Hezbollah Training Iraqi Militants In Iran?
According to a front page piece in today’s New York Times, Hezbollah are training Iraqi militia fighters in Iranian camps.
Four captured Iraqi militia members, in separate confessions, have said that they were trained by Hezbollah.
The captured men described themselves in the accounts as part of a class of 16 militants who crossed into Iran from southern Iraq and were taken to a camp near Tehran, where they studied in a classroom and in the field. Some had been in Iran several times as part of a program that American officials said was aimed at turning them into “master trainers” and which could last several years.
Depending on where you stand, this is either further proof of the disruptiveness of Hezbollah to the peace and security in the region, or just another bit of an orchestrated push by the American conspirators against Hezbollah that started by Mr. Jumblat’s airport allegations and ended in Iraq.
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Hello, my name is Mustapha and I blog in The Beirut Spring about Lebanese society and politics. I started in February 2005 after the killing of P.M. Rafik Hariri.
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The problem with Am’rica is that they always say,
and never show.
If they claim that “4 captured Iraqi militia members”
told them so, why not show the video of the “confession” to prove their claims ???
I find it peculiar… why should Leb-HZB travel to Iran to train Iraqis? what’s wrong with the Iranian trainers? the Iranian trainers trained HZB. Is there something wrong with the training they gave to HZB ?
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Amir, the reason Iran is using Hezbollah to train Iraqis is to have Arabs working with other Arabs. The training involves training trainers. The newly graduated trainers will then go back to Iraq. It’s a practical approach to cultural differences.
This is also useful for Hezbollah since it keeps them close to updated technology.