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David Petraeus speaks onstage during a fireside chat at the Team Rubicon Salute To Service Awards at Skirball Cultural Center on November 7, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Imeh Akpanudosen, Getty Images
The greatest threat to long-term stability in Iraq is not Sunni militants with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but rather the Iranian-backed Shiite militias who have helped oust ISIS from parts of the country, General David Petraeus warned in an interview published Friday by the Washington Post.
Petraeus, who commanded U.S. troops during the height of America's war in Iraq, said the current situation there is "hard but not hopeless." He warned, though, that the Iranians will not play a constructive role in Iraq's future, despite the fact that the U.S. and Iran share a common foe in ISIS.
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"I would argue that the foremost threat to Iraq's long-term stability and the broader regional equilibrium is not the Islamic State; rather, it is Shiite militias, many backed by -- and some guided by -- Iran," he said.
"They prevented the Islamic State from continuing its offensive into Baghdad," he acknowledged. "Nonetheless, they have, in some cases, cleared not only Sunni extremists but also Sunni civilians and committed atrocities against them. Thus, they have, to a degree, been both part of Iraq's salvation but also the most serious threat to the all-important effort of once again getting the Sunni Arab population in Iraq to feel that it has a stake in the success of Iraq rather than a stake in its failure."
Left unchecked, the Shia militias could "emerge as the preeminent power" in Iraq, he said, "outside the control of the government and instead answerable to Tehran."
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The group carried mock coffins, dropping them off in front of the White House and near lawmaker offices at the Russell Senate Office Building near the Capitol. Along the way, they also dropped coffins in front of various defense contractor offices.
The "Spring Rising" event was organized by the Answer Coalition, which characterized the rally as "an antiwar intervention."
Speakers at the rally expressed concern about U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, its drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, and its "provocation" in Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe. The assembled warned against war with Iran.
The United States and its allies are negotiating a possible deal with Iran to curb its nuclear program. If such a deal is not reached, the United States has not completely ruled out a future military strike to prevent the Iranian regime from developing a nuclear weapon.
One of the event's key organizers, activist Cindy Sheehan, told CNN that President Barack Obama has expanded the U.S. war footprint "to more countries than even (former President George W.) Bush."
"With the new authorization to use military force being requested by the President to Congress, it was urgent to come to Washington, D.C. We're in opposition to that," said Sheehan, who was a leader of the opposition to the Iraq War. Her son Casey, an Army specialist, died in 2004 while serving in Iraq.
The group was peaceful, and there were no arrests.
CNN's Brandie Patterson contributed to this report.