Iran Crosses Into Iraq to Hit Bombing Suspects

AOL News ^ | 26/10/10 | Naseer Karimi

[Eleutheria5]

TEHRAN, Iran (Sept. 26) -- Iranian forces crossed into neighboring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group it says was involved in last week's bombing of a military parade, state TV reported Sunday.

Gen. Abdolrasoul Mahmoudabadi of the elite Revolutionary Guards said the "terrorists" were killed on Saturday in a clash "beyond the border" and that his forces were still in pursuit of two men who escaped the ambush.

While Iran has said in the past it would target armed groups on Iraqi soil this is a rare case of it actually admitting to an attack.

Iraqi officials have complained in the past about Iranian artillery targeting armed Kurdish opposition groups on its soil.

An explosion during a military parade in the town of Mahabad, in Iran's northwestern Kurdish region, killed 12 women and children on Wednesday.

Sponsored Links Iran has already blamed the attack on Kurdish separatists who have fought Iranian forces in the area for years, but most Kurdish groups condemned the attack and no one has so far claimed responsibility for it.

Iran has also blamed Israel, the U.S. and supporters of Iraq's previous regime for supporting the Kurdish groups.

The parade was one of several held around the country to mark the 30th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war.

The city of Mahabad is home to 190,000 people - most of them Kurds and Sunni Muslims. Iran is predominantly Shiite.

Government forces in Iraq, Iran and Turkey have all periodically battled with the Kurdish minorities straddling their borders. They fear the groups are seeking to unite territory in all three nations to form an independent Kurdish homeland.

[Eleutheria5]

Kurdish homeland? Hmmm...why can't the Kurds have their own homeland? Because it would involve carving up existing states? So would a Pali homeland. Because they've never had one? Neither have the Southern Syrians and Northern Egyptians we presently call Palestinians. OK. Let's be fair. There will be a Pali homeland when: 1. there is a Kurdish homeland; and 2. Jordan kicks in a territorial concession to the Palis matching that which is being demanded of Israel. In the interim, Israel OUGHT to support Kurdish insurgents. In justice, the Palis should have been doing this, but don't expect intellectual and moral consistency from a made-up nationality.

[REDWOOD99]

And termites will stop eating wood. And there will be peace in all the land.

[Eleutheria5]

But even if all that doesn’t happen, Israel ought to be supporting Kurdish insurgents. It’s good chess.

[LibLieSlayer]

Kill all captured iranian agents... cut off their heads and set them on pikes at every possible border crossing. Rinse and repeat as often as possible.

LLS

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[SunkenCiv]

Iranian forces crossed into neighboring Iraq and killed 30 fighters from a group it says was involved in last week's bombing of a military parade

Free Kurdistan! Thanks Eleutheria5.