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Iran to hit back at US ‘kidnaps’(By Kidnapping AMERICANS!)
UK Times Online ^ | 18 March, 2007 | Uzi Mahnaimi

Posted on 03/18/2007 7:47:29 PM PDT by tcrlaf

IRAN is threatening to retaliate in Europe for what it claims is a daring undercover operation by western intelligence services to kidnap senior officers in its Revolutionary Guard.

According to Iranian sources, several officers have been abducted in the past three months and the United States has drawn up a list of other targets to be seized with the aim of destabilising Tehran’s military command.

In an article in Subhi Sadek, the Revolutionary Guard’s weekly paper, Reza Faker, a writer believed to have close links to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned that Iran would strike back.

“We’ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks,” he said. “Iran has enough people who can reach the heart of Europe and kidnap Americans and Israelis.”

The first sign of a possible campaign against high-ranking Iranian officers emerged earlier this month with the discovery that Ali Reza Asgari, former commander of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force in Lebanon and deputy defence minister, had vanished, apparently during a trip to Istanbul.

Asgari’s disappearance shocked the Iranian regime as he is believed to possess some of its most closely guarded secrets. The Quds Force is responsible for operations outside Iran.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; waronterror
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that AN ACT OF WAR???

Sounds as if the nutjob is getting desperate to start a war before his people storm the palace gates...

1 posted on 03/18/2007 7:47:37 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

Actually I think he is caught between Iraq and a hard place:-)


2 posted on 03/18/2007 7:50:03 PM PDT by stockpirate (NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER - Tom Delay - Read and learn how to fight back!)
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To: tcrlaf
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that AN ACT OF WAR???

Yes, it is.

3 posted on 03/18/2007 7:50:27 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Veritas. Gravitas. Ohmygas.)
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To: tcrlaf

Hey. It worked for them before. Only this time, they can't hide amongst the civilians. They are the leadership of Iran now. Out in the open and exposed.


4 posted on 03/18/2007 7:51:50 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: tcrlaf
From the article:

In an article in Subhi Sadek, the Revolutionary Guard’s weekly paper, Reza Faker, a writer believed to have close links to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, warned that Iran would strike back. “We’ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks”

Yeah, bring it on Reza. We got the all time champion right here:
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5 posted on 03/18/2007 7:54:03 PM PDT by mkjessup (If Reagan were still with us, he'd ask us to "win one more for the Gipper, vote for Duncan Hunter!")
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That is really funny!

May I steal it? :)

6 posted on 03/18/2007 7:54:44 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PRAY for our President and our troops!!)
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To: tcrlaf
"“We’ve got the ability to capture a nice bunch of blue-eyed blond-haired officers and feed them to our fighting cocks,” he said. “Iran has enough people who can reach the heart of Europe and kidnap Americans and Israelis.”"

OK, US Army guys, fool the Iranians, dye your hair brown or black. Second, notice they are not even threatening a US attack. I hope it's the CIA in action with these Iranian generals. It might be the first thing they did right in years.

7 posted on 03/18/2007 7:56:16 PM PDT by Jabba the Nutt (Jabba the Hutt's bigger, meaner, uglier brother.)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

IMO, we "helped" to arrange the escape of the generals and thier families before another Clintonesque "Airplane Crash"....


8 posted on 03/18/2007 8:00:05 PM PDT by tcrlaf (VOTE DEM! You'll Look GREAT In A Burqa!)
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To: Jabba the Nutt

If it's the CIA, we'll know about it straightaway from the New York Times.


9 posted on 03/18/2007 8:00:57 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: tcrlaf

It would really disrupt the US way of life if Iran were to kidnap Hillary Clinton......




I said....

IT WOULD REALLY DISRUPT THE US WAY OF LIFE IF IRAN WERE TO KIDNAP HILLARY CLINTON......

Are you clowns listening? Get her already!!!!


10 posted on 03/18/2007 8:11:52 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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To: tcrlaf
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that AN ACT OF WAR???

It had better be ...


11 posted on 03/18/2007 8:19:42 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (Waiting for Samson)
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To: tcrlaf

If I remember correctly, last week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he wanted to come to the U.S. to speak to the U.N. I say let him come! We could kidnap him next...just think of the fun the CIA could have with him.


12 posted on 03/18/2007 8:21:03 PM PDT by Zman51
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To: Rembrandt

LOL...it would be devestating wouldn't it? Er, I mean...

IT WOULD BE DEVESTATING WOULDN'T IT??


13 posted on 03/18/2007 8:35:04 PM PDT by tina07 (In Memory of my Father - WWII Army Air Force Veteran)
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To: Zman51

That would be simple easy cheap and effective. We'd never do something that logical at least not if our government is in charge of it.


14 posted on 03/18/2007 9:17:46 PM PDT by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: tcrlaf

Its logical for Ahmadinejad to claim they were kidnapped. It provides a plausible cover story for what were probably defections. Also serves to put a scare into the ones that are still in Iran. But three in 2 months...wonder if they were spies for us whose covers were blown and they had to get out of Dodge?


15 posted on 03/18/2007 10:27:17 PM PDT by happyathome
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To: happyathome

I wonder if they,as high ranking military officers, knew of something which was about to happen and decided to get out of the line of fire.


16 posted on 03/19/2007 12:04:02 AM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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