Posted on 05/07/2007 2:18:25 PM PDT by Wiz
Erbil, 7 May (AKI) - Tension has been high on the border between Iraq's Kurdistan region and Iran in recent days because of the suspect movement of armed Kurdish groups, an anonymous source told Adnkronos International (AKI). A source within the Kurdish peshmerga militia - which allied itself with the US-led coalition in the 2003 war and serves as the main security force for the Kurdistan regional government - added that "intelligence acquired by the local authorities shows that Ansar al-Islam and Ansar al-Sunna - linked to al-Qaeda - are reorganising their ranks and deploying their forces near the border".
At the same time, a Kurdish armed group has distributed a statement in the area close to the Iranian border, threatening the 'apostates' of Islam and calling on local people to reveal the names of young people who recently converted to Christianity.
(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...
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Iran is looking for the release of its operatives within Iraq. This is yet another “casus belli” masquerading as a negotiating ploy.
Faster, please.
BTW, all those who say the Mullahcracy would never cooperate with Sunni should wake up and smell the burqas.
Everyone needs to get prepared it is going to get bloody...we are going to lose people...the enemy knows the surge is almost complete and its ass kicking time.... and will work overtime to break our will at home.
It would be as good a place to start the invasion of Iran as any.
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