CNN spoke tonight about 600 men armed with highly sophisticated weapons being involved in this fight today in Najef. The post above mentions uniformed men, "Army of Heaven"? I suspect IRGC, Iranian Revolutionary Guards. The raid last week on Karbala (four US officers abducted from a secured compound and killed) and this leads me to believe that there's more here than Al-Qaeda or Sunni Insurgents. Another helo I think was downed last week, Blackhawk I think, by a SAM! Iran has its hands all over this.
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