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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:14 PM
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US accuses Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgent bombs
US intelligence believes that a cache of manufactured bombs seized in Iraq about two weeks ago was smuggled into the country from Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

"We believe they came from Iran's Revolutionary Guards," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The find is significant not only because of the Iranian connection but also because it indicates manufactured bombs are now being introduced in a conflict that has seen the use of mainly improvised explosive devices.

"I think we believe there is more of them out there, that this is just the first cache we've actually obtained," the official said. He said intelligence analysts had "fairly high confidence" that the bombs came from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1433933.htm
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:20 PM
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1. You just knew this was the next step after that planted psyops report
about the capture of weapons from Iran.
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henslee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:21 PM
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2. Yes but did they try to "kill his pa"?
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grrl62 Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:22 PM
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3. here we go
:think:
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:22 PM
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4. well, i guess it's time to attack iran
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bahrbearian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:22 PM
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5. It was alright for us to give Stinger Missiles to the Taliban.
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Not_Giving_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:23 PM
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6. Here we go...
He won't be able to go into Iran without a draft, will he??
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tabasco Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:25 PM
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7. Did we find the portable biological weapons lab yet?
First things first !

I remember when they had a hydrogen generator and tried to tell us it was a weapons lab.

Only a dope would buy a used car from these criminals, let alone a war.
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plasticsundance Donating Member (786 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:37 PM
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8. Okay ... let's see how sophisticated this is ...
Iran turned back on its nuclear project, and lo and behold Iran's Revolutionary Guards are sneaking bombs into Iraq. Bush ... remember when you were told about the porous borders?

According to Seymour Hirsch, the US military is already acting within the borders of Iran.
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laststeamtrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:42 PM
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9. Cheney is itching to attack Iran with tactical nukes.
"In Washington it is hardly a secret that the same people in and around the administration who brought you Iraq are preparing to do the same for Iran. The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on the United States. The plan includes a large-scale air assault on Iran employing both conventional and tactical nuclear weapons. Within Iran there are more than 450 major strategic targets, including numerous suspected nuclear-weapons-program development sites. Many of the targets are hardened or are deep underground and could not be taken out by conventional weapons, hence the nuclear option. As in the case of Iraq, the response is not conditional on Iran actually being involved in the act of terrorism directed against the United States. Several senior Air Force officers involved in the planning are reportedly appalled at the implications of what they are doing – that Iran is being set up for an unprovoked nuclear attack – but no one is prepared to damage his career by posing any objections."http://www.antiwar.com/orig/horton.php?articleid=6888
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:47 PM
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11. That would completely finish us in the eyes of the world. That
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 12:48 PM by VegasWolf
would be all our faltering economy needs is world economic isolation!
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:43 PM
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10. So what are we going to attack Iran with, Bush's good looks?
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DancingBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 12:54 PM
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12. Of course not - we'll use the secret weapon
Thousands of nukes, cleverly disguised as pretzels.

That'll get 'em, by jiminy...
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:21 PM
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13. During the Iran/Iraq war the US sold weapons to both sides
So even if this were true so what? Really. If its against the law to sell weapons we are in big trouble. The US sells over half of the arms sold worldwide every year. For some reason I don't think Iran is really worried about this.

Don
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w8liftinglady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:30 PM
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14. Didn't Halliburton have something to do with supplying wmd to Iran?
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 02:34 PM by w8liftinglady
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VegasWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:32 PM
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15. George Witless Bush bumbles again. nt
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:32 PM
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16. and I should believe this why?
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 02:34 PM
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17. Well, we have a saying in Texas...
well, they might have it in Tennessee, but they have it in Texas: "Fool me once...shame on...shame on...you. Fool me twice, shame on...shame on... (long pause) Fool me, can't get fooled again!"

Words to live by.
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