Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border: report

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-26-2007, 02:58

Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border: report

2 hours, 32 minutes ago

LONDON (AFP) - Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
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Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".

An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."

"We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."

The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources.

In response to the report, a British defence ministry spokesman said: "There is evidence that explosive devices used against our troops in southern Iraq originated in Iran."

"Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."

Britain has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, most of whom are based in the southern city of Basra and surrounding areas, though the government has pledged to reduce that to between 5,000 and 5,500 this year.

**KafirChobee** · 06-26-2007, 03:06

Never heard such bs. We would have "Special Reports" all over the TV. It took all of 2 minutes after 9/11 - this might be considered as big. Heck, the Paris going back to jail was being covered within 5 minutes.

Go back to your wrestler memorial.

**Strike For The South** · 06-26-2007, 03:08

What do we do now?

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-26-2007, 03:18

Go back to your wrestler memorial.

No need to get insulting my old friend . Im just reporting the news as printed.

Heres another link from french News

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Its the same exact report however.

**Spetulhu** · 06-26-2007, 09:53

"The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday" doesn't exactly bode well for the veracity of the news.

**Rodion Romanovich** · 06-26-2007, 16:05

Originally Posted by Spetulhu

"The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday" doesn't exactly bode well for the veracity of the news.

**Del Arroyo** · 06-26-2007, 19:03

I see two misconceptions in this thread.

(1) That the "Sun" is necessarily wrong, and (2) that what is reported here is news.

**HoreTore** · 06-26-2007, 19:07

Originally Posted by Del Arroyo

(1) That the "Sun" is necessarily wrong

Yes, The Sun is widely considered to be a newspaper based on reporting accurate and hard facts, without sensationalism...

I'm confused; is this the one with the boobs on the third page?

**Banquo's Ghost** · 06-26-2007, 19:37

Originally Posted by HoreTore

I'm confused; is this the one with the boobs on the third page?

No, it makes mistakes on pretty much every page.

**Zaknafien** · 06-27-2007, 01:09

The Iranian forces were found to be brit SOF guys posing as Iranian soldiers. After that leaked the story went away very fast. False flag operations, anyone?

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-27-2007, 02:34

Them Brits are so sneaky

**KafirChobee** · 06-27-2007, 03:57

Sorry Gawain, didn't mean to be testy.

It's just that reports like that need a bit more investigation.

**Gawain of Orkeny** · 06-27-2007, 07:03

Sorry Gawain, didn't mean to be testy.

It's just that reports like that need a bit more investigation.

Np m8. We know each other way to well to take such things seriously. Remember I posted it almost as soon as it was announced. No time to investigate. I left that it seems in more capable hands.