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ADDING ON TO POST NO 1473:

August 17, 2006

Weapons from Iran discovered in Iraq’s port city

With this kind of hardware -- including Katyusha rockets and mortar shells -- the Shi'ites of southern Iraq and their Iranian backers were gearing up for something big: A war for secession? From Iran Focus:

Baghdad, Aug. 16 - An array of weapons made in Iran were discovered in Iraq’s southern port city of Um Qasr, the Iraqi television channel al-Zora reported on Monday.
In the weapons cache were hundreds of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells as well as several thousand light arms, the report said, adding that the weapons had all been manufactured in neighbouring Iran.
The weapons were discovered in the city’s al-Hora district, it said.
Um Qasr, the country’s largest deepwater port city, is close to the city of Basra which Iraqi officials say has become a hub for agents of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).
Posted at August 17, 2006 07:08 AM