Posted on 01/28/2015 9:44:59 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
A video uploaded to YouTube appears to show a large Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting weapons, troops, and armored vehicles to the front to fight the Islamic State.
Several American-made military vehicles, including an M1 Abrams tank, M113 armored personnel carriers, Humvees, and Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAP), as well as Iranian-made Safir 4x4s and technicals (armed pickup trucks) are in the convoy.
The Hezbollah Brigades is US-designated foreign terrorist organization that has been involved in killing American soldiers in Iraq.
At one point in the video, a transport truck is shown carrying an M1 Abrams tank. The Hezbollah Brigades' flag is flying over the tank and other US-made vehicles. The M1, which is the main battle tank of the US Army, has been sold to and utilized by the Iraqi Army.
The screen shot above marks the first evidence of Iranian-backed militias having M1 tanks at their disposal. It is unclear if the Hezbollah Brigades seized the M1 from an Iraqi Army unit that dissolved in the face of the Islamic State's onslaught, or if the Iraqi military gave the militia the tank. Several Iraqi M1s have been photographed after being destroyed by the Islamic State.
The Hezbollah Brigades, or Kata'ib Hezbollah, receives funding, training, logistics, guidance, and material support from the Qods Force, the external operations wing of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. The radical militia has joined the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq. In addition, other Iranian-supported Shia militias, such as Asaib al Haq, Badr Organization, and Muqtada al Sadr's Promised Day Brigades have played a prominent role on the battlefield. these militias have played key rolls in securing Amerli, Baiji, and Jurf al Sakhar, and are on the forefront of the fighting in Diyala province. . .
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Arc light should happen. An old school response to send a message.
Shaking my head.
“Hezbollah Brigades convoy transporting weapons, troops, and armored vehicles to the front to fight the Islamic State.”
Hezbollah fighting IS???
The US left a lot of those around for ISIS
Kind of reminds me of Fast and Furious gunrunning to narcoterrorists, only this is more in your face.
Obama : “Oops!”
Yes... Iran’s proxy trying to protect its Syrian pal Assad from ISIS.
Dispatch the A-10 Warthogs! How do convoys like this happen?
This is why any armament that is left with, sold or given to so called allies should be equipped with self destruct capabilities, at the minimum the ability to fuse the electronics.
Shiite versus Sunni so yeah, Hezbollah and ISIS are enemies (for now ... wonderful place, the Middle East).
Giving arms to an armed mob like the Iraqi army probably wasn't the wisest thing to do.
If Hexbollah is assaulting an ISIS held town it would seem to call for heavy air strikes against both forces. Let Allah sort them out, who gets the virgins, who gets the Divine Finger.
It was a bad idea as soon as b. Hussien decided to remove all US troops from Iraq.
We are phasing out the A-10 so they won’t pose so much of a threat.
So Much for that Top Secret Chobham Armor.
I am sure the Red Chinese are developing countermeasures using armor they get form ISIS as we speak.
Makes ya wonder don’t it?
If the Iraqi army isn't willing to fight for their country and their government then why should we?
Target rich and no chance of collateral damage. How can you lose?
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