Reuters: Iran fires missiles at militants in Syria over parade attack
Iran said it fired missiles on Monday at Islamic State militants in Syria it blames for an attack on its soil on Sept. 22 and said the action shows the government’s readiness to punish the “wickedness” of its enemies.
Tehran has accused U.S.-backed Gulf Arab states of attacking a military parade in southwestern Iran and killing 25 people, nearly half of them members of the elite Revolutionary Guards.
Monday’s strike targeted the bases of “takfiri terrorists” backed by Washington and regional powers in eastern Syria, the Guards said in a statement on Sepah News, their news site. It killed a number of militant leaders and destroyed their supplies and infrastructure, they said.
Iranian officials often use the word “takfiri” to describe Sunni Muslim hardliners. Iran is predominantly Shi’ite Muslim.
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Well, they are either bluffing, or stupid.
ReplyDeleteThey can send all the "messages" they want, but when it comes down to it, attacking U.S. Soldiery would be the end of the state.
let's not forget that Iran and Assad is helped and supported by Russia and they often get upset rather readily
ReplyDeleteThe Iranian airforce is pretty antiquated anyways...wouldn't hurt to start from scratch.
ReplyDeleteThe good news is that they missed the US troops.
ReplyDeleteHelps that they weren't actually aiming for them.
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ReplyDeleteFred;
You've overlooked the Russian response to their unbelievably incompetent display of martial arts recently in Syria with an attack on one of our allied militias backed by a few US advisors and troops. On The Tuff-O-Meter, it didn't budge the needle.
Fazman
ReplyDeleteYes it does assuming that they weren't aiming at them.