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Shiite Militia In Iraq Believed To Have Been Trained By Hezbollah
AHN ^ | July 2, 2008 6:08 a.m. EST | Komfie Manalo - AHN News Writer

Posted on 07/02/2008 9:41:58 AM PDT by Perdogg

Two Iraqi lawmakers and a military officer on Wednesday claim that Hezbollah fighters have trained Shiite militiamen in southern Iraq before slipping into Iran to continue the training there.

According to the Iraqi officials, the training ended three months ago.

But they said the Hezbollah were also involved in planning some daring attacks against U.S.-led coalition forces. The most prominent was the attack at a provincial compound in Karbala in January 2007 which killed five Americans.

(Excerpt) Read more at allheadlinenews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hezbollah; iran; iraq; israel; shiites; wot

1 posted on 07/02/2008 9:41:58 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: SJackson; SandRat

ping


2 posted on 07/02/2008 9:42:22 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

I’m shocked. Who would a thunk it?


3 posted on 07/02/2008 11:48:44 AM PDT by jongaltsr (Hope to See ya in Galt's Gulch.)
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