants-the-u-s-occupation-to/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Despite the fact that there's billions of dollars sitting in the Iraqi government reserves, somehow they are incapable of getting it out to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/despite-the-fact-that-there-s-billions-of-dollars-sitting-in-the/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [You know, if you want to meet a lot of Iraqi leaders, the best places are the hotels in Amman or in London. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/you-know-if-you-want-to-meet-a-lot-of-iraqi-leaders-the-best-places/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [There's a lot of expectation in the Middle East that post-Obama there will be a sort of tougher U.S. line on Assad, there will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/there-s-a-lot-of-expectation-in-the-middle-east-that-post-obama-there/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [ Muqtada belongs to the most famous religious family in Iraq, which is the al-Sadr family. He's really the third in line. \[Muqtada's father\] drew… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/muqtada-belongs-to-the-most-famous-religious-family-in-iraq-which-is/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Turkey is saying that it wants to preserve Sunni dominance in Mosul. Obviously, there, the Kurds, the Shia, the Iraqi government have their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/turkey-is-saying-that-it-wants-to-preserve-sunni-dominance-in-mosul/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [It's always sort of amazing, sitting in Baghdad, to watch visiting dignitaries being received in the Green Zone by politicians who have usually very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/it-s-always-sort-of-amazing-sitting-in-baghdad-to-watch-visiting/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [Everything that happens in Iraq affects countries outside.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/everything-that-happens-in-iraq-affects-countries-outside/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

> [A defeat for ISIS in Iraq will be defeat for ISIS in Syria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-cockburn/a-defeat-for-isis-in-iraq-will-be-defeat-for-isis-in-syria/)

[Patrick Cockburn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-cockburn/)

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