Fifty Iranian Guards train south Iraq militias--US

They just can't help catapulting the propaganda. Notice the use of "qualifying" words because these are just accusations with no basis in fact.

About 50 members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are believed to be training Shi'ite militias in the use of mortars and rockets in southern Iraq, the general commanding U.S. troops in the area said on Sunday.

"We are concerned primarily about the training of Shi'ite extremists. We think there are about 50 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards," Major-General Rick Lynch, commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad, told reporters.

Lynch said there had been an increase in "indirect fire attacks" on U.S. forces in his area of command and that rocket attacks were becoming "more accurate and more effective".

Washington has accused Shi'ite Muslim Iran of fomenting violence in Iraq through its support for Shi'ite militias, especially in southern Iraq. [emphasis mine]

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US marches closer to war with Iran

I've posted many times about how I believe Bush will invade Iran. This from December 2006. And there are earlier posts going back to my first mention of it in January 2006.

From Bosnia to Afghanistan to Iraq, the US military and intelligence have cooperated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, which Washington now wants to declare a terrorist outfit. This collaboration will end, leaving the US "unfettered" for a strike on Iran. And despite what some may think, a "war of attrition" with low-intensity clashes is not possible. It can only be all-out war. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

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