Monday, May 1, 2006
Iran shells Kurdish rebel positions in N. Iraq
Iranian artillery fired more than 180 shells into northern Iraq, targeting Kurdish rebel bases, the Iraqi government said Sunday.
The shells landed near the Iraqi village of Haj Omran, which is about five kilometers (three miles) inside the Iraqi-Iranian border, Iraq's Ministry of Defense said.
No casualties were reported.
Iran launched a similar attack on Kurdish rebel positions in the same area on April 21, also causing no casualties or damage, Kurdish officials said.
Kurdish rebels fighting Iranian forces operate from Iraqi territory and have been active recently, mounting attacks against Iranian army and Revolutionary Guard posts.
Perhaps I'm being overly naive here. But isn't Iranian artillery, fired into Iraq, a casus bellus for Iraq (and its military sponsor, the United States)? It seems to me that, if the United States needed an excuse to move in on Iran, here it is.
Furthermore, if the United States does not assist Iraq in stopping these Iranian artillery raids, will this not embolden Iran in her saber-rattling against America and American allies?
One more observation -- for a change, it looks like Iran is learning tricks from their pet Hizbullah, rather than the other way around...
respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline
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