Blair convenes Cobra team as crisis in Iran escalates

scotsman.com ^ | 25th March 2007 | BRIAN BRADY

[omega4179]

Rename it East Falklands too!

[casino66]

Can't say I would be 'happy' but if that is what it would take, so be it. Probably be worth the four bucks to listen to the numbnuts in Congress complain about Bush.

[gura]

Article 5 should be invoked *now*.

[timer]

He's gone "wobbly"...

[RightWhale]

What it is, is the weekend, plus it is still early Monday in Iran. Should be a lot of developments in the next 12 hours.

[greeneyes]

"They need Maggie Thatcher" Yes they do. Any one heard from the Iron Lady on this one?

[casino66]

I checked te Tehran Times, English, site and they haven't updated since 3-17-07. Don't know what it means, but thought it interesting. Didn't want anything leaking out????

[RightWhale]

Well, that is interesting if unusual. Signs and portents, etc.

[casino66]

Should have said they were a daily paper.

[pleikumud]

If we destroy their pipelines, they have nothing to ship. And no money from oil sales.

[RightWhale]

Figures they would be daily with a pause on the holy day, but it is a week now. Might be a good time to check the Y2K stash again. It's getting to be a monthly task.

[clilly54]

We do not buy any oil from Iran, not since the embassy takeover, from what I understand.

[Freeper]

Top level COBRA is an acronym for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A, where its meetings are held.

At first I was thinking COBRA -- as in helicopter. What a shame I was wrong.

[ASA Vet]

Are you for real, you obviously want world war 3

You must have missed III. We lost almost 100,000 KIA in that one.

I just love all this chest pounding

I just love all this cowering in the corner.

[AmericanDave]

suspect that they had been given strict instructions not to fire..."

But, Iraq being a War Zone, I'm sure they have the right to fire in self defense. Especialy Naval forces as they are HUGE national assests. OK, deployed in a dinghy muddies those waters; LOL.

[Earthdweller]

"Iran did it because of the Security Council sanctions."

Bingo.

[jonrick46]

Bump for later.

[racing fan]

The COBRA team is going to put Iran on double secret probation.

[Earthdweller]

"The COBRA team is going to put Iran on double secret probation."

I hope it's triple secret and somebody gets their butt put in a sling.

[IonImplantGuru]

Make a trade with what?? What if the U.S. holds all the Iranian prisoners? You think we would just roll over like that? We hold all the bargaining chips, we might give them back and allow the trade, but I'd bet Bush gets some assurances from Blair as to UK cooperation with any future conflict with Iran

Any 'deal' the US might make with the Blair govt is a moot point. Tony is on his last legs as PM; he and GW are both lame ducks, but the Blair regime is closer to its end than Dubya's.