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2008-04-06 Iraq

Iran joined militias in battle for Basra

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Posted by Frank G 2008-04-06 11:47|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: IRGC

#1 I believe we are witnessing two things:

1. A low intensity Iran/Iraq war
2. A beginning of the shifting of the center of Shiite influence from Iran to Iraq.

Iran will fight that shifting of influence tooth and nail.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-04-06 12:05|| 2008-04-06 12:05|| Front Page Top

#2 The term "casus belli" comes to mind.

Posted by doc 2008-04-06 12:12|| 2008-04-06 12:12|| Front Page Top

#3 "casus belli" all you want.

Right now is not the time - at least for an open war.

Posted by Pappy 2008-04-06 14:54|| 2008-04-06 14:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Agree, Pappy, but there's a whole lot of 'accidents' just waiting to happen, assuming we have a competent CIA that can keep its mouth shut for a while ...

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2008-04-06 15:14|| 2008-04-06 15:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems like some big assumptions these days, Doc.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-04-06 15:18|| 2008-04-06 15:18|| Front Page Top

#6 "while their fearless leader ~~Mookie~~ Nancy Pelosi was forced to remain behind in ~~Iran~~ San Fransisco ... "

There. I fixed it for you.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-04-06 15:35|| 2008-04-06 15:35|| Front Page Top

#7 assuming we have a competent CIA

"And that, my children, is the problem in a nutshell."

We don't. Or rather, they are competent at undermining the non-liberal administrations, in the past 15 years, not in what is their original mandate.

There are competent people within mil structures, though.

Posted by twobyfour 2008-04-06 16:50|| 2008-04-06 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Good. The Iranians will stick out like sore thumbs among Basra's Arab Shia. The Iraqi Army has no bag limit searching house to house.

Posted by ed 2008-04-06 17:20|| 2008-04-06 17:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh. Be sure to parade the Iranians on the street before many television cameras.

Posted by ed 2008-04-06 17:21|| 2008-04-06 17:21|| Front Page Top

#10 So the Iranians chipped in with help, and Mookie still had to ask for a cease-fire? And now his former political allies have joined with his opponents and told him "disarm or your candidates are out of the election"?

Sounds like Mookie and the Iranians lost, big time.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2008-04-06 20:06|| 2008-04-06 20:06|| Front Page Top

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