Iran’s IRGC Quds force active in Fallujah crackdown in Iraq

Iranian Quds force active in Iraq crackdown

The al-Gharbiya satellite TV station aired a report citing an official at the Baghdad airport saying, “Iraq’s 53rd Brigade along with a unit of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Quds Force has entered the Baghdad International Airport. This source stipulated they have stationed Russian built heat-seeking missiles at the site. These are the same missiles that Hezbollah is using in Syria. This source says Tehran has directly and blatantly entered the war in Iraq’s al-Anbar Province.”
According to Iraqi satellite TV station reports, Fallujah tribes arrested a number of Iranian regime forces. These sources say the passports of those arrested near Fallujah show they are forces of the Iranian regime. One of these men showed documents to the camera and said, “Look closely at this passport that is Iranian. The truck drivers are Iranian. Their passports are Iranian. In the top section is written Islamic Republic of Iran. Notice that we are fighting against the Iranian regime. To the people of al-Anbar, notice that we are fighting against the Iranian regime…”
Reports show tribal forces in the Fallujah area set ablaze a Maliki military convoy consisting of 8 vehicles, forcing the remaining vehicles to retreat due to the stiff resistance. Furthermore, they controlled the international road and are not allowing military convoys enter Fallujah or reach Ramadi.
The spokesman of the tribal forces in an interview with Sky News said in response to a question on the presence of al-Qaeda in Fallujah that all this is rumor and added, “The goal of spreading such rumors that the Daesh group (Iraqi al-Qaeda) has gained control over Fallujah is to provoke and make nervous Iraqi and international public opinion.”