Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict, analysts warn (Guardian)

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Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict, analysts warn (Guardian)

Source: The Guardian

Proxy war could soon turn to direct conflict, analysts warn

US strikes on Iran predicted as tension rises over
arms smuggling and nuclear fears

Julian Borger and Ian Black
Saturday September 15, 2007
The Guardian

The growing US focus on confronting Iran in a proxy
war inside Iraq risks triggering a direct conflict in
the next few months, regional analysts are warning.

US-Iranian tensions have mounted significantly in the
past few days, with heightened rhetoric on both sides
and the US decision to establish a military base in
Iraq less than five miles from the Iranian border to
block the smuggling of Iranian arms to Shia militias.

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US officers have alleged that an advanced Iranian-
made missile had been fired at an American base from
a Shia area, which if confirmed would be a significant
escalation in the "proxy war" referred to this week by
General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq.

"The proxy war that has been going on in Iraq may
now cross the border. This is a very dangerous
period," Patrick Cronin, the director of studies
at the International Institute for Strategic Studies,
said.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,,2169798,00.html

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Sat Sep-15-07 09:58 AM
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1. Isn't it the other way round?

...
Last month, as the corporate media mulched over renewed Pentagon claims Iran is providing deadly IEDs to Iraqi �insurgents,� German television reported the Maoist Kurdistan Workers� Party, or Partiya Karkaren Kurdistan (PKK), has �killed over 200 Iranians,� a handful by way of IED, according to a PKK terrorist quoted by German ARD television (original in German). �Three months ago, by using radio-controlled mines we killed 13 to 14 Iranian soldiers,� Sertan, a �PJAK� terrorist, told the Germans. PJAK �is a cover name, because the organization is dedicated to Abdullah �calan, to the boss of the . It is forbidden in Europe and America as a terrorist organization,� in fact, the U.S. State Department lists PKK as a terrorist organization.

As Iranian Press TV reported yesterday, the leader of the �Pejak terrorist group says he has good relations with the US and German governments and they know everything about the group.� Abdel Rahman Haj-Ahmedi, who lives in Cologne, told German ARD television: �Big powers help our military stations and American army generals completely overlook our activities.� Moreover, according to Haj-Ahmedi, �some US generals even visit Pejak�s military camps and have good ties with Pejak�. Haj-Ahmadi in a similar interview with the Kurdish newspaper Media had acknowledged that some US senators and generals had met with Pejak leaders in Iraq�s Qandil.� In short, PJAK enjoys full neocon support, as should be expected, never mind PKK�s supposed lunatic Maoist persuasion.
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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/07/376041.html

And a possible proxy war with Iran could lead to problems with Russia or China

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