Hezballah Attacking US Troops in Iraq?

Posted by Richard Radcliffe on September 6th, 2010

Source/Link:  World Threats

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Debka is reporting that Hezballah forces are attacking US forces in Iraq at the behest of Iran and Syria.

Debkafile’s military sources report increased Hizballah involvement in actions to terrorize, subvert and destabilize Iraq. A US intelligence source told Debkafile’s Iraq and counter-terror sources Monday Sept. 6: “Hizballah is striking US targets in Iraq as sub-contractor for Iran and Syria.” According to the Sunday Times of Sept. 5, Iranian “firms” in Kabul are shelling out $1,000 to Taliban for every American soldier they kill in Afghanistan. These developments make nonsense of the dire predictionsheard from some American military experts that an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities would unleash a wave of anti-US terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is happening anyway without Israel lifting a finger against Iran or its aggressive allies.
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Debkafile’s military sources report that Hizballah’s increased involvement in actions to terrorize, subvert and destabilize Iraq on behalf of Syria and Iran is their first practical step for reviving the Eastern Front which threatened Israel in the days of Saddam Hussein. In its contemporary re incarnation, the Eastern Front would be orchestrated from Tehran and link up with the armed-to-the-teeth Northern Front composed of Iran’s cohorts, Hizballah, Syria and the Palestinian rejectionists.

Please read the entire article for more important information.

Analysis. However, Iraq does not have a common border with Israel. Therefore, any attack from an “Eastern Front” is an attack from Jordanian territory. So far there have been no public reports that I have seen detailing any problems in Jordan with “rejectionist” forces. Jordan has a problem with fundamentalists along its border with Saudi Arabia. So far this has been contained. Since 2000, there have only been two major events in Jordan that I remember. The first was the 2000 sarin gas attack supposedly sponsored by El Queda with the assistance of Syria. There was also a terrorist attack on a wedding in one of the major Amman hotels several years back. Somewhere in the near future we may see attempts to assassinate King Abdullah II and destabilize Jordan directed from Damascus. This we cannot afford.

As mentioned in the article, Iran wants control of the Shiite shrines in an-Najaf and Karbala … especially Karbala. Iran does not want a sunni in control of thegovernment. But an Arab shiite in control in Baghdad might not be any better. Arabs don’t like Persians. Iran wants to control the southern Iraqi oil fields for the increased leverage on the World’s oil supply and for the Iraqi refining capacity.

I believe I heard mentioned on “The Dark Secret Place” radio show yesterday that the Houthi rebels are active again. This would fall in line with the attacks yesterday on a joint Iraqi-American base near Baghdad. The Iraqis repelled the attack with fire support from the American forces. If Debka is correct, expect to see more of these. The Iranians must portray our withdrawal from Iraq as a defeat by the mujahadeen and not a voluntary withdrawal. Politically and religiously they cannot let the message go out that we actually weren’t there to conquer Iraq for “crusader forces”.

Expect the instability in the Middle East to increase after Friday Prayers this Friday. Ramadan ends that same day and the Eid al Fitr (Greater Eid) is that night. There just might be some interesting “celebrations” planned.

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