Iran Shells Mountain Villages
On Iraq Side Of the Border
The Guardian.co.uk website brings us this story today and it goes in part like this... "If this escalates it could pose a real threat to the Kurdistan region, which is Iraq's most stable area," said Mr. Yawar, who said he expected the Iraqi government and US officials in Iraq to make a formal protest to Tehran about the "blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty"... The escalation of tensions in northern Iraq came as a senior US army officer renewed allegations of Iranian support for Shia militias in the south. Major-General Rick Lynch told reporters in the capital that up to 50 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard corps had crossed into Iraq and were training Shia militia members...
Read this troubling story in full at link below...
Kurds flee homes as Iran shells villages in Iraq
* Here’s more on the Iranian Helicopter Crash last Saturday...
Six Killed In Saturday Iranian Helicopter Crash
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