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2005-11-01 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

German Article Examines Threat Posed by Iran's Radical Islamists (Cicero via Darling @ WoC)

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Posted by anymouse 2005-11-01 07:39|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I vote overwrought. I am sceptical that the Iranians or any othe muzzy group has these sleeper assets in the US that it held out of the 2004 Bush/Kerry election but are ready to unleash at a moments notice if we geld their nuke program. Certainly there will be a reaction, but I suspect it will be limited to the ME, maybe dhimmi European countries, perhaps something in the US. It's worth the risk to not have a nuclear equipped Iran. Whack 'em now.

Posted by Flamble Chump6355 2005-11-01 13:16|| 2005-11-01 13:16|| Front Page Top

#2 I agree with Flamble.

If anyone, the United States or even Israel, gets the idea to bomb the Iranian nuclear weapons program back 10 years into the past, then God help us," says a Western intelligence officer. "Then the Mullahs will unleash their guard dogs worldwide. They will equip and support all Shi'ite terrorist networks with the Sunni networks globally, that is, with everything that they have. For us it would be the ultimate worst-case scenario, one for which we are not prepared."

This sounds like the threats to unleash the fury of the "Arab Street" we heard so much about after 9/11.

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-11-01 16:41|| 2005-11-01 16:41|| Front Page Top

#3 The term wasting assets comes to mind. The way the War on Terror has been going since the invasion of Afghanistan, an arrest or a lead in, eg., Iraq results in raids in Marseilles, Rome and Across-the-river, New Jersey. Which cascades to raids in... And if in the course of such raids the FBI/CIA/police found a solid link traceable directly to the Mullahs, how much shakier would their stolen Peacock Throne suddenly become?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-01 22:27|| 2005-11-01 22:27|| Front Page Top

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