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1 posted on 05/04/2008 9:46:34 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...

Update on Iran and Iraq meeting.

2 posted on 05/04/2008 9:48:12 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)

3 posted on 05/04/2008 9:50:17 PM PDT by Cindy

8 posted on 05/04/2008 10:03:07 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)

Related thread:

CTA Symposium: Iraq v. Mahdi Army

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Center for Threats Awareness ^ | April 7, 2008 | Ralph Peters, Bill Roggio, Michael Ledeen, and Omar Fadhil

Posted on Sat 03 May 2008 06:31:45 AM PDT by moderatewolverine

The recent offensive operations taken by the Iraqi government against the Mahdi Army (Jaish al-Mahdi - JAM) of Muqtada al-Sadr have received much analysis and commentary since the onset. Each of the ensuing analysis and commentary offerings have agreed that the Maliki government’s military actions and the Mahdi Army response are revelatory in nature. But that is where the agreement seems to end, as there appears a divergence regarding precisely what has been revealed: Who has operated and enjoys the position of strength, Maliki and the Iraqi government and military forces, or the Mahdi Army forces of Muqtada al-Sadr, which operate at the behest of the Iranian Quds Force and General Qassem Suleimani?

We at the Center for Threat Awareness (CTA) believe the answers in the end are neither black nor white, but rather grey in nature. To engage the subject and make sense of the divergent analyses, ThreatsWatch has assembled a panel of experts.

12 posted on 05/04/2008 10:18:20 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has ordered the formation of a committee to compile evidence of Iranian "interference" in Iraq that will then be presented to Tehran,

Iraq will show Iran what Iran is doing ?

13 posted on 05/04/2008 10:24:16 PM PDT by festus (Tagline removed.)

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Exhibit #1: Large caches of newly manufactured Iranian weapons in Sadr City and Basra.

Exhibit #2: The regular capture of Iranian security forces in Basra and Sadr City.

Exhibit #3: Many of the Mahdi army confessing to repeatedly going to Iran for military training.

14 posted on 05/04/2008 10:46:56 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)

15 posted on 05/04/2008 10:54:43 PM PDT by 1035rep

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

>"Shi'ite slum"

Kinda sums up the whole "religion"! Praise muuuHAMhead (Pigs be inseminating her)!

16 posted on 05/04/2008 11:08:10 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (If you're not following Jesus, just who are you following, and where are they leading you?)

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