https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-of-us-soldiers-in-iraq-thoughts <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-32034"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-of-us-soldiers-in-iraq-thoughts%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Lawsuit+Alleges+Iran+Directed+Killing+of+US+Soldiers+in+Iraq.++Thoughts%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Flawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-of-us-soldiers-in-iraq-thoughts&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ALawsuit Alleges Iran Directed Killing of US Soldiers in Iraq. Thoughts?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-of-us-soldiers-in-iraq-thoughts" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="a4e0a3365170ad1490c724ac07e31259" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/034/for_gallery_v2/iran.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/034/large_v3/iran.jpg" alt="Iran" /></a></div></div>The families of three American soldiers killed during a brazen attack in Iraq are suing the Iranian government for allegedly orchestrating the raid.<br /><br />Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington, the lawsuit says Lt. Jacob Fritz, Specialist Johnathan Chism, and Private First Class Shawn Falter were taken prisoner and then murdered in January 2007 by Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents and the Khazali network, an Iraqi militant group.<br /><br />The lawsuit says Iran directed the assault on the provincial headquarters in Karbala as retaliation for the arrest of Iranian agents operating in Iraq by U.S. forces.<br /><br />Read more:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/314/qrc/ap_pope_francis_22_jc_150922.jpg_16x9_992.jpg?1443037406"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635">Politics</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Get the latest breaking politics news and political coverage of U.S. elections. 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Thoughts?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-of-us-soldiers-in-iraq-thoughts" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="636672cebbc68f599515750237f13f48" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/034/for_gallery_v2/iran.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/032/034/large_v3/iran.jpg" alt="Iran" /></a></div></div>The families of three American soldiers killed during a brazen attack in Iraq are suing the Iranian government for allegedly orchestrating the raid.<br /><br />Filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington, the lawsuit says Lt. Jacob Fritz, Specialist Johnathan Chism, and Private First Class Shawn Falter were taken prisoner and then murdered in January 2007 by Iranian-backed Hezbollah agents and the Khazali network, an Iraqi militant group.<br /><br />The lawsuit says Iran directed the assault on the provincial headquarters in Karbala as retaliation for the arrest of Iranian agents operating in Iraq by U.S. forces.<br /><br />Read more:<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635">http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/011/314/qrc/ap_pope_francis_22_jc_150922.jpg_16x9_992.jpg?1443037406"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/lawsuit-alleges-iran-directed-killing-us-soldiers-iraq-30032635">Politics</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Get the latest breaking politics news and political coverage of U.S. elections. 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