Friday, June 30, 2006

Look What We Caught - Iranian Agents in Iraq

Coalition forces have captured Iranian agents in Baquba, Iraq per Captain's Quarters via Reuters:

Iraqi and U.S. troops battled Shi'ite militiamen in a village northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, and witnesses and police said U.S. helicopters bombed orchards to flush out gunmen hiding there. Iraqi security officials said Iranian fighters had been captured in the fighting, in which a sniper shot dead the commander of an Iraqi quick reaction force and two of his men. They did not say how the Iranians had been identified.....................

The United States and Britain have accused Shi'ite Iran of meddling in Iraq's affairs and providing military assistance to Iraq's pro-government Shi'ite militias. However, there have been few instances of Iranians actually being captured inside Iraq.....................


Captured Iranian agents are proof positive that Iran is trying to carve out pockets of control and influence in Iraq as they have done elsewhere in the region via terrorist means. It's hardly a surprise and probably will not have a major impact, but it does answer the question. Sounds like we should stack the border and start getting some serious kill numbers of Iranian agents attempting entry into the conflict.....................

This also can't help Iran in the nuclear stand-off and should remove any doubt of their goals in the region from those still willing to give them any benefit of the doubt, regardless of how thin that might be and how unbelievable they could still give any benefit of doubt.........................................