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| Iranians Fire on Iraq |
| 2004-07-07 |
| An Iraqi military check point that is situated at the western bank of Shat El Arab north to the city of Faw at the Iraqi-Iranian border named Shehan was subjected to Iranian fire on Friday. The same thing happened to some Iraqi army patrols between Gazeel and Hadida north to Basra. Colonel Dhafir Sabah Al Timemi mentioned that this was the 4th time the Iranians have opened fire on Shehan check point during the last week in addition to several other aggressions along the line from the north of Basra down to Al Shalamja. Colonel Timemi said also that Iraqi border guards have captured 83 Iranians who were trying to cross Iraqi-Iranian borders illegally. He said that these Iranians were detained in Al Shalamcha border check point, interrogated and then were handed over to the Iranian side. The Colonel whoâs the Iraqi border guards chief in Basra said that the Iraqi side showed discipline and did not respond to the Iranian aggression in the same manner. He mentioned that he was under pressure from the British forces in Basra to respond similarly but he refused saying that this was a âpurely Iraqi-Iranian issueâ and that thereâs no place for any interference from the coalition forces operating in Iraq. English translation provided by Omar and Ali at Iraq the Model |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #5 Anon--Some of those 83 may be pilgrims or relatives, i.e. women and children, crossing the border to visit religious sites or families, so don't get too trigger happy. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-07-07 9:38:53 PM |
| #4 Mucky, the title links to an Arab site. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-07-07 7:00:27 PM |
| #3 is there news link for story? |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-07-07 4:55:17 PM |
#2 Iraqi border guards have captured 83 Iranians who were trying to cross Iraqi-Iranian borders illegally.Too bad it doesn't say they killed them. Catch and release just means they'll be back again next week. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5602 2004-07-07 4:42:48 PM |
| #1 He mentioned that he was under pressure from the British forces in Basra to respond similarly soemthing doesnt ring true here. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-07 4:33:35 PM |