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2006-07-06 Iraq

Iraqi military beef up security on border with Iran

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Posted by Steve 2006-07-06 15:08|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whack-a-mole(R)

Posted by Captain America 2006-07-06 18:10|| 2006-07-06 18:10|| Front Page Top

#2 http://tinyurl.com/jffea

Map of Iraq's provinces.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-06 18:20|| 2006-07-06 18:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Easy answer. Declare a 4 mile "free-fire zone" along the Iranian border fron sunset to sunrise except a couple of main highways. Anything with a heat signature is fair game. I guarantee that will solve a multitude of problems.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2006-07-06 19:46|| 2006-07-06 19:46|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a process. We have long been building 30-man concrete outposts along the northern border with Iran, and they now probably extend as far south as Wassit.

My guess is that we convince the smugglers that this area is too patrolled, and to head further south for a while, then when they are gone, we can build central Iraq outposts in relative quiet.

We are working from north to south for two reasons. First of all, the south gets most of the traffic between the two countries, in the form of pilgrims.

Second if the US and Iran got into a fight, the Iranians would be tempted to send units into southern Iraq to try and keep the US bogged down there. We actually like that idea, because we could both easily cut their supply lines and massacre their invasion forces easier than if they had remained in Iran.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-07-06 21:09|| 2006-07-06 21:09|| Front Page Top

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