Iranian jets join allies in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq

UK Telegraph ^ | December 2, 2014 | By Richard Spencer

[Oldeconomybuyer]

British, American and other allied forces are now fighting directly alongside their former rivals Iran, according to new footage of the war in Iraq.

An Iranian jet has been filmed for the first time bombing positions of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), during a battle for the town of Saadiya, north-east of Baghdad.

United State Air Force jets have been flying missions over Iraq since August, and the RAF since September. Pentagon officials later confirmed that Iranian jets had taken part in bombing raids.

Iranian advisers are known to have been embedded with the Iraqi army and militia forces fighting Isil. But this is the first proof that the Islamic Republic and the countries it famously termed the “Great and Little Satan” - America and Britain - are taking part in missions on the same side.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Iran has been designated a State Sponsors of Terrorism by the United States since 1984.

[Gen.Blather]

This is like finding that you and a cobra are fighting the same mongoose. He’s not really on your side. If you think he is, you’re in for a vicious bite.

[Vendome]

I think they doing minimally what they need so they can embed with us, Iraq and anyone for intelligence purposes.

Real freaking smart.

[Vermont Lt]

F4 Phantoms.

I am impressed that they’ve kept them flying.

[Dartman]

F4 Phantoms.

My all time favourite aircraft. I love to hear that those bad boys are still flying, but sorry to hear the bad guys are flying them.

[Blood of Tyrants]

They must be scouring aircraft boneyards all over the world to keep them flying.

[Timber Rattler]

More likely Obama and Kerry cut a secret deal with them and then sent them the parts they needed from the Davis–Monthan boneyard.

[Blood of Tyrants]

That would be a good place to look. There are hundreds of them there.

[nomorelurker]

Might be that you have the start of some Hollywood movie script there.
Brad Pitt or whoever swoops in to steal parts so Iran can destroy ISSIS.

[G Larry]

For this “help” Obama will not interfere with Iran’s move to Nukes.

[Svartalfiar]

Iran is at least smart enough to know that ISIS's brand of extreme Islam is too extreme for Iran. Therefore, as Islam always works, you gotta fight each other, make sure your specific belief system is the one to force peace upon the world. This is no different that Iraq v Kuwait, or any other inter-Muslim fight. The greater threat must be dealt with first. The Satans can always be dealt with later.

“Maxim 29:
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”

Also,
If there weren't huge business advantages to selling us oil, do you really think Saudi Arabia would be such good friends of ours?

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

OK, time to pull out.

Let the Sunni/Shite war resume.