Iran Killing Troops In Iraq

Seems like someone in the administration would be doing something about this. I’ve been hearing about this for years now. It’s nice that it is getting more attention, but it’s sad it is still going on.

I am sure the State Department is behind the inaction they call diplomacy.

Iran-Supplied Bomb Is Killing More Troops in Iraq, U.S. Says

Attacks on American-led forces using a lethal type of roadside bomb said to be supplied by Iran reached a new high in July, according to the American military.

The devices, known as explosively formed penetrators, were used to carry out 99 attacks last month and accounted for a third of the combat deaths suffered by the American-led forces, according to American military officials.

“July was an all-time high,” Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the No. 2 commander in Iraq, said in an interview, referring to strikes with such devices.

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