Iran Iraq Security & Defense MENASource Print this page Can Iraq’s partial crackdown on a powerful militia weaken Iran’s proxies? Successive governments in Iraq have publicly maintained a distinction between “resistance groups”, including KH, and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMUs, aka Hashd). Still, the government’s resolve will be further tested in fulfilling its promise to prosecute a judicial case against the KH perpetrators. KH, which institutionally dominates the Hashd, stands to benefit greatly from this legislation and is one of its primary backers. His research and publications deal with national and religious identities, as well as modernity and democratization in the Middle East.