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U.S. targets Iranian-made weapons-()
ap ^ | 5/4/07 | ROBERT H. REID

Posted on 05/04/2007 4:58:36 PM PDT by Flavius

U.S.-led forces on Friday arrested suspected Shiite militants accused of smuggling powerful bomb components from Iran,

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombirannow; iran
Also, police uncovered two caches of weapons in east Baghdad, including 400 pounds of C-4 explosive, 85 sets of body armor, nine pairs of night-vision goggles, and 120 Iranian-made assault rifles.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-troops3may03,0,1925095.story?coll=la-home-world

1 posted on 05/04/2007 4:58:40 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

What’s the strategy here. Is it possible to dry up the iranian pipeline without attacking iran?


2 posted on 05/04/2007 5:32:37 PM PDT by gotribe ( I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution... - Grover Cleveland.)
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To: gotribe

Iran is a sanctuary that is providing the tools to kill our soldiers.....and our government allows it to happen.


3 posted on 05/04/2007 6:30:46 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan (Rest of the Story, My bad that this didnt print with the first part.)
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To: gotribe

That would involve closing a border. We have a vast fund of demonstrated incompetence in the area...


4 posted on 05/04/2007 6:32:22 PM PDT by null and void (The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
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