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| Iraq |
| Iran shelling targets deeper inside northern Iraq |
| 2007-09-27 |
| Iranian forces have shelled deeper into northern Iraq than previously, hitting targets in an area northeast of the city of Arbil, said Abdul Wahid Koani, mayor of the Kurdish Iraqi border town of Joman, on Thursday. Iranian artillery shells landed in the Haj Umran area, hitting targets on two mountains and villages abandoned from earlier attacks, he said, adding that they reached as far as 17 kilometres (10.5 miles) into Iraqi territory. Iraqi Kurdish officials said last month that hundreds of Iraqi Kurds had fled remote mountain villages near the country's eastern frontier after Iranian gunners targeted separatist guerrilla bases. Iran confirmed for the first time on Sunday that it had been shelling camps of Kurdish militants inside northern Iraq, saying the local authorities had not listened to its warnings. The militant Kurdish separatist group PJAK -- linked to Turkey's outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- has been behind a string of deadly attacks on security forces in northwestern Iran in recent months. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #9 Not so particular... or Arty guys need live fire counterbattery practice now and then.... Hell its training |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-09-27 17:44 |
| #8 The issue is exactly who the Iranians are shooting at, and despite some search I can't quite figure that out. If they're shooting at the PKK, I'd put a UAV in the air and broadcast rebel coordinates in the clear. If they're shooting at Iranian Kurd communist rebel positions, I wouldn't lift a finger to help either side. If they're shooting at Iranian Kurd non-commie rebels, I'd wheel the counter-battery fire out and give our boys some arty practice. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2007-09-27 17:08 |
| #7 I nominate USN, Ret. for snark of the day. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-09-27 14:31 |
| #6 I say we put some artillery units nearby and then counter-battery them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-09-27 14:30 |
| #5 There's a ton of arty just sitting in the green zone doing nothing because U.S. forces won't use counter battery in the area. There's no reason for some of that arty not to have already made it's way to Kurdistan other than the U.S. not wanting to support Kurdish terrorists. Makes sense to me. I congratulate us on having some ethics. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-09-27 14:25 |
| #4 re #3: because Israel used up the monthly quota of testosterone.... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2007-09-27 13:59 |
| #3 I can't for the life of me understand why that has not already happened, except, the big guns are still in transit. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-09-27 13:33 |
| #2 Send some arty back with interest. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-09-27 13:32 |
| #1 Imagine the hilarity if out of the blue, the Iranians received counter battery fire wiping out about half a dozen artillery positions. With no explanation. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-09-27 13:21 |