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| Iraq |
| Iranians Had Showdown With U.S. Forces |
| 2007-03-25 |
| Via Jihad watch As the British government demanded the immediate release of 15 of its sailors whose boats were seized by Iranian naval vessels in the Persian Gulf on Friday, U.S. News has learned that this is not the first showdown that coalition forces have had with the Iranian military. According to a U.S. Army report out of Iraq obtained by U.S. News, American troops, acting as advisers for Iraqi border guards, were recently surrounded and attacked by a larger unit of Iranian soldiers, well within the border of Iraq. The report highlights the details: A platoon of Iranian soldiers on the Iraqi side of the border fired rocket-propelled grenades and used small arms against a joint patrol of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers east of Balad Ruz. Four Iraqi Army soldiers, one interpreter, and one Iraqi border policeman remain unaccounted for after the September incident in eastern Diyala, 75 miles east of Baghdad. During a joint border patrol, both American and Iraqi soldiers saw two Iranian soldiers run from Iraq back across the Iranian border as they approached. The patrol then came upon a single Iranian soldier, on the Iraqi side of the border, who did not flee. While the joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol was speaking with the soldier, according to the report, the patrol was "approached by a platoon-size element of Iranian soldiers." An Iranian border captain then told the U.S. and Iraqi soldiers that "if they tried to leave their location, the Iranians would fire upon them." During this conversation with the Iranian captain, Iranian forces began firing and continued when U.S. troops tried to withdraw. Iraqi and American forces returned fire "to break contact and left the area to report the incident," the report noted. "The Iranian forces continued to fire indirect fire well into Iraq as Coalition Force soldiers withdrew; for reasons unknown at this time, the Iraqi Army forces remained behind." No American soldiers were wounded in the incident. It is possible that Iranians thought they were in Iranian territory, according to U.S. military officials. Such border confusions and disputes happen routinely. After all the entire world belongs to asllah with the mullahs appointed to rule over all. Rest at link |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 Yes, war now, and the Israelis should start it with a broad attack on anything Iranian that they can reach. First, however, they have to replace Egbert with the toughest bastard they can find, then kick ass on all fronts. The US and UK et al will be there because we already are and there's no choice but to kill in increasing numbers. let's see, on side B, we have Iran, Syria, anyone else ? Heh, KSA ? Egypt ? Turkey ? Want in ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-03-25 20:33 |
| #5 Iran War 2007 |
| Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2007-03-25 20:05 |
| #4 There are no Iranians near me but plenty of traitors to be getting on with. War start now. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-25 17:42 |
| #3 We need a "Shoot on sight" policy enforced on the Iranian border. No prisoners. Leave the dead where they fall, for the crows to eat, and kill any of the Iranians that come and try to get them. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2007-03-25 17:11 |
| #2 Zenster that was my thoughts exactley were was the fire support then the ending Iraqi forces stayed behind please don't tell me they stayed and fought as we egressed out I would find that very unlikley unless orders from above so deemed such. But on the bright side at least we didn't pull a Britian and surrender when asked to then with a Frigate nearby launched a helicopter to watch record our frog march back across the border into Iranian space wereas of course helo must turn back. |
| Posted by: C-Low 2007-03-25 16:23 |
| #1 Why was not a flock of A-10s called to intervene? To a man, that "Iranian platoon" should have been churned into damp red sand, border or no. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-03-25 16:08 |