Iraq says Iran forces shelled Kurds in Iraq
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30597131.htm
Source: Reuters 30 Apr 2006
BAGHDAD, April 30 (Reuters) - Iraq's Defence Ministry
said on Sunday that Iranian forces had shelled Kurdish
rebel positions this month and crossed 5 km (3 miles)
into Iraqi territory.
Iraqi Kurdish officials had said Iranian forces shelled
Iranian Kurdish rebel positions inside northern Iraq on
April 21 to repel an attack, wounding at least four
civilians.
"Iranian forces bombed border areas in the Haj Umran
area, the Iranian forces crossed 5 km over the border
and bombed Lolan with more than 180 heavy artillery
shells targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK),"
a ministry statement said.
The statement was the first official Iraqi confirmation
of the incident.
The breach by Iranian forces could fuel accusations
of Iranian interference in Iraq by Sunni Arab politicians.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30597131.htm
This article linked from: antiwar.com
(as are many posts seen in this NG)
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The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
John J. Mearsheimer
University of Chicago - Department of Political Science
Stephen M. Walt
Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government
http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP06-011
( has polemical response from Alan Dershowitz at site )
Edited non-PDF version :
http://www.lrb.co.uk./v28/n06/mear01_.html
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