At Iraqi Border Outpost, a U.S.-Iran Game Of 'Spy Vs. Spy' -- McClatchy News
JOINT SECURITY STATION WAHAB, Iraq — This windswept U.S. garrison on Iraq's border with Iran has no running water and sporadic mail service, and it's so easily overlooked that the military accidentally canceled its contract for portable toilets last month, forcing the 60 soldiers who live here to resort to disposable waste bags for a while.
Yet Joint Security Station Wahab, which service members recently voted "the most austere base" in southern Iraq, is expected to remain after most of the American super bases in the country close. That's because the soldiers here are on the front line of the U.S. military's efforts to track and counter Iranian influence, a mission that's going to get harder as the area's al Sheeb border station opens to thousands of Iranian tourists in the next few months.
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My Comment: I would like to know what is happening on the Afghanistan - Iran border .... my guess .... the same as the Iraq - Iran border.
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