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Iran massing troops on Iraq border
The Washington Times ^ | June 15th | UPI

Posted on 06/15/2004 5:34:28 AM PDT by F14 Pilot

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Beirut, Lebanon, Jun. 15 (UPI) -- Iran reportedly is readying troops to move into Iraq if U.S. troops pull out, leaving a security vacuum.

The Saudi daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat, monitored in Beirut, reports Iran has massed four battalions at the border.


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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: border; deathwish; iran; iraq; muslims; southwestasia; terrorism; totalitarian; totalitarianism; troopbuildup; troops; us; war
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To: F14 Pilot

What's the difference between the Iranian army and Ted Kennedy?




Ted Kennedy has one confirmed American kill.


121 posted on 06/15/2004 6:36:49 AM PDT by TBarnett34 (Pres. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004): Rest in Peace)
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To: Strategerist

Are you saying that the middle eastern press can't be trusted. I'm glad we don't have that problem here in the US.


122 posted on 06/15/2004 6:37:11 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I will never give up. So don't ask me.)
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To: F14 Pilot

Just shows how all nations in the area fear democracy coming to their doorstep, and will do anything to try to stop it, even something foolish as this.


123 posted on 06/15/2004 6:37:45 AM PDT by Rennes Templar
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To: madison10

Tin Foil : That would take a few pallets of tin foil since they don't like Saddam


124 posted on 06/15/2004 6:38:08 AM PDT by nuconvert ("America will never be intimidated by thugs and assassins." ( Azadi baraye Iran)
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To: veronica

sik 'em Isreal. . .sik 'em


125 posted on 06/15/2004 6:40:37 AM PDT by bored at work (My God is the main course. . .not allah carte')
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To: Dave Elias

Yeah there was some talk about Iraqi air power before the first GW but not a one of their planes made it off the ground. We shut down any air threat immediately.


126 posted on 06/15/2004 6:41:21 AM PDT by bereanway
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To: F14 Pilot

Then it will be time to introduce the Iranians to the power of the Daisy Cutter.


Roadkill!!!


127 posted on 06/15/2004 6:42:50 AM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: nuconvert

LOL Thought some of their clerics did.


128 posted on 06/15/2004 6:42:55 AM PDT by madison10
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

Here!


129 posted on 06/15/2004 6:44:45 AM PDT by F14 Pilot (John ''Fedayeen" sKerry - the Mullahs' regime candidate)
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To: F14 Pilot

I haven't seen anything on the Fox News, CNN, UPI, AP, Drudge, and Reuters websites about this.


130 posted on 06/15/2004 6:46:04 AM PDT by Ebenezer (Strength and Honor!)
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To: F14 Pilot

Daisy Cutter time.


131 posted on 06/15/2004 6:48:27 AM PDT by jackbill
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To: jackbill

sounds like a target rich environment.


132 posted on 06/15/2004 6:50:09 AM PDT by cajungirl (<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
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To: bereanway

And because of the no fly zones we had most, if not all, of their AAA sites mapped and pinpointed. We do not have that luxury in Iran.


133 posted on 06/15/2004 6:51:18 AM PDT by eastforker (All those in favor of abortion have already been born. Ronald Reagan)
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To: F14 Pilot
Al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted "reliable Iraqi sources" as saying, "Iran moved part of its regular military forces towards the Iraqi border in the southern sector at a time its military intelligence agents were operating inside Iraqi territory."

I'm sure they are being monitored by our satellites.

134 posted on 06/15/2004 6:54:18 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: F14 Pilot
Maybe this is who those 4 BN's are

From the Jerusalem Post online edition

Jun. 8, 2004 19:46 | Updated Jun. 8, 2004 19:58
Iran recruiting "Army of Martyrs"
By MATTHEW GUTMAN

Official application form for "martyrdom operations"

Iran has registered at least 10,000 young volunteers for "martyrdom operations,"
against US forces in Iraq and Israel, according to the recruitment group, the Committee for
the Commemoration of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign.

Salman Rushdie the author of "The Satanic Verses," and the recipient of a death
warrant in absentia by Iran's former leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khumeini,
has also been targeted by the nascent brigade of terrorists calling itself the
"Army of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign."

The London based Arabic daily, al-Sharq al-Awsat reported last week that the
"Army of Martyrs," is operated by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards
[IRG also known as the Pasdaran], and IRG's sub-agencies tasked with intelligence
gathering and the planning of terrorist attacks.

The recruitment of what the "Army of Martyrs," leaders say are thousands of
future "martyrs," i.e. suicide attackers, racked up 10,000 registered volunteers in its first week,
Mohammad Ali Samadi, a spokesman for the Committee for the Commemoration of Martyrs of
the Global Islamic Campaign was quoted by Reuters.

The calls to join the "Army of Martyrs," began at Mosques after Friday prayer two weeks ago,
after which registration forms [See Box at the bottom of this article]
were distributed by the tens of thousands at local Islamic Universities to
prospective male and female suicide attackers.

A senior Israeli intelligence source told the Jerusalem Post Monday that complementing
Iran's imminent nuclear capability are its efforts to infiltrate terrorists, weapons,
or information into the West Bank and Gaza. "There is no way to over-emphasize this danger.
Iran is involved intimately in almost every Hizbullah action."
The IRG also pay-rolls Tanzim and Islamic Jihad cells all over the West Bank and Gaza,
said the Israeli official.

The Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign spokesman Samadi explained that
"our targets are mainly the occupying American and British forces in the holy Iraqi cities
[Najaf, Karbala, Kufa, among others], all the Zionists in Palestine, and Salman Rushdie," Reuters reported.

He accused Israel for using "the Zionists," and their children as "human shields
for themselves in the occupied territories."

While the Iranian Regime could recruit "tens of thousands of martyrs,
the regime knows very well that it cannot use all of them for suicide attacks,"
said Safa Ha'eri, editor in chief of the Iranian Press Service, a dissident news agency.
Ha'eri said that "rather than a show of strength this is a demonstration of trouble.
When Mullah's think they are in trouble they pull the martyrs card.
Make no mistake, this is all for public consumption, for the television."

In addition, there is a yawning gap between brainwashing several thousand Iranian
radicals and the enlistment of a nation of 70 million to commit Jihad, added Ha'eri.

In the registration form that has flooded Islamic universities in Tehran,
volunteers are first asked in Farsi to check a box signaling their
"preparedness for carrying out Martyrdom attacks."
The registration form then asks them to check one of three preferred targets:
U.S. occupation forces in Iraq; "the occupiers of Jerusalem,"; and Salman Rushdie.

Towards the end of the form, volunteers are asked whether they would like to
"become an active member of the Army of Martyrs of the Global Islamic Campaign."

"'Our missiles are now ready to strike at their civilization,"
said a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard official to al-Sharq al-Awsat
"and as soon as the instructions arrive from Leader ['Ali Khamenei],
we will launch our missiles at their cities and installations."

In order to loose the "suicide missiles," the "Army of Martyrs," has to receive
authorization from Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini.

"Our motto during the war (in Iraq)," said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard official
"was: Karbala, we are coming, Jerusalem, we are coming.
And because of Khatami's policies and dialogue between the civilizations,
we have been compelled to freeze our plan to liberate the Islamic cities.
And now we are [again] about to carry out the program."

The closer Israel is to unilateral separation from the Palestinians,
said the intelligence official, the more the incentive Iran and its proxy
Hizbullah will have to stir the pot. With many of the other schemes uncovered,
Hizbullah and Iran are trying to smuggle in unaffiliated foreign terrorists – making it
difficult for the Shin Bet to track them down – for terrorist
attacks inside Israel.

Below is the rough translation of the "Preliminary Registration for Martyrdom Operations"
application from the Islamic Republic of Iran for position of "martyr".

In the Name of God

Preliminary Registration for Martyrdom Operations

I _____________, child of _____________, born 13_______ (Islamic calendar), the City of: _________________

proclaim my preparedness for carrying out martyrdom operations:

___ against the occupiers of the holy sites (referring to Najaf, Karbala, and other places in Iraq.)

___ against the occupiers of (Jerusalem)

___ for carrying out the death sentence of the infidel Salman Rushdie

Also, I would like to become an active member of the Army of Martyrs of the
International Islamic Movement. yes ____, No _____

Contact telephone:

Applicant's address:

Applicant's signature:

135 posted on 06/15/2004 6:54:50 AM PDT by ASA Vet (Tagline removed as too offensive. Only defensive taglines may be used.)
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To: TBarnett34

That was good!!! LOL


136 posted on 06/15/2004 6:55:40 AM PDT by Gator113
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To: Guillermo
How large is a battalion? 1000?

More like 300 to 500. But keep in mind that the media can't tell a battalion from a brigade, or a regiment from a division. So if they meant to say 'brigade', I'd say that 4 brigades could easily total 6 to 8 thousand troops.

Still not enough to get more than a few miles before the Air Force wipes them out.

137 posted on 06/15/2004 6:58:03 AM PDT by Tallguy (Liberals make my head hurt...)
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To: F14 Pilot

I've forgotten--how many men in a batallion?


138 posted on 06/15/2004 6:58:12 AM PDT by texaslil
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To: grb
4 battalions? Gosh golly. Gee willikers.

For those in Rio Linda, 4 battalions means 3000-5000 men. Iran's army has about 40 divisions, each with 10 battalions. A quarter of them armored or mechanized, the rest infantry.

Methinks whoever wrote this article is profoundly ignorant of all things military. And I sincerely doubt the units involved were "battalions". If they were, the verb "massed" is a joke.

139 posted on 06/15/2004 6:58:42 AM PDT by JasonC
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To: bereanway

As a comparison, during the first gulf war (desert storm being the second) Iranian air superiority over the Iraqis was overwhelming.


140 posted on 06/15/2004 6:59:57 AM PDT by Dave Elias
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