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2005-08-26 Iraq-Jordan

Knight-Ridder on Iranian involvement in Iraq

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-08-26 00:17|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iran wants to find a way it can continue to attack the US who they have seen as day one their mortal enemy. They want nothing less than true death to America.

Iran would love a weak failed state right next to them. For years they have had to use Leabanon as a launching ground to attack Israel. With a weak failed state next door they could pick up the pieces secure all Iraq;s oil and attack Israel via Lebanon All while seen as the "savior" of fellow muslims.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-08-26 01:17|| 2005-08-26 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Good read, but I question Cole's logic in his statement regarding why Iran would use the northern route to smuggle in explosives when their people are primarily in the south. Hell he acts like they don't have enough spare c4 to spread around. What's a few pounds of shaped charges vs some dead Americans or better political positioning.

Perhaps the shipments of explosives were meant to be used against the kurds that were organizing recent scattered anti government actions against Iran via Iranian kurdish factions, or perhaps they just want Zarq and/or the Sunnis to keep the Americans busy up north so the Shiia can do their dirty deeds with the Iranians in relative peace and quiet in the south.

Stability and democracy in Iraq are not in the interest of Iran and the MMs. So why wouldn't they feed a sectarian civil war in Iraq, how would it hurt them to see the Sunnis marginalized and desperate.

I argue that the Iranians do want to see civil war in Iraq and as much American bloodshed as possible in the process, and would assist Zarq or either side in fomenting such a war if necessary. Thus the shaped charges,and the northern route.

Just my 2 cents.

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-08-26 13:51|| 2005-08-26 13:51|| Front Page Top

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