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May 03, 2008

Report: US May Strike Iranian Revolutionarly Guards Base if Insurgent Supplies Continue

The US military is drawing up plans for a “surgical strike” against an insurgent training camp inside Iran if Republican Guards continue with attempts to destabilise Iraq, western intelligence sources said last week. One source said the Americans were growing increasingly angry at the involvement of the Guards’ special-operations Quds force inside Iraq, training Shi’ite militias and smuggling weapons into the country.

Much more at the link.

Seems to be yet another sign of growing US confidence in Iraq -- it seems we've been afraid to do this previously, fearing the response of the Iraqi Shiites. But with Maliki now getting tough with Iran, and apparently with public support, it's now on the table.

The report says that Iran may escalate the conflict if we strike their territory. I can only hope so.

posted by Ace at 08:39 PM

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