Posted on 06/25/2007 4:59:23 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".
An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."
"We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."
The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources.
In response to the report, a British defence ministry spokesman said: "There is evidence that explosive devices used against our troops in southern Iraq originated in Iran."
"Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."
Britain has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, most of whom are based in the southern city of Basra and surrounding areas, though the government has pledged to reduce that to between 5,000 and 5,500 this year.
thanks, bfl
Even if this is BS, there has been lots of evidence of Iranian involvement against us in Iraq, and we have done nothing to directly hit back(correct me if I'm wrong). Right now it seems that we are just playing referee in an ethnic conflict that is being escalated by Iran and Syria, while trying to finish a nation building project. We are hoping, and doing what we can to make them stay quiet long enough so we can declare victory and get the hell out of there. Unfortunately, our enemies in Iran and Syria aren't playing along, and we seem to be in some sort of denial about it all. The time has long passed for us to hit them back, and to hit hard. We should either play to win, or bring our guys home right now. I think the best solution would be to drop the pathetic rules of engagement, identify our enemies, and kill as many of them as we can.
It seems the "Bush Doctrine" was nothing more than a bunch of talk. Increasingly, the nations that support and harbor terrorists are finding this out.
One thing we cannot count on from the Bush administration is any degree of common sense or connection with reality - its actions on the immigration bill prove that.
Ahh.. the Iranians are good folks. President Tom is a nice man. I know a guy who went fishing with him. He wouldnt do this. It is Americans fault !
“GULF OF TONKIN, GOOGLE IT !”
lol. haha *SARCASM*
Alright boys, let's get to work!
LOL!
This Admininutjob is more wacko than say Howard Dean or a sober Teddy Kennedy.
He is on par with Yugo Chavez and sees himself as the savior of Islam.
So you think that unless they strike us. we are going to run away and botch this whole thing. they will have nukes ?
What makes you think Hillary will even get over 200 electoral votes ?
“What makes you think Hillary will even get over 200 electoral votes ?”
Right now, unless something drastic happens, she is the winner of the election. Her negatives are almost meaningless because everyone knows about them now and are bored talking about them.
bttt
If that is the case. The United States of America is finished.
Do you have special insight to war plans with the Bush admin?
Or perhaps you forgot that every single pole out there says people want this war over with.
This country doesn’t have the will to face it’s enemies.. most want to run and hide and pull up the covers and hope it all goes away.
Knock Knock .. guess who... It’s reality. WAKE UP!
Naw, we will make it threw it all.
explains the build up of US carriers in/near the Gulf
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