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“Proxy War” Armies Of The Middle East? Just A New Way To Say Gangsters And Cartels

Photo of a Houthi rebel carrying a rocket launcher in Sanaa, Yemen
Iran-backed Houthi rebels take part in an a demonstration against the U.S. and Israel in Sanaa, Yemen, on Jan. 29 Osamah Yahya/dpa/ZUMA

The Middle East’s militant and terror gangs, often described as Iran’s proxy forces, may have more in common with the cartels of a globalized war than with the fighters with a cause, more typical in the 20th century.

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