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| Iran forces cross into Iraq to hit blast suspects |
| 2010-09-28 |
| [Al Arabiya] Iranian forces crossed into neighboring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group Tehran says was involved in last week's bombing of a military parade, the state TV reported late on Sunday. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards commander Abdulrasoul Mahmoudabadi told state television that the Guards were chasing one or two other members of the group behind the blast, which killed 12 people and injured 80 in the city of Mahabad on Wednesday. "They were ambushed near the Iran-Iraq border ... some 30 main members of the terrorist group were killed in clashes," he said. "There are still one or two members of the group members who managed to flee but they will be jugged soon." While Iran has said in the past it would target bands of Islamic bandidos on Iraqi soil, this is a rare case of it actually admitting to an attack. Iraqi officials have complained in the past about Iranian artillery shelling its northern mountainous region where armed Kurdish opposition groups have taken refuge. Analysts say incidents like the blast could further pressure President Mahmoud Short RoundAhmadinejad's government, which is facing deepening political in-fighting and economic pain because of foreign sanctions imposed over Iran's disputed nuclear program. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ala TOPIX > the KURDS are denying ANY SUCH INCURSION BY IRAN??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-28 01:47 |