Saturday, June 5, 2010

Iranian Military Forces Enter Iraq's Kurdish Region

Kurdish guerrillas on the Iraqi side of the border with Iran (AFP)

Iranian Attacks Kill At Least 2 In Kurdish Region Of Iraq -- Washington Post

BAGHDAD -- At least two people have been killed and dozens of families have fled in the mountains of the semiautonomous Kurdish region during two weeks of heavy air strikes and artillery attacks that come from neighboring Iran.

The dead include a 14-year-old girl and a 45-year-old woman.

Incensed by the intensity of the attacks and what they say is a brazen ground movement nearly two miles into Iraqi territory, Kurdish officials have reached out to the central government to stop the Iranian incursion and continued shelling, said Jabar al-Yawar, the spokesman for the peshmerga, the Kurdish regional force.

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More News On The Iran - Iraq/ Kurdish Conflict

Iraqi official says Iranian troops cross border
-- AP
Iran troops twice cross border to fight rebels: Iraq Kurds -- AFP
Iranian Troops Cross into Iraq's Northern Border -- CRIEnglish
Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq -- Reuters
Despite condemnations, Iran does not stop bombing Kurdistan Region -- Kurdish Globe

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