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2009-10-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran has 40,000 spies in Arab states: ex-agent

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 40,000 Iranian spies in the Arab Gulf states, 3,000 of them in Kuwait alone

Exactly why does Iran need 3000 spies in Kuwait?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-10-06 03:09|| 2009-10-06 03:09|| Front Page Top

#2 He's pissed about the Iran-Iraq war? That was over 20 years ago.

Posted by gromky 2009-10-06 06:48|| 2009-10-06 06:48|| Front Page Top

#3 There is a huge arab community in Iran, close to the Strait of Hormuz. And most Iraqi arabs are pro-Iran Shiites. Both recruitment and infiltration would be easy.

Posted by Ulineper Scourge of the Veal Cutlets9295 2009-10-06 07:53|| 2009-10-06 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 to subvert and dominate it, and to keep tabs on US forces there, the oil industry, etc. I guess.

For starters.

Posted by liberalhawk 2009-10-06 11:30|| 2009-10-06 11:30|| Front Page Top

#5 #4 to subvert and dominate it, and to keep tabs on US forces there, the oil industry, etc. I guess. For starters.
Posted by liberalhawk

A regular Democratic party mission statement eh?

Posted by Besoeker in Duitsland 2009-10-06 12:31|| 2009-10-06 12:31|| Front Page Top

#6 no.

Have a nice day :)

Posted by liberalhawk 2009-10-06 13:28|| 2009-10-06 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Pfft. These are Arabs. I'm willing to bet 80% of these "spies" are people who are just waiting for somebody else to "recruit" them. It's free money, you just tell the handler what he wants to hear, you get some cash, and if things ever go to shit, hey, you can get in good with the current authorities by ratting the handler out.

They're tribals. They'll lie to and cheat anyone who isn't part of the clan. And that's the moral, ethical ones - the other guys'll rat out their own kin.

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