Iraq accuses Iranian regime hireling of rocketing Baghdad
Iraq-Iran, Politics, 7/13/2001

Iraq on Wednesday accused what it called the " hireling of the Iranian regime" by launching three missiles at a residential area on Tuesday evening resulted in wounding one Iraqi civilian.

The Iraqi news agency quoted a security source as saying that " puppets for the Iranian regime had committed another crime in the series of ugly crimes committed against Iraq's people and civilization."

The same source held the " Iranian authorities the responsibility of this brutal operation which is considered as a flagrant violation to its security and sovereignty," stressing that Iraq "preserves its right to retaliate to this aggression."

Later in the day, the higher council of the Islamic revolution in Iraq, a main Iraqi opposition groups which takes Tehran as a headquarters, claimed responsibility for launching three missiles of three caliber against Baghdad.

The Iranian Tulabeyah news agency quoted the representative of the higher council for the Islamic revolution in Iraq Hamid al-Bayati as saying that " in the mid on Tuesday, the Islamic revolution attacked Iraqi important positions." He added that " these attacks came as a retaliation to the increased repression against the Iraqi people by the Iraqi regime and to break the siege imposed on the homeland." According to the Iranian agency the attacks targeted the Iraqi general security department, the presidential palace, the radio and TV building and the Cabinet.

No response was released by the Iranian authorities on these accusations. Tehran radio considered these Iraqi accusations as " groundless." Tehran radio commentator said " Iraq addresses these accusations without showing evidences." Worthy mentioning that differences on several issues stand against the normalization of relations between Iraq and Iran who launched a war lasted for 8 years ( 1980- 1988) and resulted in killing thousands of people.

Meantime, an Iraqi military spokesman in Baghdad said that the Iraqi army on Wednesday launched ground to air missiles at American and British warplanes while flying over southern and northern Iraq areas and forced them " to flee."

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