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| Bremer: Iran works to destabilize Iraq |
| 2003-09-19 |
| The top US official in Iraq warned in an interview on Friday that Iran should halt what he termed as its "plots to destabilize" the country. Paul Bremer, head of the Coalition Provisional Authority and effectively Iraq’s civilian ruler, said that Tehran, which has been watching the American occupation of its neighbour with mounting concerns, "continues to meddle in various ways in Iraq’s internal affairs". He noticed, so have we. In his interview with The Daily Telegraph newspaper, Bremer claimed that Iranian intelligence agents were working to destabilize the reconstruction process. According to him, their activities included "support for various people, some of whom have taken violent action against both Iraqis and against the coalition." Asked whether Iranians were suspected of possible involvement in shooting and bomb attacks against US forces, he replied: "There’s certainly some indication of that, yes." He’s been counting bodies and taking names, I’ll wager. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Don't think military intervention is need or wanted at this time. Not to say it won't be at some point. But other things need to be done first, like helping the opposition and potential opposition set up communications. There is stuff being done, albeit low-key. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2003-9-19 11:26:49 PM |
| #4 Tit For Tat start covertly arming the disidents. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-9-19 7:05:17 PM |
| #3 I don't think GWB can muster support for direct military action against Iran at this time, and there are risks to trying to foment a civil uprising (like it might fail and thousands of Iranians get slaughter and GWB takes the blame). I think there is a good chance of regime change in a second GWB term, when he doesn't have to worry about re-election. |
| Posted by: sludj 2003-9-19 6:54:12 PM |
| #2 I like Old Patriots idea of using Iraqi forces to guard the border. They would be particularly effective along the borders to Iran and Kuaitt I would expect. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-19 3:12:19 PM |
| #1 Time for GWB to put into place a plan for toppling the mullahs by the Iranian population. If he doesn't have a plan, he'd better get one pronto. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-19 2:22:35 PM |