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Petraeus Orders US Spies To Prepare For Anti-Nuclear Strike On Iran
The Times ^ | May 26, 2010 | Giles Whittell and Michael Evans, Washington

Posted on 05/26/2010 6:04:26 AM PDT by Fennie

Teams of American special forces have been authorised to conduct spying missions intended to pave the way for a military strike on Iran in case President Obama orders one, US government sources have confirmed.

The military units would penetrate Iranian territory to reconnoitre potential nuclear targets and make contact with friendly dissident groups, according to a secret directive written by General David Petraeus. The document's existence was disclosed for the first time yesterday.

It authorises an expansion in the use of US special forces throughout the Middle East, US officials said. However, it is the possibility of American troops operating covertly inside Iran that has the greatest potential to destabilise regional security.

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


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: alreadyhappening; alreadyoccurring; bigsurprisenot; cia; iran; islam; israel; military; mossad; specialforces; specialops; wellduh
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To: fatnotlazy
If this is for real, someone oughta be shot for reporting it.

The reporter, the editor and the publisher...ALL!

21 posted on 05/26/2010 8:18:40 AM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/Jungle-Bucket-1.htm)
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To: Fennie

Actually under Obowrama it would be to send in the special forces to assist and teach the Iranians on how to best protect their nuclear facilities...afterall they are just looking for social justice in the nuclear arms world!


22 posted on 05/26/2010 8:20:13 AM PDT by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: fatnotlazy
If this is for real, someone oughta be shot for reporting it.

...and the leaker. Especially the leaker.

23 posted on 05/26/2010 8:20:31 AM PDT by houeto (Get drinking water from your ditch - http://www.junglebucket.com/Jungle-Bucket-1.htm)
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To: hennie pennie
the FACT is, that I believe that our CIA is competent and is doing more to protect us against terrorism and/or a nuclear Iran than a buncha keyboard armchair wannabe generals.

I believe that statement when Bush was President, but with this Clown in the Whitehouse who knows.

and you are right about the Mossad.

24 posted on 05/26/2010 8:41:30 AM PDT by painter (No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
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To: painter
Obama knows that he has bankrupted the USA, and he believes that he has been appointed to destroy the USA. How much damage that he can do depends on how long he can stay in office. Americans have never been so close to the precipuce before.
25 posted on 05/26/2010 8:53:36 AM PDT by tessalu
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To: Fennie

Okay, CIA ops, be sure to get those raunchy pictures of Achmadenijad with burqa-clad blowup dolls. Your country is counting on you!


26 posted on 05/26/2010 9:05:28 AM PDT by dr_who
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To: fatnotlazy

Haven’t you heard? obama is going to tell all of our enemies what our next move will be. It’s the opposite policy of that murderer George Bush.


27 posted on 05/26/2010 9:12:43 AM PDT by Terry Mross
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To: fatnotlazy
If this is for real, someone oughta be shot for reporting it.

While I'm all for shooting a few reporters...just to keep the others honest, of course...this is probably SOP for the military. Patton told the story of being deployed to Paris as one of Pershings' staff. He was to dress in civvies, and commence to the dock by back streets and alleys to be sure he wasn't followed. When he got to the docks, boxes labeled "General Pershing, Paris" were being loaded on the ship for all to see.

Bet the ranch that Iran is prepared, and has been for years, for this kind of espionage.

28 posted on 05/26/2010 9:35:56 AM PDT by gundog (Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus

As an American, I would have hated living in Iran yesterday. I pray for the safety of them after this report came out.


29 posted on 05/26/2010 9:42:09 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: demshateGod

Very noble of you, but I would prefer to pray for us instead.


30 posted on 05/26/2010 10:02:34 AM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: JustSurrounded

Rabbit trail.


31 posted on 05/26/2010 10:03:39 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Don't think of work as 5 days on, 2 days off. Instead think 4 nights on, 3 off.)
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To: Rebelbase

I concur. Iran will be running around looking for spies and shooting people.

It’s all done by satelite and stealth drone.


32 posted on 05/26/2010 2:33:32 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

..................

Being unable to get in touch with his "spies", General Paetraeus used the media.

33 posted on 05/26/2010 4:50:32 PM PDT by SJackson (Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

34 posted on 05/26/2010 6:24:15 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Fennie

Here comes the complaint letter on the White House stationary.


35 posted on 05/26/2010 7:50:58 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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To: Fennie; Alamo-Girl; Amityschild; AngieGal; Ann de IL; aragorn; auggy; autumnraine; backhoe; ...

Sabotaging things before they get out the door.

Sheesh.

Nevertheless, this is YET ANOTHER PUZZLE PIECE WARNING OF WAR CLOUDS BUILDING BIG-TIME.


36 posted on 05/26/2010 8:42:55 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Quix

Thanks for the ping!


37 posted on 05/26/2010 8:55:27 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Quix

And yet, I still fear the Lord more than anything else.

I fear Him and I love Him.

My eyes are

***fixed****

on Him,

on His holiness,
on His goodness,
on His provision,
on His protection.

May we know our Shepherd’s voice and be led by Him through this time.


38 posted on 05/26/2010 9:32:32 PM PDT by Joya (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner!)
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To: Joya

thx thx


39 posted on 05/26/2010 9:57:35 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
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To: Fennie

Nothing will happen...these type of plans are always there....this is NOTHING NEW whatsoever....


40 posted on 05/26/2010 11:26:26 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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