Iranian senior commander killed in Iraq

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard has been killed during a battle against the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq, the Guard said Sunday.

Brig. Gen. Hamid Taqavi was "martyred while performing his advisory mission to confront ISIS terrorists in Samarra," said a statement posted on the Guard's website.

Shiite Iran says it has sent military advisers to assist Syria and Iraq in battling Sunni-led rebels and extremist groups, but has denied sending any combat forces to either country. Taqavi is the highest ranking officer known to have been killed outside Iran since the devastating 1980-88 war with Iraq, in which he fought and in which he lost his father and a brother.

The Guard said Taqavi was assisting Iraqi troops and Shiite volunteers defending Samarra, a city north of Baghdad which is home to a major Shiite shrine. It did not provide any details on how he was killed but said a funeral procession will be held in Tehran on Monday.

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[freshwest]

1. It's now a bloody regional affair by all signs.

[heaven05]

2. bush, cheney

and the rest of the PNAC crowd are screaming, "who's your daddy"!!!!!!! They must be really proud of this mess they wreaked and misery that they have inflicted on the people of this region.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Mission Accomplished---a strutting, codpiece wearing George bush