Iraq: Iran Crosses Boundaries as American Troops Pull Out

Kelly Maggio / July 22, 2011

As the Obama Administration conducts its military withdrawal from Iraq, Iran has upped its involvement in the region, emphasizing how vulnerable American troops are now that forces are diminishing.

News broke this week that Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces carried out cross-border military operations in Iraq against guerrillas of the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan (PJAK) less than a week after Iran warned that it reserved the right to attack the bases of the rebel Kurdish group. PJAK is an Iranian–Kurdish separatist group that carries out attacks in Iran from the Qandil Mountains along the Iraqi–Iranian border. (more…)