Covert Escalation in Iran

PeriscopeDepth · 06-28-08, 11:41 PM

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsO...65580520080629

Not surprising. This part did surprise me, however:

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Clandestine operations against Iran are not new. U.S. Special Operations Forces have been conducting crossborder operations from southern Iraq since last year, the article said.
These have included seizing members of Al Quds, the commando arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and taking them to Iraq for interrogation, and the pursuit of "high-value targets" in Bush's war on terrorism, who may be captured or killed, according to the article.

Would Brag like to chime in?

PD

nikimcbee · 06-29-08, 12:02 AM

Interesting stuff. I hope it "works out" and doesn't cause the whole situation to escalate.

Stealth Hunter · 06-29-08, 01:28 AM

I hope it doesn't. If the operations start failing, maybe he'll give up and we can quit pestering one another to give the Middle-Easterners some PEACE!

Skybird · 06-29-08, 04:28 AM

Not surprising at all. Things like this are running since the mid-80s - tells you something about the chances of "regime change". And if they put their trust into the jundallah, by far no unknown variable in Iran, then you cannot escape shaking your head in despair about this new american idiocy - don't they never learn from their mistakes? Have they forgotten how the CIA and the Pakistani created the Taleban during the Soviet occupation, sending them to fight the Russians? Look at the Taleban now.

August · 06-29-08, 03:17 PM

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The article by reporter Seymour Hersh,

Meaning it's based on unidentified "government sources" and not necessarily actual people...

geetrue · 06-29-08, 04:06 PM

This is most interesting material you have provided PD ...

Please tell us more ... we get so little news where we live.

Iceman · 06-30-08, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

then you cannot escape shaking your head in despair about this new american idiocy

Kinda like some old German idiocy huh Skybird?...your such a dork.

When some Ahole says he would wipe a country off the map...your a fool to turn your back on him...I think that is common sense.

SUBMAN1 · 06-30-08, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

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Originally Posted by Skybird

then you cannot escape shaking your head in despair about this new american idiocy

Kinda like some old German idocy huh Skybird?...your such a dork.

I second that. They should have never integrated East Germany with the West. The result was SB.

-S

06-29-08, 12:02 AM	#2
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Interesting stuff. I hope it "works out" and doesn't cause the whole situation to escalate. __________________

06-29-08, 04:28 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Not surprising at all. Things like this are running since the mid-80s - tells you something about the chances of "regime change". And if they put their trust into the jundallah, by far no unknown variable in Iran, then you cannot escape shaking your head in despair about this new american idiocy - don't they never learn from their mistakes? Have they forgotten how the CIA and the Pakistani created the Taleban during the Soviet occupation, sending them to fight the Russians? Look at the Taleban now. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

06-29-08, 04:06 PM	#6
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This is most interesting material you have provided PD ... Please tell us more ... we get so little news where we live. __________________

06-29-08, 01:28 AM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I hope it doesn't. If the operations start failing, maybe he'll give up and we can quit pestering one another to give the Middle-Easterners some PEACE!