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He's talking about Ahmadinejhad. He is not the one with ruling powers.
Who are you talking about Bob?
He's talking about Ahmadinejhad. He is not the one with ruling powers.
EXCLUSIVE: Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia
Hezbollah Training Also Linked to Iraq Violence
By JONATHAN KARL AND MARTIN CLANCY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2006 — U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made weapons and munitions that bear manufacturing dates in 2006.
This suggests, say the sources, that the material is going directly from Iranian factories to Shia militias, rather than taking a roundabout path through the black market. "There is no way this could be done without (Iranian) government approval," says a senior official.
Iranian-made munitions found in Iraq include advanced IEDs designed to pierce armor and anti-tank weapons. U.S. intelligence believes the weapons have been supplied to Iraq's growing Shia militias from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which is also believed to be training Iraqi militia fighters in Iran.
Evidence is mounting, too, that the most powerful militia in Iraq, Moktada al-Sadr's Mahdi army, is receiving training support from the Iranian-backed terrorists of Hezbollah.
Two senior U.S. defense officials confirmed to ABC News earlier reports that fighters from the Mahdi army have traveled to Lebanon to receive training from Hezbollah.
While the New York Times reported that as many as 2,000 Iraqi militia fighters had received training in Lebanon, one of the senior officials said he believed the number was "closer to 1,000." Officials say a much smaller number of Hezbollah fighters have also traveled through Syria and into Iraq to provide training.
U.S. intelligence officials believe the number of Al-Sadr's Mahdi army now includes 40,000 fighters, making it an especially formidable force.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ory?id=2688501
Senior Defense Official. Don't people have names anymore?
Why not play this up with names, pictures, actual weapons, proof?
Typical response.
So what snake. Russia just set Iran up with missles. We always give our to Israel.
What's your point?
It does sound remarkably similar to the neoconservative agitprop the New York Times and Washington Post printed in the runup to the invasion of Iraq.
It's also quite probably true. Unlike more fantastical claims about nuclear weaponry, it strategically and tactically makes sense for Iran to fund various groups in Iraq just as the United States does, and it's quite clear that the Iranian government is linked to Hizb'allah, which is largely irrelevant to American interests.
What's somewhat less clear is why that's in the least bit important or interesting. Demanding perfectly submissive compliance is a fool's errand.
Iran might be supplying weapons directly to Shia militias? I would be shocked if they weren't.
The fact is, this asshat is in office DIRECTLY because Bushco ignored his moderate predecessor, Khatami. He was a guy who was willing to at least talk to the West, and didn't spout Fundamentalist bull at every press conference.
Last edited by exstatic; 12-06-2006 at 08:32 PM.
Please, you're being naive to even suggest Iran's plans have been anything but domination of the Middle East and annihilation of Israel for, at least, the past 40 years.
Neither Ahmadinejad nor Khatami hold a candle to the mad mullahs that are actually in charge. No one holds that office without their approval. Khatami is gone because they wanted it that way not because Bush ignored him.
So the Shah was planning the annihilation of Israel too!Please, you're being naive to even suggest Iran's plans have been anything but domination of the Middle East and annihilation of Israel for, at least, the past 40 years.
Okay, 27. You seriously are a . Can't argue, so you start nit picking? But, seriously, I'm not sure what the Shah thought of Israel.
It's not my job to help you count, bag.
Just what is your job?
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