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Iranian forces crossed Iraqi border: report
AFP ^ | 06/25/07

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antibushtrolls; bombirannow; flypaperstrategy; iran; iraniantroops; iraq; spartansixdelta; uk; wot
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Looks like Syria and Iran are looking to blow the Middle East wide open. Could be a long summer in the desert.
1 posted on 06/25/2007 4:59:27 PM PDT by Rutles4Ever
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To: Rutles4Ever; Dog; SJackson; Cindy

BTTT


2 posted on 06/25/2007 5:00:42 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Rutles4Ever
Why didn’t we scramble some jets and blow them off the face of the earth?
3 posted on 06/25/2007 5:02:24 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
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To: Rutles4Ever
"Any Iranian link to armed militias in Iraq either through weapons supply, training or funding are unacceptable."

That was probably the extent of our response, issuing a statement that it's "unacceptable".

4 posted on 06/25/2007 5:03:09 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Rutles4Ever

Whatever happened to the Bush Doctrine???


5 posted on 06/25/2007 5:04:26 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Rutles4Ever

explains the build up of US carriers in/near the Gulf

Also an attack on Iraq would be a useful Iranian distraction to divert the West in the event Iran and Syria plan to sponsor another war against Israel


6 posted on 06/25/2007 5:04:33 PM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: jveritas; FARS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; knighthawk; Marine_Uncle; SandRat; Steel Wolf; CAP; ...

Iranian forces in Iraq ping.


7 posted on 06/25/2007 5:05:10 PM PDT by elhombrelibre
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To: inkling

apparantly he already has.


9 posted on 06/25/2007 5:06:21 PM PDT by veryconernedamerican
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So is Bush going to offer them amnesty as well?

Just Iranians doing the jobs Iraqis won't do.

10 posted on 06/25/2007 5:06:58 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: rodguy911
Why didn’t we scramble some jets and blow them off the face of the earth?

Because President Bush is a Compassionate Conservative.

11 posted on 06/25/2007 5:08:02 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
IT’s hard to figure out the rules of this war.
12 posted on 06/25/2007 5:09:54 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
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To: rodguy911

Most likely this has been seen alot and we have to decided to out it now from some reason, most likely to up the ante a bit


13 posted on 06/25/2007 5:10:49 PM PDT by veryconernedamerican
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To: Rutles4Ever; jeffers; Bahbah

Don’t smell quite rite to me...


14 posted on 06/25/2007 5:11:19 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Rutles4Ever
Could be a long summer in the desert

Or better yet, it could be a short one:


15 posted on 06/25/2007 5:11:54 PM PDT by do the dhue (May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I wont - George S. Patton Jr)
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Don’t smell quite rite to me...

Me either.

16 posted on 06/25/2007 5:13:12 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: EagleUSA

It’s been emasculated by Congress - with the threat of cuts in war funding - and the American people - by putting Dimocraps in charge of the purse strings again.


17 posted on 06/25/2007 5:13:19 PM PDT by caisson71
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To: Dark Wing; Dog Gone; a_Turk; Shermy

Unconfirmed.


18 posted on 06/25/2007 5:15:14 PM PDT by Thud
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To: Rutles4Ever
It would be advisable to wait for confirmation from an authoritative source before suffering a self inflicted wedgie. :-)
19 posted on 06/25/2007 5:15:34 PM PDT by verity (Muhammed and Harry Reid are Dirt Bags)
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To: veryconernedamerican
It's one thing for us to cross their border and do some damage, we would never hear the end form the traitorous msm but when they cross Iraq's border what holds us back? I really don't get it.
20 posted on 06/25/2007 5:15:48 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Support The New media, Ticket the Drive-bys, --America-The land of the Free because of the Brave-)
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