Breaking: Iraqi PM Shares Secret US Plan to Invade Iran! With Joe Kent (Video)

In this 8 November 2026 published video, host Mario Nawfal talks with Joe Kent about the reports out of Iraq which indicate that U.S. President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi recently discussed a scenario involving a potential U.S. land invasion of southern Iran through Iraqi territory. The claim gained widespread traction on November 8, 2026, following a report by the Iraqi newspaper Al-Mada.

According to Iraqi government sources cited by Al-Mada, President Trump held a phone call with Prime Minister al-Zaidi. Trump expressed severe dissatisfaction with Iraq’s inability to seize weapons from Iran-aligned Shiite militias operating within the country. During this call, the two leaders reportedly reviewed strategic military contingencies, including a U.S. ground invasion into southern Iran utilizing Iraq as a staging ground, alongside potential threats like an Iranian land attack on Kuwait originating from Iraqi soil. Following the conversation, al-Zaidi held closed-door meetings with Iraqi Shiite factions, warning them that the government would carry out mass arrests if they provided military aid to Iran. Militia leaders reportedly pushed back, threatening to bring down the Iraqi government if any arrests were attempted. 

Joe Kent, who resigned from his post as NCTC Director earlier in 2026 over disagreements regarding military escalation with Iran, has been a vocal critic of full-scale regional operations. In the broadcast and adjacent statements, Kent has publicly accused CENTCOM of utilizing specific concepts of operations (“policy by CONOP”) to subvert diplomatic options and lock the administration into escalatory paths. Beyond a mainland ground invasion, Kent has repeatedly warned against proposals—such as those pushed by congressional hawks like Senator Lindsey Graham—to invade Kharg Island (the hub for 90% of Iran’s oil exports). Kent characterized such plans as a “disaster” that would subject U.S. troops to immediate missile barrages and turn them into hostages. The reports surface amidst an active Pentagon war-planning effort known as the SEED project. Intelligence documents show that while full-scale war planning is underway, U.S. defense officials have shifted assumptions away from traditional ground invasions, recognizing Iran’s modern capabilities as a major drone and missile power. 

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