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2006-04-12 Iraq

Iran-made weapons cache discovered in Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2006-04-12 00:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So we have Iranian weapons in Tikrit, the heart of the Sunni insurgency. Of course the MSM will tell you that they Sunnis and the Iranian Shiites would never, ever work together.

This seems like the latest in the smoking gun evidence that is needed to justify retaliatory air strikes on military targets in Iran.

Iran must pay a price for their perfididy, even if that perfididy is limited to their arming of insurgents fighting our soldiers and not their incipient nuclear weapons program.

Bottom line is that we now have very clear evidence that Iran is directly contributing to the deaths of our troops. MAKE THEM PAY!

Posted by Remoteman 2006-04-12 00:44|| 2006-04-12 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 I've wondered for some time whether there weren't a way to hit back directly at SAVAM or whichever arm of the Iranian regime were most directly involved in killing Americans here. Apart from the nuclear tangle, which is clearly more challenging, I would think we could identify and hurt Iranian personnel/assets. I think we're at the stage where two can play the shadow game. No need for much more than "no comment, but they may well have been work accidents" when the Hellfires from the Predators take out several Iranian vehicles and offices (inside Iran).

Of course I'm also whacky enough to have wondered why we haven't been hitting (through proxies or directly) Iranian intel world-wide, for a long time. They crossed the rubicon right up front, back in '79 - and even more so just a bit later.

Posted by Verlaine in Iraq 2006-04-12 03:49|| 2006-04-12 03:49|| Front Page Top

#3 The state department.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-04-12 06:32|| 2006-04-12 06:32|| Front Page Top

#4 And our spec ops people spread thin. But that assumes we aren't in fact doing things there, which I'm not so sure is true.

Posted by lotp 2006-04-12 08:31|| 2006-04-12 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 Verlaine in Iraq----I certainly hope that we have been doing something signficant. It does not look like Syria got any serious hurt for supporting cross-border ops in western Iraq. It also does not look like Iran is getting any message about their meddling in Iraq. There must be serious consequences to the M²s for their actions, personally. I see nothing yet.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-04-12 09:57|| 2006-04-12 09:57|| Front Page Top

#6 If we have "failed" in Iraq, this is where it happened. We allowed a porous border with Syria for the first couple of years and obviously still have that problem with Iran. In both cases I think we should've been extremely aggressive. As I see it the experiment has been ruined by our lackadaisical response. Hindsight is perfect yes, but it is/was a natural instinct to punish them for subverting the elections and supporting the terrorists. It was a common theme here as many have voiced frustration and puzzlement over it ever since the fall of Baghdad. Why we did not employ much stronger measures, particularly those involving very few or no boots, completely baffles me as well. Now only the decimation of Iran's regime can save a unified Iraq, I think.

Posted by Angains Tholuque1741 2006-04-12 11:02|| 2006-04-12 11:02|| Front Page Top

#7 Can anyone say "casus belli"?

I knew you could.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-04-12 13:12|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-04-12 13:12|| Front Page Top

#8 "Can anyone say casus belli"?

All due respect Barbara, this report is from Iranfocus. Therefore should be taken with a tanker-truck of sodium. An Iraqi army officer whose comments were reported by Iraqi media is not exactly a smoking gun. And the ambiguous term cache needs some clarification, for instance style and quantity of weapons. Finally, even if weapons of Iranian origin are found, that alone does not prove Tehran was complicit. There are plenty of rogue elements beyond their control. If Russian rifles were to be found in Iraq it doesnt mean Putin approved of the shipment.

Posted by DepotGuy 2006-04-12 19:01|| 2006-04-12 19:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Ima waiting for an Iranian arms cache to be found - and destroyed - under Sadr's complex

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-12 20:04|| 2006-04-12 20:04|| Front Page Top

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