U.S. ordered Britain to attack Iran

The Washington Times ^ | June 30, 2004 | UPI

[F14 Pilot]

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.

[F14 Pilot]

PING!

[nuconvert]

A bit more info than yesterday's report

[Happy2BMe]

What you didn't see on CNN - ping.

"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."

[ruiner]

Ummm, looks to me that he ordered them to "prepare positions" He never actually ordered an attack.

[F14 Pilot]

I wonder if this is related to the article on the Iranian brigades massing in Iraqi-Iranian border.

[Happy2BMe]

This near-miss happened a year ago.

Next time the Taliban government in Tehran won't be so lucky.

[F14 Pilot]

I am always curious to know how come CONFLICTS between IRI and Britain can always be solved by PHONE CALLS

[B4Ranch]

>>The Iran-Iraq incident lasted about a week and was resolved by a telephone conversation<<

Just amazing what a telephone call can do. I'll bet it saved a lot of lives on both sides. Smart move!

[Happy2BMe]

"I am always curious to know how come CONFLICTS between IRI and Britain can always be solved by PHONE CALLS."

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You and the whole world would like to have the answer to that . .

[Grampa Dave]

"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."

This sounds more like the Guardian, NY/La Slimes or the compost instead of the Washington Times.

Who wrote this article?

[nuconvert]

You're ruining the Headline.....

[F14 Pilot]

The Iran-Iraq incident lasted around a week and was resolved by a telephone conversation between Jack Straw, the Foreign Secretary, and Kamal Kharrazi, his Iranian counterpart, British officials said.

"It did look rather nasty at the time," one official said. "But we were always confident it was a mistake and could be resolved by diplomatic means. We got in touch with Baghdad and said, 'Don't do anything silly; we are talking to the Iranians.' "

It is from another paper!

[nuconvert]

hmm....'cause British are used to talking to mullahs on the phone???

[nuconvert]

"it was a mistake "

LOL! Yeah, SURE it Was!

[Jewels1091]

Where's the story??? Good grief, we knew this was happening at the time.

[Julliardsux]

"Lt.-Gen. Ricardo Sanchez then ordered the British to prepare to send in several thousand troops to attack the Revolutionary Guard positions."

How does the story get from an order to prepare to attack to an order to attack. Seems to me, preparing to attack was a very good idea.

[nuconvert]

Well, the Washington Times didn't. Or they didn't think it got enough attention.

[Tai_Chung]

The Revolutionary Guard Corps has 125,000 soldiers, making it 25 percent larger than the entire British Army.

I bet the British would kick The Revolutionary Guard Corps butt.

[ruiner]

No no no, this is the Saladin Army Revolutionary Islamic Brigade of Death. No one can beat them!!!!!

Sorry, Ruiner is recalling the names of all the Iraqi divisions. They didn't fare very well either.