Allies 'go after' Iran as beefed-up naval force sails for Gulf (The Times UK)

[jpak]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2548888,00.html

Britain is joining an American military campaign to blunt Iranian influence in Iraq and the Gulf.

In a move likely to heighten tension in an already volatile part of the world, US forces have been ordered to detain Iranian agents in Iraq and to strengthen substantially America’s military presence in the Gulf.

Two Royal Navy minehunters have arrived in the Gulf to reinforce a naval frigate on patrol in the area.

“We are going after their networks in Iraq,” Zalmay Khalilzad, the outgoing US Ambassador to Baghdad, said. The aim was to change the behaviour of the Islamic regime in Tehran, he added.

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[roamer65]

1. Ah, yes the Iranian networks that don't exist, according to the British military in Iraq.

Nice try, Zalmay "PNAC" Khalilzad.

[jwirr]

2. Tony Blair knows the American people do not want this damn war

so why doesn't he just f--k off. If he had not interferred there would have been almost no one left for *ss to call an ally.