Iranian rockets found near army base in Iraq

Jerusalem Post:

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... the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Watan reported that Iran claimed to possess enough missiles to strike 600 Israeli targets and that it wouldn't hesitate to use them in the wake of an attack by the United States or Israel.

The report followed two claims by the US army over the weekend implicating Iran in attacks against US forces in Iraq.

According to an announcement on Saturday night, US troops in Iraq uncovered a field containing 50 Iranian-made rocket launchers, all aimed at a US army base.

The discovery came after the US claimed that an explosively formed penetrator - a high-tech device that the US military believes is smuggled from Iran - was used against US forces in the Baghdad area earlier Saturday.

The penetrator was one of several bombs used in an attack that killed two American soldiers in the Iraqi capital.

The Iranians denied the charge.

Iran has no credibility on these issues. Its war against the US is becoming more open and brazen on a daily basis and a field of rockets aimed at a US base is an act of war that should not be ignored. We need to discover the manufacturer of these rockets and destroy that facility. Hat tip Larwyn and Dan Riehl.

Confederate Yankee has more on the Iranian rockets including pictures of the launchers and the recovered rockets. The pixs are very clear. The wooden crate in the background looks new.

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