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Six Iran troops killed in clashes with Kurd rebels
2011-07-23
[Bangla Daily Star] A senior officer of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards was among six soldiers killed in festivities with Kurdish rebels on the border with Iraq, Fars news agency reported yesterday.

"General Assemi of the Qom branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps was killed along with five of his comrades in festivities with terrorist rebels of the PJAK (Party of Free Life of Kurdistan) in the Sardasht area," the agency said, without giving any further details.

Iranian troops launched a major offensive on Saturday against PJAK rebels operating out of rear-bases in neighbouring Iraq.

On Tuesday, the autonomous regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan demanded Iran respect the border after a Guards commander said Iranian forces had taken "full control" of three PJAK camps inside Iraq.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Joe lets his veil down now and then.
Posted by: Pollyandrew   2011-07-23 22:00  

#3  JOE!

:)
Posted by: S   2011-07-23 08:04  

#2  We took Public Relations instead of ENGLISH I, II, etc. that deacde, didn't we???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-23 00:26  

#1  Iran has officially asserted its sovereign right to deal militarily wid cross-border "terrorists" + rebels, i.e. KURDS, + strike at their local or regional home bases wherever they may be.

The prob for the USoA + the IGA is that, by the same token, IRAN HAS NOT INDIC THAT IT WILL FORMALLY WITHDRAW FROM THE KURDISH AUTONOMOUS REGION/ZONE IN IRAQ EVEN IFF IT IS DONE DEALING WID THE KURDS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2011-07-23 00:24  

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