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2005-08-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran sends in troops to crush border unrest

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Is it time for us to help the Iraqi Kurds help their cousins?"

Past time. Won't be easy.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2005-08-05 06:35|| 2005-08-05 06:35|| Front Page Top

#2 How about the U.S. JDAM's, among other arsenal, taking care of the Iranian troops right before reaching "northwestern region"? A chance to take out 100K Iranian "security force" terrs is just so juicy.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-05 09:23|| 2005-08-05 09:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The Kurds shouldn't make the mistake of letting the government take the fight to their neighborhood. They should turn the tables and take the fight to Tehran. Also Qom, where so many of the mullahs are trained.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-05 17:20|| 2005-08-05 17:20|| Front Page Top

#4
here here moose, I agree. But what's he chance of any number of Kurds making it to Tehran? About 150,000 to 1?

Their every move is monitored and their travel extremely limited. Their best bet is to high tail it over the border into Iraq where the Peshmerga can back em up, then launch cross border attacks and retreat back into Iraq to escape impending Iranian destruction, just like the baathists do to avoid American reprisals when attacking targets inside Iraq.

You know neither the Americans nor the Kurdish autonomous govt wouldn't do anything to try to stop em. Hell we would secretly help them and facilitate such action.

EP

Posted by ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-08-05 17:45|| 2005-08-05 17:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Elvis, Iran is a multi-ethnic state where ethnic Persians are a bare majority. A non-Persian in Tehran would not be noteworthy.

What we are likely seeing is the result of Kurds crossing into Iraq, getting military training and returning to Iran. This is a bad dynamic for the Mullahs and will get worse as crackdowns will send more across the border accelerating the process.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-05 18:53|| 2005-08-05 18:53|| Front Page Top

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