From Seattle PI:BAGHDAD -- Hezbollah instructors trained Shiite militiamen at remote camps in southern Iraq until three months ago when they slipped across the border to Iran - presumably to continue instruction on Iranian soil, according to two Shiite lawmakers and a top army officer.
The three Iraqis claim the Lebanese Shiites were also involved in planning some of the most brazen attacks against U.S.-led forces, including the January 2007 raid on a provincial government compound in Karbala in which five Americans died.
The allegations, made in separate interviews with The Associated Press, point not only to an Iranian hand in the Iraq war, but also to Hezbollah's willingness to expand beyond its Lebanese base and assume a broader role in the struggle against U.S. influence in the Middle East.
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My Comment: Interesting article, this is something that I have been hearing about for the past two years .... but the article leaves out a few things. One, it mentions only briefly the Iraqi Army offensive in the region but it does not mention the destruction of the Mahdi Army and the ease by which the Army asserted control in the cities. (2) No mention of the Iranian agents captured or killed. (3) No mention the Sadr Party has lost credibility with the Iraqi population. Much of its independence and legitimacy are now gone.
For terror groups like Hezbollah and agents from Iran .... in the end it will be the Iraqi people who will need to point them out, track them, and then either kill or capture them. They have certainly been very effective in doing this for the past three months .... this is why Hezbollah is now in Iran and not in Iraq.
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