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Defend America on Saturday, July 11, 2009 8:31:31 AM
Obama Frees Iranian Terror Masters
The release of the Irbil Five is a continuation of a shameful policy.
By Andrew C. McCarthy
There are a few things you need to know about President Obama’s shameful
release
on Thursday of the “Irbil Five” — Quds Force commanders from Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) who were coordinating
terrorist attacks in Iraq that have killed hundreds — yes,
hundreds — of American soldiers and Marines.
First, of the 4,322 Americans killed in combat in Iraq since 2003, 10
percent of them (i.e., more than 400) have been murdered by a single
type of weapon alone, a weapon that is supplied by Iran for the
singular purpose of murdering Americans. As Steve Schippert
explains at
NRO’s military blog, the Tank, the weapon is “
the EFP (Explosively Formed Penetrator), designed by Iran’s IRGC specifically
to penetrate the armor
of the M1 Abrams main battle tank and, consequently, everything else
deployed in the field.” Understand: This does not mean Iran has killed
only 400 Americans in Iraq. The number killed and wounded at the
mullahs’ direction is far higher than that — likely
multiples of that — when factoring in the IRGC’s other tactics, such as the mustering of Hezbollah-style Shiite terror cells.
Second, President Bush and our armed forces steadfastly refused demands
by Iran and Iraq’s Maliki government for the release of the Irbil Five
because Iran was continuing to coordinate terrorist operations against
American forces in Iraq (and to aid Taliban operations against American
forces in Afghanistan). Freeing the Quds operatives obviously would
return the most effective, dedicated terrorist trainers to their grisly
business.
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