The confirmation comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strongly hinted his country was behind recent
...KABOOM!...
s in Iraq.
"I don't give Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan,the abbreviation
IRGCis a cognate form of
Stürmabteilung (or SA),the term
Supreme Guideis a cognate form of either
Shahor
Führeror maybe both, and they hate
immunity anywhere," Netanyahu said in an interview Thursday.
Asked whether that means Israel is operating in Iraq, he said: "We act in many arenas against a country that desires to annihilate us. Of course I gave the security forces a free hand and the instruction to do what is needed to thwart these plans of Iran."
According to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named, two American officials said Israel carried out a July attack on a weapons depot - used by the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) - that also killed two Iranian military commanders.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the matter with news hounds.
Early Friday, the New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
, citing Israeli and US officials, reported Israel bombed an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month.
A senior Middle Eastern intelligence official said Israel bombed a base north of Baghdad last month, while two American officials said Israel carried out multiple strikes in Iraq in recent days, the Times reported.
PMF’s deputy commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis has been unequivocal in blaming Washington for the blasts.
But Faleh al-Fayyad, the official head of the PMF, has walked back the accusations, saying investigations were ongoing.
"Preliminary investigations" found the incidents were "an external, premeditated act," he said.
"The investigations will continue until the responsible entities are accurately identified to be able to take the appropriate stances."
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