Bush approved raids on Iranians in Iraq

Yahoo news ^ | 1/12/2007 | ANNE FLAHERTY

[do the dhue]

WASHINGTON - An order from President Bush authorized a series of U.S. raids against Iranians in Iraq as part of a broad military offensive, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.

Bush issued the order several months ago, Rice told The New York Times as she prepared to visit the Middle East. She said the president acted "after a period of time in which we saw increasing activity" among Iranians in Iraq "and increasing lethality in what they were producing."

Five Iranians were detained by U.S.-led forces this week after a raid on an Iranian government liaison office in northern Iraq, a move that has frayed even further the relations between the two countries. The United States accuses Iran of helping provide roadside bombs that have killed American troops in Iraq, and a bitter standoff already exists over Tehran's nuclear program.

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[do the dhue]

I think Pattone would unbed the embedded media. Stand at Iran's border and (if necessary) probe it until they retaliated. Then he would claim they attacked and he would 'surge' to Tehran.

Off the top of my head, I don;t know for sure.

[lndrvr1972]

And? What is the problem? They the Iranian government and Syria are the biggest problem for our troops and Iraq.

[do the dhue]

Pattone

my bad
on me

[Earthdweller]

"Then he would claim they attacked and he would 'surge' to Tehran."

Actually I think they have already attacked out soldiers and interests in Iraq through proxy.

[do the dhue]

no problem here. Kinda gives me faith that Bush has a cahoenea' left

how DO you spell cahoena'?

[lndrvr1972]

que? LOL

[cartoonistx]

Cajones! It's Spanish for BIG ONES!

[do the dhue]

Actually I think they have already attacked out soldiers and interests in Iraq through proxy. No different then China and Russia during the Korean Conflict and China and Russia during Vietnam.

I think they have too. But I don't like fighting proxy wars.

I think that if we have some evidence of this and I think we will now, we should go to war with them. They want to enter this war, then do it. AND if they want nukes, I would deliver them air mail. Free of charge, BTW.

[do the dhue]

THANKS!!!

[M. Espinola]

It's a safe bet Iranian terrorist agents were behind this economic sabotage. The only way to stop Iranian instigated terror in Iraq is removing the jihad-o-holic bastards in Tehran, the same ones issuing the orders and paying for all of it through exported oil - which up until now, that Iranian crude oil keeps flowing, as does the millions into Islamic terrorism.

An Iraqi soldier looks at smoke rising from a burning oil pipeline in Kirkuk, about 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, January 11th, 2007.

[Earthdweller]

Why hasn't the UN come down on this proxy war thing? Seriously....this is just a way to get around the international laws. Maybe too many of them benifit from arms sales..ya think?

[cartoonistx]

I think you meant to say "gracias"! Might as well learn the language of the future majority in America!

[MitchellC]

a raid on an Iranian government liaison office in northern Iraq, a move that has frayed even further the relations between the two countries.

Apparently this writer at the AP thinks our relationship with Iran would be better off if we let the Iranians go about destroying everything for which we've worked.

I'm having a hard time recalling, so someone please remind me how

1.) the AP isn't a liberal cesspool, and

2.) liberals don't value do-gooder rhetoric over actually getting the job done and protecting lives?

[do the dhue]

I applaud the President for rejecting the fatalism of failure and pursuing a new course to achieve success in Iraq.

Yes, you can say that about the ol' liberal Joe.

[do the dhue]

I am sure that Russia and China are making money.

Why hasn't the UN come down on this proxy war thing?

Useless Nothings, that is why.

[do the dhue]

please remind me how

1.) the AP isn't a liberal cesspool, and

I hear crickets chirping?

2.) liberals don't value do-gooder rhetoric over actually getting the job done and protecting lives?

I saw where a church had to stop serving food to the homeless because they didn't have a license. So, the bum's went dumpster divin' instead.

[do the dhue]

I think you meant to say "gracias"! Might as well learn the language of the future majority in America!

OK, let me try:

[Jrabbit]

Why is Condi talking to The NY Slimes?

[Earthdweller]

" I'm having a hard time recalling, so someone please remind me how

1.) the AP isn't a liberal cesspool"

[Brimack34]

Thank You! I could not have worded it better.