Posted on 01/14/2007 1:39:00 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Feedback from the Irbil raid.
What I really cannot understand is why something hasn't happened before now, I know the rammifications of attacking sites in Iran would be huge, but hundreds of lives have been lost as it is. There comes a point where you just have to bite the bullet.
Notice that the article claims that there has been little proof of the alleged actions of Iran . . . Yeah, right.
Roggio has a new item up that gives some details:
http://billroggio.com/archives/2007/01/iranian_quds_force_a.php
In late December, US forces raided a SCIRI office in Baghdad and detained two member of Qods Force, including "the third-highest-ranking official of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' al-Qods Brigade," according to the Washington Post. The New York Sun identified the senior Qods commander as Chizari. Also seized were "weapons lists, documents pertaining to shipments of weapons into Iraq, organizational charts, telephone records and maps, among other sensitive intelligence information... [and] information about importing modern, specially shaped explosive charges into Iraq."
"Evidence the Iranians were helping the Sunni insurgency was also uncovered in the Baghdad raid. . . ."
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The press is the propaganda arm of the American left and they have an agenda...see this:
"Washington has often accused Iran, or factions within the Iranian government, of aiding Shia groups in Iraq militarily and politically, . . .
but has offered little proof of Tehran's alleged activities."
BS.
The confrontation with Iran is getting closer, and has to happen SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
"Last month several Iranians were arrested by the US in Baghdad, among them two senior Revolutionary Guard officers. They were released after huge pressure from the Iraqi government."
Whose side is Iraq on? It is understandable that they want to have a "good neighbor" policy with Iran in preparation for the time that the US troops will leave Iraq. If I were an Iraqi I would be shaking in my boots, too.
This was the mullahs ONE WARNING....there will not be another one I think. Pieces are being positioned as we speak to teach Adimanut a lesson.
Iran's probably not going to sit still while we dismantle networks they deliberately constructed.
They will retaliate. Maybe diplomatically, maybe via terrorism, maybe politically, rattle Hezbollah or the Mahdi Army at us, one way or another, they won't accept our offensive meekly. Long term history supports this assessment.
On present course, we will up the ante ourselves, on receipt of their next provocation.
Confrontation is probably coming, the trend is clearly in that direction over the past few weeks.
It may not be the US that initiates it.
Perhaps not by US design.
The other question is time. Once Iran demonstrates a nuclear military capability, US strategy will immediately change to containment, ala NK and the USSR.
Odd that Iran is actively provoking their enemy, while apparantly trying to buy time for nuclear success, the two are mutually exclusive strategies. Something to keep in mind.
And that sir is what I find troubling....why are they so hell bent on fighting us. Are they so full of themselves that they think they could win a war against us?
I do see your point, though. There seems to be a disconnect between their government's assessment of the balance of power and the conventional wisdom.
And it would seem they may have a better assessment of our assets than we have of theirs.
London, Jan. 14 – The following is the full text of a statement issued by the United States-led forces in Iraq on the arrest of five Iranian citizens in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil. In the statement, the Multi-National Force – Iraq (MNF-I) charged that the arrested individuals were tied to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE-IRAQ
COMBINED PRESS INFORMATION CENTER
BAGHDAD, Iraq
http://www.mnf-iraq.com
703.270.0320 / 0299
January 14, 2007
Release A070114a
Coalition targets Iranian influence in Northern Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Coalition Forces continue investigations into the activities of five Iranian nationals detained in Irbil on Jan. 11. Preliminary results revealed the five detainees are connected to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard – Qods Force (IRGC-QF), an organization known for providing funds, weapons, improvised explosive device technology and training to extremist groups attempting to destabilize the Government of Iraq and attack Coalition forces.
According to Coalition Force officials, efforts will continue to target all who break the law, attack the Coalition Force or attempt to undermine the Government of Iraq.
The facility in which the detention took place has been described by various Iraqi officials as an Iranian liaison office, but it did not enjoy the diplomatic status of a consulate according to Iraqi and U.S. officials.
The Multi-National Force, in keeping with U.S. policy, will continue to disrupt logistical support to extremists that originate from outside Iraq. These initiatives are part of a broader plan including diplomatic efforts designed to support the Iraqi government, protect the Iraqi people, and seek assistance from neighboring nations, according to coalition officials.
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9833
Thanks...
When is the State of Union speech?
Sabre rattling.
See this:
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