Iranian Forces Invade Iraq's Kurdish Region To Stamp Out Rebel Bases

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Iranian Troops Attack Kurdish PJAK Rebel Bases In Iraq -- BBC

Iranian forces have inflicted a "heavy and historic defeat" on Kurdish rebels based in Iraq, army officials say.

Iranian troops took control of three camps of the Kurdish rebel group, PJAK, which operates from northern Iraq, Col Delavar Ranjbarzadeh said.

But rebel sources denied the claims, saying they had killed 53 soldiers and lost only two rebel fighters.

PJAK, which calls for autonomy for Iran's minority Kurds, is regularly targeted by Iranian forces.

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More News On Iranian Forces Attacking Kurdish Bases In Iraq

Report: Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces take control of Kurdish bases in Iraq amid clashes -- Washington Post
Report: Iranians seize Kurdish bases in Iraq -- Forbes/AP
Iran 'takes control' of Kurdish camps in Iraq: Guards -- AFP
Iran media: Troops dismantle Kurdish rebel camp -- CNN
Kurds battle Iranians at border -- Washington Times
Iran attacks Kurdish fighters' camp -- Al Jazeera
Iranian Raid Kills Two Kurdish Rebels in Northwest -- Voice of America
Two Kurds, Iran Guard killed on Iraq border -- AFP
IRGC takes PJAK camp near Iraqi border -- Press TV (Iran)
About 30 Iranian soldiers, number of PJAK, killed in clashes in northern Iraq -- Aswat al-Iraq (Iraq)

My Comment: While border clashes are increasing .... everyone in the region is looking at this development and fearing for the future.

Iranian Military Forces Enter Iraq's Kurdish Region

Kurdish guerrillas on the Iraqi side of the border with Iran (AFP)

Iranian Attacks Kill At Least 2 In Kurdish Region Of Iraq -- Washington Post

BAGHDAD -- At least two people have been killed and dozens of families have fled in the mountains of the semiautonomous Kurdish region during two weeks of heavy air strikes and artillery attacks that come from neighboring Iran.

The dead include a 14-year-old girl and a 45-year-old woman.

Incensed by the intensity of the attacks and what they say is a brazen ground movement nearly two miles into Iraqi territory, Kurdish officials have reached out to the central government to stop the Iranian incursion and continued shelling, said Jabar al-Yawar, the spokesman for the peshmerga, the Kurdish regional force.

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More News On The Iran - Iraq/ Kurdish Conflict

Iraqi official says Iranian troops cross border -- AP
Iran troops twice cross border to fight rebels: Iraq Kurds -- AFP
Iranian Troops Cross into Iraq's Northern Border -- CRIEnglish
Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq -- Reuters
Despite condemnations, Iran does not stop bombing Kurdistan Region -- Kurdish Globe

Iran Launches Airstrikes On Iraqi Villages -- Danger Room

Iranian aircraft attacked three villages inside Iraq over the weekend. The airstrikes — Iran’s first on Iraqi soil since the U.S. invasion — could complicate the Obama administration’s efforts to normalize relations with Tehran.

“The bombardments appeared to have targeted the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK), an Iranian Kurdish separatist group which has launched attacks on Iran from rear-supply bases in the mountains of northern Iraq,” AFP reports. Iran has attacked the Kurdish group before, with artillery. But this is the first time the Iranians followed up, with assaults from the air.

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More News On The Iran - Kurdish Conflict

Iranian Helicopters Attack Iraqi Kurdish Border Region -- Voice Of America
Iran shells Iraqi Kurdistan village -- Reuters
PJAK told to stop cross border attacks on Iran -- Tehran Times