ARAB-US RELATIONS - Mar. 14 - Clash With Iran Troops.(Brief Article)

From: APS Diplomat Recorder | Date: March 20, 2004 | Copyright information

A patrol from the US 4th Infantry Division carrying out routine border operations comes under fire from men wearing the uniforms of Iranian border guards. The US later said its soldiers returned fire in self-defence. (In the 11 months since the fall of the Baathist regime, US soldiers occupying Iraq have been involved in incidents on the Syrian border but this is the first time that they have clashed with Iranian security forces. The firefight comes at a more than usually tense time in US-Iranian relations as Washington puts pressure on Tehran to open up its nuclear facilities to ...

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