Originally posted by: Fern
Originally posted by: Socio
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I know the US military are way to stretched, and if we do pull out of Iraq then the least we could do is smack the sh*t out of Iran as a parting gift to Iraq via a butt load of bombs, rockets and missiles.
That made me LOL for some reason.
I wonder what ramifications of this decision are? I mean precisely what are we gonna do now that we have bestowed this *honor* upon Iran.
Are Revolutionary Guards presently running around unfettered in Iraq? That would really surprise me.
Fern
Yes,
Iranians Were Part of Elite Force
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Two Iranians detained by U.S. forces in Iraq were senior members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards and had coordinated attacks against coalition troops and Iraqi civilians, the head of an Iranian opposition group said Thursday.
The White House said earlier this week that U.S. troops had caught a group of Iranians in a raid on suspected insurgents in Iraq. Two of the men had diplomatic immunity and were released them to Iran, but the other two were kept in custody.
Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
"We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."
Iranian Revolutionary Guards suicide unit?s incursion of S. Iraq is another step in undeclared war
Early this week, Tehran deployed in southern Iraq and southern Iran contingents of Revolutionary Guards Corps of suicide fighters in anticipation of an American attack on Iranian soil.
Coalition Forces Capture Three Suspected Terrorists with Ties to IRGC-QF
BAGHDAD, Iraq ? Coalition Forces captured what are believed to be terrorists with ties to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) from Iran in a raid Tuesday