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A U.S. Commando Team Is Getting Close to the Iran Border
Atlantice Wire ^

Posted on 01/20/2012 10:16:07 AM PST by nuconvert

An Army officer speaking on behalf of special forces confirmed on Thursday that a team of "highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments" are operating near Iran. Spencer Ackerman just published the scoop on Wired's Danger Room blog:

The primary, day-to-day mission of the team, known as Joint Special Operations Task Force-Gulf Coordinating Council, is to mentor military units belonging to the U.S.' oil-rich Arab allies, who collectively are known as the Gulf Coordinating Council. Those Arab states consider Iran to be their primary foreign threat.

The task force provides "highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments," Maj. Rob Bockholt, a spokesman for special-operations forces in the Mideast, tells Danger Room, and "seeks to confront irregular threats."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; looselips; nationalsecurity; threats
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To: nuconvert

Wonderful — just tell the whole world.


21 posted on 01/20/2012 10:48:08 AM PST by patriot preacher
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To: nuconvert

“Highly trained personnel who excel in uncertain environments” - Oh.....parents....they’ve sent parents over there.


22 posted on 01/20/2012 10:48:13 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: nuconvert
Maskirovka!

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

23 posted on 01/20/2012 10:51:03 AM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: nuconvert

I would be surprised if they were not IN Iran and had been there for some time.


24 posted on 01/20/2012 10:52:40 AM PST by RatRipper (I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
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To: ryan71
Geesh, do we keep ANYTHING secret?

Obama's birth certificate, college transcripts, etc.

25 posted on 01/20/2012 10:55:13 AM PST by EBH (God Humbles Nations, Leaders, and Peoples before He uses them for His Purpose)
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To: nuconvert

I can only say to the author who wrote this shoddy article, is “DUH!” We are in Iran because that is where the enemy is and you highlighting that fact is the act of a mouthbreathing maggot.


26 posted on 01/20/2012 10:57:50 AM PST by Cenobite (Can't spell unethical without the U.N.)
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To: nuconvert

Adam Clark Estes lives in New York City. I hope someone will publish his address and phone number, Some of the folks he’s writing about might be in the neighborhood sometime.


27 posted on 01/20/2012 11:01:28 AM PST by Recon Dad (Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
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To: ASA Vet

BS meter is high on this one.


28 posted on 01/20/2012 11:01:44 AM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: freedomson
evil death cult

I call them "The Mohammaden Death Cult".

29 posted on 01/20/2012 11:06:41 AM PST by ansel12 (Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
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To: EBH

Ted Striker: My orders came through. My squadron ships out tomorrow. We’re bombing the storage depots at Daiquiri at 1800 hours. We’re coming in from the north, below their radar.

Elaine Dickinson: When will you be back?

Ted Striker: I can’t tell you that. It’s classified.


30 posted on 01/20/2012 11:06:46 AM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: SueRae

mufu this ticks me off...

Eventually, people are going to respond to these treasonous bustuds.


31 posted on 01/20/2012 11:08:45 AM PST by rbmillerjr (Conservative Economic and National Security Commentary: econus.blogspot.com)
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To: tentmaker

Not to mention the 80 or so other countries that our snake eaters are ‘visiting’... plus the multiple maritime spec ops that are underway 24-7.


32 posted on 01/20/2012 11:09:27 AM PST by freepersup (Today, we raise our glasses of spirits and mugs of ale high- to Budge.)
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To: blueunicorn6

That’s funny right there.


33 posted on 01/20/2012 11:11:10 AM PST by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Venturer

In this day and age, you never know, but I would support low level training. I would not support sophisticated training. Of course we’re not going to change any minds, but it does help validate any future U. S. actions, if the U. S. can get gulf nations to admit they have a grave fear of Iran getting operational nukes.

These training exercises are a good way for the U. S. to maintain some level of contact with governments in the region. My take is that for all their bluster, these nations would be thrilled to see the U. S. neuter Iran’s nuke program.

That’s not all that bad actually. It minimizes the charge that the U. S. would be acting unilaterally to take Iran’s nuke program on. It means that the U. N. could go ahead and flap it’s gums, but most nations would realize the U. S. was doing something that had to be done.

Russian and China will never pull their head out of their posteriors, but other nations particularly in the region will know what’s up. Just about every Islamic nation will heave a sigh of relief, once Iran’s nuclear program is destroyed.

Those governments don’t want radicals in their nations obtaining nukes too. I would submit that ten minutes after Iran has developed nukes, they’ll be for sale on the black market.

I can think of some folks in the U. S. that would probably consider donating funds for the purchase of these weapons too. I sure wouldn’t put it past them.


34 posted on 01/20/2012 11:19:48 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Listen up RNC. If we wind up with Mitt Romney, you're not getting my vote in November.)
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To: Vaquero
...zer0, will start a new war and cause the death of millions, if he thinks it will help his re-election chances.

Ultimately, The Won is not particularly concerned about his re-election.

His primary goal is to destroy this country and Western Civilization with it.

If it gets him killed in the process, he'll die happy because he knows that a billion babarians around the globe will sing his praises for generations as "The one who destroyed the Great Satan".

35 posted on 01/20/2012 11:26:01 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: nuconvert

IF this is true, that Army Officer needs to be a PRIVATE. What an ass.


36 posted on 01/20/2012 11:33:34 AM PST by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: nuconvert

37 posted on 01/20/2012 11:35:07 AM PST by paterfamilias
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38 posted on 01/20/2012 11:37:39 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: nuconvert

Likely disinformation or the cat was already out of the bag, so to speak.


39 posted on 01/20/2012 11:54:05 AM PST by AMitchum
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To: tentmaker

Well put.


40 posted on 01/20/2012 11:55:17 AM PST by AMitchum
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