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| Iran: U.S. aiding Iran's rebels |
| 2008-04-15 |
| A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran's borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials in the U.S., Iran and Iraq. Dozens of Iranian officials, members of the security forces and insurgents belonging to Kurdish, Arab Iranian and Baluch groups have died in the fighting in recent years. It now appears to be heating up once again after an unusually cold and snowy winter. In recent weeks, Iranians have begun the now-routine bombardment of suspected rebel Iranian Kurd positions in northern Iraq, and guerrillas have claimed incursions into northwestern Iran. Some Iranians blamed Sunni Arab radicals for an explosion Saturday that killed 12 and injured 202 at a gathering where a preacher criticized the Wahhabi form of Islam that inspires Osama bin Laden. None of the groups appear to pose a serious threat to Iran, but Tehran regards them as Washington's allies in an effort to pressure it to scale back its nuclear program and withhold support for militant groups fighting Israel. American and Iraqi officials in turn accuse Iran of supporting Shiite Muslim militias and other militant groups in Iraq to keep the U.S. preoccupied and the Baghdad government weak. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #11 How do dey like dat proxy war bullchit? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-04-15 18:55 |
| #10 Good, if true. Sauce for the goose. |
| Posted by: Chief Running Gag 2008-04-15 17:47 |
| #9 Good! I sure hope we've been sending some of the same stuff they've been sending us back their way. |
| Posted by: Thaimble Scourge of the Pixies4707 2008-04-15 17:41 |
| #8 Yes. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-04-15 15:34 |
| #7 Is that 'train' as in "provide education," or 'train' as in "aligning the bidness end of the gun so it hits something that 'spodes?" |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-04-15 15:20 |
| #6 We have trained a hundred thousand Iraqi infintry. Now it's time to train Iraqi artillary. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2008-04-15 11:40 |
| #5 "It will give more encouragement to Iran's hard-liners to step up their own efforts to assist anti-American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA analyst now at the Brookings Institutio Dude, you've gotten a little behind in your reading. Suggestion: start with the folder marked Iran - 1979 |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-04-15 10:22 |
| #4 A series of conflicts with insurgent groups along Iran's borders may be impelling Tehran to back its own allies in Iraq in what it regards as a proxy war with the U.S., according to security experts and officials The LA Times deftly blames the victim. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2008-04-15 10:05 |
| #3 U.S. Aiding Iran's Rebels: If we aren't, we should be |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-04-15 09:59 |
| #2 what would be cool is if some iranian style IEBs were used in the SW of Iran against the mullah forces or even if it were just reported |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-04-15 09:55 |
| #1 I would love it if it were true. More than likely, US supplied weapons for the military and police for the Kurds is ending up in Iran. I would love it if we were waging a covert proxy war against Iran like they are doing to us. Payback is a bitch, ain't it Allie-Ahole? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-15 09:43 |