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US forces storm Iranian consulate (Kurdish region)
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| January 11. 2007
Posted on 01/11/2007 4:33:56 AM PST by nuconvert
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:33:58 AM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Looks like the gloves are coming off. No "diplomatic immunity" for Iranian military operation/espionage plotting facilities.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:36:32 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: nuconvert
I realize that we didn't do anything when Iran raided our embassy long ago, but isn't this considered an act of war?
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:36:39 AM PST
by
Schnucki
("When a mullah calls, an undertaker is sure to follow." -- old Persian saying)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:36:57 AM PST
by
lowbridge
("I wonder if he's in touch with the critics out there, like Matt Damon, the actor" -Chris Matthews)
To: nuconvert
The Bush administration accuses Iran The BBC was mostly fair and mostly balanced but they just couldn't pass up a jab at Bush.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:39:10 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Schnucki
Some might say yes, but so is using embassies as staging for attacks on the host nation.
We would not have done this if we did not have convincing evidence that something was going on that was not on the level at these consulates. But dont expect to see the evidence soon. I am certain it was obtained by covert means.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:41:13 AM PST
by
Magnum44
(Terrorism is a disease, precise application of superior force is the ONLY cure)
To: Schnucki
Seriously, do you think Iran is not at war with us?
If the govt of IRAQ withdrew accreditation from this "consulate" (if that is, indeed, formally, what it was) then it is fair game and must have been a hi value target given the rapid raid.
The rules of diplomacy cut both ways and restrict diplomats from using their facilities and diplomatic cover to be used to conduct military operations against the host country.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:42:08 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: nuconvert
Oh My. Do they mean the US troops entered the counsulate and removed 5 Iranian terrorists and their terror planning documents?
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:43:32 AM PST
by
dforest
(Liberals love crisis, create crisis and then dwell on them.)
To: mtbopfuyn
The full quote,
"The Bush administration accuses Iran of helping fuel violence in Iraq, as well as trying to develop nuclear weapons."
How is this a jab at the President?
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:43:39 AM PST
by
Doe Eyes
To: silverleaf
"...do you think Iran is not at war with us? "
Yup, since November, 1979. Time the US took the gloves off.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:44:49 AM PST
by
Former Proud Canadian
(How do I change my screen name after Harper's election?)
To: Schnucki
Shipping IED's into Iraq and supplying alSadr with money and weapons are acts of war.
I'm hoping all the information we're gathering will be used to present to Congress, the American people and the world to build our case for directly taking on Iran. Iraq will never be the success we hope to see, while the current regimes of Syria and Iran exist.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:45:05 AM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: nuconvert
Where're the euphamisms??
"Coalition Forces"
"Iraq Security 'backed' by ...."
We did it, and we're taking the credit.....
Interesting change in wording........
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:46:34 AM PST
by
Uncle Ike
("Tripping over the lines connecting all of the dots"... [FReeper Pinz-n-needlez])
To: Former Proud Canadian
And thanks again to Canada for its courageous support during our Tehran embassy siege in 1979 and for its support now.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:46:47 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: nuconvert
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:46:56 AM PST
by
TADSLOS
(Iran is in the IED exporting business. Time to shut them down.)
To: silverleaf
"No "diplomatic immunity" for Iranian military operation/espionage plotting facilities."
I would tend to agree, but that's not our call to make.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:47:17 AM PST
by
LIConFem
To: Uncle Ike
It's BBC and they want to make sure that we're identified as the bad guys that did this.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:50:45 AM PST
by
nuconvert
([there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business] (...but his head is so tiny...))
To: Schnucki
IIRC, consulates aren't sovereign territory like embassies are.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:52:09 AM PST
by
Grut
To: LIConFem
You suggest we did not have the approval of the Iraqi govt to do this. I would bet the farm we had their approval.
Bush and Maliki have reached agreement on ROE for the new direction and taking off the gloves regarding Iranian subversion inside Iraq is one aspect of it.
Pres Bush telegraphed this last night- we are now going to interdict Iranian and Syrian subversion using military means.
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posted on
01/11/2007 4:53:56 AM PST
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: silverleaf
"You suggest we did not have the approval of the Iraqi govt to do this."
Huh? I suggested nothing of the sort. All I said was that Iraq's diplomatic relations with its neighbors -- especially with regard to issues of diplomatic immunity -- are their affair. I'm quite sure we had Iraq's approval for this raid.
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posted on
01/11/2007 5:01:18 AM PST
by
LIConFem
To: nuconvert
Thanks for posting this interesting news.
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posted on
01/11/2007 5:06:01 AM PST
by
syriacus
(When you think "surge," think "tsunami." 34,000 Americans died so South Korea could be free.)
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