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U.S. builds military base in Iraq-Iran border
China View ^
| 2007-09-27 03:26:36
| Editor: Yan Liang
Posted on 09/26/2007 7:52:26 PM PDT by granite
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. military is building a base "within shouting distance" of Iran in the border areas of Iraq, ABC News reported Wednesday.
U.S. officials described the move as "an extraordinary step" to curb the smuggling of Iranian weapons into Iraq, but the media sphere already smelled the "odor of war."
Namely Combat Outpost Shocker, the base hardly comes as a pleasant surprise to Iran that the United States will have a new base just 8 km from their border.
Col. Mark Mueller, of the 3rd U.S. Army Infantry Division, said it is the first time the U.S. military will be that close to Iran.
"Obviously, they probably won't be very happy about it," Mueller told ABC News.
The Shocker base will be home to about 200 soldiers, as well as to agents from the U.S. Border Patrol, at a location where about 300 trucks now cross the border each day.
At the moment, the United States can only fully search three or four of them each day, but with more manpower and technology, they will know better where to look for weapons transactions.
The new base is part of a bigger struggle for influence between the United States and Iran in Iraq.
While the United States and Iran are not engaged in a shooting war for now, a "war of wills" has already begun, and Combat Outpost Shocker will be right on the frontline, analysts said.
Editor: Yan Liang
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: china; combatoutpostshocker; iran; iraq; middleeast; militarybase; usmilitary
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posted on
09/26/2007 7:52:30 PM PDT
by
granite
To: granite
Hmmm, listening post?
Cheers!
2
posted on
09/26/2007 7:55:50 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: granite
One step closer to invading Iran. Tick tock imanutjob!
3
posted on
09/26/2007 7:57:35 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
To: granite
Combat Outpost Shocker = “Bait”
4
posted on
09/26/2007 8:01:16 PM PDT
by
Rudder
To: Rudder
Let’s hope the fish are hungry.
5
posted on
09/26/2007 8:03:14 PM PDT
by
granite
("We dare not tempt them with weakness" - JFK)
To: freedom44; pitbully
6
posted on
09/26/2007 8:05:34 PM PDT
by
granite
("We dare not tempt them with weakness" - JFK)
To: Rudder
thank you...
7
posted on
09/26/2007 8:10:35 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist)
To: StarCMC
8
posted on
09/26/2007 8:11:35 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: granite
Only 200? Post a regiment there.
To: granite
Should make a nice tripwire; Americans will be heavily targeted.
10
posted on
09/26/2007 8:13:49 PM PDT
by
Finalapproach29er
(Dems will impeach Bush in 2008; mark my words.)
To: granite
11
posted on
09/26/2007 8:13:58 PM PDT
by
ken21
( people die + you never hear from them again.)
To: granite
I can only imagine the firepower they will put in place there. Iver airborne eye we have will be watching the country around that place.
12
posted on
09/26/2007 8:21:05 PM PDT
by
oldenuff2no
(My dad ldft for Europe in)
To: granite
Agents from the Border Patrol?
13
posted on
09/26/2007 8:25:48 PM PDT
by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: swmobuffalo
Agents from the Border Patrol?
We need them here!
14
posted on
09/26/2007 8:35:03 PM PDT
by
kc8ukw
To: granite
It is why we went in in the first place. You couldn’t solve the Iran problem with Saddam playing “no fly” games.
15
posted on
09/26/2007 8:35:39 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
To: Army Air Corps; 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; Alas Babylon!; AliVeritas; ...
Yowza! Pinging a few friends....
16
posted on
09/26/2007 8:45:58 PM PDT
by
StarCMC
(http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/school-of-the-counterpropagandist/)
To: granite
I’ll bet that Chaps old AhmaNutJob’s a$$. :) Not as much as some of his activities as a younger man, but chaps it nonetheless.
17
posted on
09/26/2007 9:17:17 PM PDT
by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: DevSix
18
posted on
09/26/2007 9:20:30 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)
To: Rudder
“Combat Outpost Shocker = Bait”
Exactly. Those brave guys manning it must feel like the trip wire troops along the DMZ/truce line in Korea.
For the right type of thrill junky might be cool, but I hope they have DEEP BUNKERS.
19
posted on
09/26/2007 9:47:26 PM PDT
by
JSteff
(Reality= realizing you are not nearly important enough for the government to tap your phone.)
To: StarCMC
20
posted on
09/26/2007 9:59:24 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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