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US believes Iran launched air raids on Islamic State in Iraq

The United States has indications that Iran has carried out air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq in recent days, US officials said on Wednesday.

 

A senior Iranian official denied that Iran had launched any such strikes.

 

US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States had indications that Iran had used F-4 Phantoms to launch the raids in the last several days.

 

An Iraqi security expert said the strikes took place 10 days ago near the Iranian border.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.03.14, 18:45