RE: Iran massing troops on Iraq border....
Dear freeperfromnj- what do you think is going on here? Are they(Iran) hoping to invade, or are they thinking that we will invade them from Iraq???
Not sure but take a look at this - tensions are definitely increasing.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5428063
Iran Threatens to Rethink Cooperation with UN
Tue Jun 15, 2004 11:49 AM ET
By Louis Charbonneau and Mark Trevelyan
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran threatened to review its cooperation with the U.N. atomic watchdog as France, Britain and Germany refused to soften a resolution that sharply rebukes Tehran for sluggish cooperation with the U.N.
In a letter to the leaders of France, Britain and Germany, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami accused Europe's three big powers of working with Tehran's arch-foe Washington to pile pressure on the Islamic Republic, which the United States says is trying to develop nuclear weapons.
"Continuation of this behavior under the pressure of America will seriously harm mutual trust and Iran's cooperation with the international community on Iran's use of peaceful nuclear technology," Khatami warned in the letter to Europe's big three, extracts of which appeared in the Sharq newspaper.
"Continued unfriendly behavior and ignorance of undertakings, will push Iran to consider its different options."
Some Iranian hard-liners have suggested following North Korea in pulling out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty rather than submitting to U.N. inspections. But Tehran has made no such official threat. Withdrawal could bring international isolation.
After a day of backroom talks on the text, the European trio circulated a revised draft resolution on Iran to members of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors that "deplores" Iran's inadequate cooperation with the IAEA, the U.N. body that polices treaties on the use of nuclear technology.
But one diplomat on the board described the changes to the original draft as "cosmetic" and the Iranians were not happy.
"This is not acceptable. It does not meet our expectations for substantial revisions, not at all," Hossein Mousavian, secretary of the foreign policy committee of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, told Reuters.
Diplomats said Washington had wanted the text even harsher, with a deadline for Iran to come clean about its atomic plans. That would keep pressure on Tehran and open the door to a future report to the U.N. Security Council and possible sanctions.
It's hard to say. I think they're testing us.
The headline on that one is a bit misleading. Iran has 4 battalions on the Iraq border which would be about 1500 troops, total, I think. Of course the fact that they have a pact with Russia could complicate things if the war drums started beating.