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| 26 ‘Iran-linked militants’ killed in Iraq raid |
| 2007-07-02 |
| US and Iraqi forces backed by helicopters killed 26 militants suspected of links to "Iranian terror networks" in raids in the Baghdad Shiite district of Sadr City yesterday, the US military said. "Coalition forces conducted two separate raids targeting suspected secret cell terrorists during pre-dawn hours Saturday in Sadr City," the military said, adding that another 17 suspects were detained in the operations. "It is believed that the suspected terrorists have close ties to Iranian terror networks and are responsible for facilitating the flow of lethal aid into Iraq," it added. Tehran has always denied the charges, insisting it supports the ShiÂ’ite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki and blaming Iraq's myriad conflicts on the US occupation. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday dismissed the US allegations, according to Iranian state television. "American accusations against Iran about Iraq... are unfounded," Khamenei said. "There is no doubt about the Iranian government's and people's hatred towards the US administration but America's problem stems from elsewhere." |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #8 Good work gentlemen. Your country owes you... lesse, geranium orcs are worth triple points, so if I split the interger, carry the eleven and multiply by triple and add the bonus for bagging more than 2 dozen in one outing thats.. lots of beer. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-07-02 11:26 |
| #7 Sadly from a political level, unless Iran does something much bigger than this (everyone on the 'burg knows this is big enough to start interdicting Iran in a sane environment) the avg American civilian will not give this much traction. Thank the msm & our congresscowards for that. Too many Americans have bought the bill of crap called the war is lost or are tired of it. It would take a fairly big Iranian incursion or the use of a wmd for the American public to situp take notice, at least imho. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-07-02 10:46 |
| #6 On FoxNews this morning, they said the military announced they've proved a direct connection between Iraq and Hizb'allah of Lebanon, via Iran, and that the Ayatollah (Not sure which one, I focussed on a tricky bit of ironing at that moment) was in the chain of command. Hizb'allah is running the training of extreme Shiites in batches of 60, then leading them back home, and shipping some millions of dollars worth of weaponry to them each month. I think they picked up one of the top Hizb'allah people in Iraq in March, and more since, but I was not paying proper attention to the report. Sorry! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-02 08:02 |
| #5 In Sadr. Sounds like we need more feet on the ground in that rat nest. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-07-02 06:12 |
| #4 ‘Iran-linked militants’ Who? Odd that they are not named. Hizbullah? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-07-02 05:09 |
| #3 gorb, doubting Ahmadinutjob would be so brave, but whenever any Iraninutjob is encountered in Iraq, it should be returned in a perforated state. Make it rendered, no return necessary. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-07-02 02:26 |
| #2 Tehran has always denied the charges Looks like all sides agree that Iran should not have any forces in Iraq. That will come in handy when they catch Ahmanutjob running around Iraq with an AK-47. |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-07-02 02:21 |
| #1 You have no chance Iran. Surrender immediately. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-07-02 01:37 |