"If a man doesn't strike first, he will be struck first"
Athengoras of Syracuse
Posted on 06/25/2007 4:59:23 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces have been spotted by British troops crossing the border into southern Iraq, The Sun tabloid reported on Tuesday.
Britain's defence ministry would not confirm or deny the report, with a spokesman declining to comment on "intelligence matters".
An unidentified intelligence source told the tabloid: "It is an extremely alarming development and raises the stakes considerably. In effect, it means we are in a full on war with Iran -- but nobody has officially declared it."
"We have hard proof that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have crossed the border to attack us. It is very hard for us to strike back. All we can do is try to defend ourselves. We are badly on the back foot."
The Sun said that radar sightings of Iranian helicopters crossing into the Iraqi desert were confirmed to it by very senior military sources.
In response to the report, a British defence ministry spokesman said: "There is evidence that explosive devices used against our troops in southern Iraq originated in Iran."
"Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."
Britain has about 7,100 soldiers in Iraq, most of whom are based in the southern city of Basra and surrounding areas, though the government has pledged to reduce that to between 5,000 and 5,500 this year.
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It’s been emasculated by Congress...
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Of all the answers, this one makes the most sense — there is nothing anymore in Washington that is not pure politics.
they will do nothing overt.
However, they are emerging as the all-time masters of covert/insurgent warfare and terrorism. They can wreck some damage, but they cannot seriously damage a modern military like US farces in the Gulf and Iraq.
It'd be fun to watch them try though:)
Yep,,,lotta “surge” in there...
JMHO : This is a BS story,,,they seem to sprout from the same places...;0)
Stupid question .. but if they are in Iraq ... then what can't we attack them?
They can also say oops sorry after the fact
Iran is not worth the bones of a single US pilot: use missles instead. Many megatons make mullahs mincemeat.
"If a man doesn't strike first, he will be struck first"
Athengoras of Syracuse
Iran wants war IMO and are doing everything they can to draw us in. I’m glad Dubya is playing by his plan and not theirs.
Ramirez is awesome
Absolutely. Congress has taken prostitution to new, lower levels. They don’t even take the public to the dark back room anymore. They screw us in the open and make no apology for it.
Anything better than the Sun Tabloid reporting this?
They screw us in the open and make no apology for it.
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Let’s hope the voters wise up and put it to them in 2008. We will be in even more trouble if that does not happen.
Whatever happened to the Bush Doctrine???
Just Iranians doing the jobs Iraqis won’t do.
the weakness of Bush, in which he does nothing about either this invasion or the other one.
Very well put.
Unless VP Cheney takes over we are going to continue losing more troops in Iraq. No surge will work unless it surges into and crushes Iran.
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A lot of us were questioning why he didn’t do something immediately after 911. He did, in his own time. IMO he has been a good CIC and will go in when he is ready, if he needs too.
but they cannot seriously damage a modern military like US farces in the Gulf and Iraq.
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