April 2006 Iran–Iraq cross-border raids
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|date=3 April 2006
|place=Iraqi Kurdistan, north-western Iran
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April 2006 Iran–Iraq cross-border raids were three military cross-border attacks on Iran-Iraqi Kurdistan border, in which PJAK claimed to had killed 24 members of Iranian security forces in early April, 2006.[http://washingtontimes.com/world/20060403-125601-8453r.htm Tehran faces growing Kurdish opposition], James Brandon, The Washington Times, April 3, 2006 The raids were motivated as retaliation for the killing of 10 Kurds demonstrating in Maku by Iranian security forces. On April 10, 2006, seven PJAK members were arrested in Iran, on a suspicion that they had killed three Iranian security force personnel.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}}
Aftermath
PJAK set off a bomb on 8 May 2006 in Kermanshah, wounding five people at a government building.[http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir060628_1_n.shtml The militant Kurds of Iran - Jane's Security News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010194856/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jir/jir060628_1_n.shtml |date=October 10, 2008 }}
Since, the US news channel MSNBC claimed that the Iranian military begun bombardments of Kurdish villages in US-occupied Iraq along the Iranian border while claiming that their primary targets were PJAK militants.{{citation needed|date=September 2011}} A number of civilians died.{{cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20759540/site/newsweek/page/2/ |title=Trouble on the Iran-Iraq Border - Newsweek: World News - MSNBC.com |publisher=Msnbc.msn.com |date=September 13, 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-10}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
See also
References
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Category:2006 in Iraqi Kurdistan
Category:Military operations involving Iran
Category:Iran–Iraq military relations