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| Report: Iran Confirms Air Strikes In Iraq Against Islamic State |
| 2014-12-07 |
| [Ynet] A senior Iranian official has confirmed his country carried out air strikes in neighboring Iraq against Islamic State fighters at the request of Iraqi authorities, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported. It quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour as saying the strikes were not coordinated with the United States, which is also waging an air campaign against the radical Sunni Muslim militants who control large parts of north and west Iraq. The purpose of the strikes was "the defense of the interests of our friends in Iraq", the newspaper quoted Rahimpour as saying in an interview in London. "We did not have any coordination with the Americans. We have coordinated only with the Iraqi government," he said. "In general, every military operation to help the Iraqi government is according to their requests." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 how do we know it was not coordinated from the WH Realistically, the WH was probably in the "oh, by the way" portion of the cycle. I suspect the Iraqis agreed to do the coordination between the Iranians and CENTCOM. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-07 12:54 |
| #1 And a big "I told you so" from Rantburg to the dopes in the White House. Of course, how do we know it was not coordinated from the WH, after all ValJar is Iranian. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-12-07 12:11 |