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| IRGC gave Zarqawi SAM-7 missiles - report |
| 2006-05-16 |
| Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had provided the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq heavy weapons including anti-aircraft missiles, it emerged on Friday. The Iraqi daily az-Zaman which is published in London and Baghdad quoted credible Iraqi sources as revealing that the IRGC had given al-Qaeda in Iraq, Strela-type SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, modern explosives, and a large number of personnel arms including Kalashnikovs and BKC machineguns. Al-Qaeda in Iraq is believed to be led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is on the United States’ wanted list. The report said that representatives of al-Zarqawi’s group met in Beirut with members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and through them established channels with Tehran. Three close aides to al-Zarqawi travelled to Iran via a security checkpoint in the Iraqi border province of al-Amara from where they met with Iranian officials, the report added. The United States and Iraqi officials have accused Iran’s radical Islamic government of sending agents and arms into Iraq to assist the insurgency. The IRGC was founded in the early days of the Islamic revolution in 1979 as an armed force loyal to Iran’s clerical rulers. Its commanders directly report to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and their mission is to “protect and propagate” the Islamic revolution. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #7 perhaps we could give the IRGC some cruise missiles? clusterbombs? without prior notice? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-16 20:47 |
| #6 I love Paris, strolling the left bank in the middle of the night, Chaillot palace and the Eifel Tower.........SIGH.........but the Frogs have been so duplicitous with the Middle East that they are due to reap what they sow......and the Riots last summer are really nothing compared to what the Iranians might do. Not that I would wish Islamoterrorist Nuke attacks on anyone but I believe that the Iranians will bite the hand that feeds them much as a rapid dog will bite their owner first. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-16 20:19 |
| #5 They told us we'd always have Paris, SP, but they could have been wrong. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2006-05-16 16:19 |
| #4 Hum that would mess with my IPS I guess (very, very bad), but otherwise, no prob. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-05-16 15:30 |
| #3 When I was in Baghdad two years ago an Army LTC told me that they were "killing more Iranians than Iraqis" We've been at war with those nutjobs for a while now and we really should call a spade a spade and put it all on the table. The IRGC has been funding the terrorists in Iraq since the capture of Baghdad and have actively pursued fomenting a civil war. Its time we did something more in keeping with our status as the only super power in the world and flick these little wannabee world power envy mullahs off our sleeves like a gnat......bomb them. Bomb them all. I predict that if we don't do something very soon with Iran there is going to be a city somewhere disappear. Paris anyone? |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-16 15:26 |
| #2 see the suprise meters still broken,lol, cant say im reeling in shock at this. Job for Airwolf this. |
| Posted by: ShepUK 2006-05-16 08:05 |
| #1 Strela's could explain the recent downing of the two helicopters in the past week. |
| Posted by: pihkalbadger 2006-05-16 07:56 |