Posted on 01/26/2007 5:51:39 AM PST by dnmore
The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran's influence across the Middle East and compel it to give up its nuclear program, according to government and counterterrorism officials with direct knowledge of the effort.
For more than a year, U.S. forces in Iraq have secretly detained dozens of suspected Iranian agents, holding them for three to four days at a time. The "catch and release" policy was designed to avoid escalating tensions with Iran and yet intimidate its emissaries. U.S. forces collected DNA samples from some of the Iranians without their knowledge, subjected others to retina scans, and fingerprinted and photographed all of them before letting them go.
Last summer, however, senior administration officials decided that a more confrontational approach was necessary, as Iran's regional influence grew and U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran appeared to be failing. The country's nuclear work was advancing, U.S. allies were resisting robust sanctions against the Tehran government, and Iran was aggravating sectarian violence in Iraq.
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I'm sure it'll get the Dem's panties in a bunch!
But better not put panties on their heads...........
Finally.
What have we been doing the last 3 years, playing catch and relaease wwith the Iranians?
WaPo: U.S. declares war on Iran in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/26/wapo-blockbuster-us-declares-war-on-iran-in-iraq-afghanistan-lebanon-palestine/
Hey MSNBC ... I could care less what happens to the enemy
How not to win a war 101.
Bush and his military leadership have made their own beds. Colin Powell was dead on, bulls eye correct.
Noting that too-long list of casualties from the recent helicopter crash, noticed boys from GA, VA, and Pflugerville Texas.....I didn't detect any New England anthropologists!
I wonder if they've been trained by the Army on how to tell the difference between a persian and an arab. I sure wouldn't know the difference.
"Catch and Release" needs to be changed to "Shoot to Kill".
At least, now, the Dems can't say that the US is doing "more of the same old thing" in Iraq.
Can't we afford higher resolution camo? =)
"Catch and release" Iranians who carried the shaped roadside bombs that have killed dozens of Americans ? Who came up with this idea ?
.....playing catch and relaease wwith the Iranians....
You should keep in mind that the releasees have implanted RF chips that are visable to satellites and all are being tracked.
The fact that this is exciting news illustrates how tied our hands really are in the War on Terror.
Yay! This was overdue! The dems and the media are babbling how weak and destroyed Bush is... but BANG! Here he comes kicking the Iranians, showing that HE is the President.
We shall give no refuge to any Iranian vermin in Iraq and finally DESTROY the Islamic regime and it's WMDs.
God Bless America and President Bush.
Why limit it to Iraq?
Interesting angle...what would you say the differences would be?
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