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US ordered Britain to attack Iran Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040630-081728-4495r.htm http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040630-081728-4495r.htm U.S. ordered Britain to attack Iran Baghdad, Iraq, Jun. 30 (UPI) -- A report released Wednesday said the United States ordered British troops to attack Iranian forces that ventured into Iraq last July. The incident began when Revolutionary Guards pushed about a half mile into Iraq to the north and east of Basra in an apparent attempt to reoccupy territory they claimed belonged to Iran, The Telegraph reported. Lt.-Gen. Ricardo Sanchez then ordered the British to prepare to send in several thousand troops to attack the Revolutionary Guard positions. The Revolutionary Guard Corps has 125,000 soldiers, making it 25 percent larger than the entire British Army. The Iran-Iraq incident lasted about a week and was resolved by a telephone conversation between British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharrazi, British officials said. The incident was disclosed by an unidentified senior British officer at a conference in London and is reported in Wednesday's edition of Defense Analysis.

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