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2005-01-30 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Rice says US has no plans for intervention in Iran ~~today~~

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Posted by Steve White 2005-01-30 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [14 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Now, being inveterate liars themselves, the mullas are really scared

Posted by gromgorru 2005-01-30 8:33:06 AM|| 2005-01-30 8:33:06 AM|| Front Page Top

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.... the United States has no plans for military intervention in Iran .... Rice ... supports diplomatic efforts by Germany, France and Britain to resolve the standoff over Iranâs purported nuclear programme

The plain truth.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-01-30 9:27:43 AM|| 2005-01-30 9:27:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Make no mistake, there is a "red line" here. Right now the US would prefer to let the EU-3 come to the realization for themselves that they are fooling themselves to think Iran is going to abide by the NPT or any other obligation.

Posted by Duke Nukem 2005-01-30 10:08:45 AM|| 2005-01-30 10:08:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd bet that there is no specific 'numbered' Oplan yet too. However, since planning of any such operation is the responsibility of CENTCOM not State or even the Pentagon [IAW the Goldwater-Nichols Act], that a certain amount of data collection and resource projections are being done as normal staff work just to be ahead of any prep curve when the word does come down.

Posted by Crereper Thomble7321 2005-01-30 10:32:00 AM|| 2005-01-30 10:32:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 When I level a sand pile, I don't call that "intervenion" either.

Posted by Tom 2005-01-30 11:54:32 AM|| 2005-01-30 11:54:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Der Spiegel is rabidly anti-American,so I don't trust their reporting. For the US to have no plans for dealing w/Iran is ridiculous. Of course there are contingency plans,and I would imagine somewhere a planning cell or two is updating them. Now there may be no current intentions of intervening in Iran,but that could change at a moments notice.

Posted by Stephen 2005-01-30 7:18:27 PM|| 2005-01-30 7:18:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 You could get a fair idea from Global Security's Target: Iran page... if Mikey agreed, of course. I'm sure Mikey knows far more than John Pike, so this is clearly rubbish. Mikey's a connected guy. Pike's a piker.

You might find the countdown clock interesting, too, if Mikey agreed. Rubbish. Bad clock. Bad.

Posted by .com 2005-01-30 7:27:00 PM|| 2005-01-30 7:27:00 PM|| Front Page Top

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