Posted on 08/07/2007 10:16:35 PM PDT by Doofer
BAGHDAD, Aug. 7 — Attacks on American-led forces using a lethal type of roadside bomb said to be supplied by Iran reached a new high in July, according to the American military. The devices, known as explosively formed penetrators, were used to carry out 99 attacks last month and accounted for a third of the combat deaths suffered by the American-led forces, according to American military officials. “July was an all-time high,” Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the No. 2 commander in Iraq, said in an interview, referring to strikes with such devices. Such bombs, which fire a semi-molten copper slug that can penetrate the armor on a Humvee and are among the deadliest weapons used against American forces, are used almost exclusively by Shiite militants. American intelligence officials have presented evidence that the weapons come from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran, although Tehran has repeatedly denied providing lethal assistance to Iraqi groups. In recent weeks, the American military has focused on mounting operations in sanctuaries used by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, a Sunni group that is predominately made up of Iraqis but has foreign leadership. But, as the information provided by General Odierno shows, Shiite militias remain a major long-term worry. In focusing on Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the American goal is to reduce the number of car bombings and spectacular suicide attacks that have aggravated sectarian tensions, encouraged Shiite retaliation and undermined efforts at political reconciliation. While the group is seen by the American military as the most serious near-term threat, there are other signs that Shiite militias remain active. According to General Odierno, the day-to-day commander of American troops in Iraq, Shiite militants carried out 73 percent of the attacks that killed or wounded American troops in Baghdad in July.
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I forgot, what was the name of the city we were going to allow to be nuked?
Something is up
Why is the NYT, of all people, changing their ways of reporting on this?
That editorial last week, and this, admitting that IRAN is behind this all the way...
Something is up
Tick, tock, tick, tock.....
Eventually we need to do something about the terrorist regime in Tehran.
I agree...to a point. But I have a question. What means do we use to take action? An air war/bombing will only do so much. We are already stretched tight in our number of soldiers committed around the globe.
So what do you propose?
I agree. Perhaps a strongly worded letter to Imanutjob?
Interdiction of cross border traffic from Iran into Iraq, with ROE , shoot to kill anything that moves from Iran on land sea or in the air.
We managed to capture Iranian officers and diplomats last spring, who were organizing the supply of Iranian arsenal marked ordnanace. I thought the shite would hit the fan then, but it certainly should now, regardless of whatever "talks" we are having with these POSs.
Our soldiers should not be dying from these IEDs.
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