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| Iraqi military beef up security on border with Iran |
| 2006-07-06 |
| Baghdad, Jul. 06 – Iraq’s military has launched a new operation to secure the country’s porous border with Iran, a Baghdad daily reported. The daily al-Dastour wrote on Tuesday that the operation was taking place with the support of United States-led forces in Iraq. The daily quoted an unnamed source in the command headquarters of Iraq’s eighth army division as saying that the operation had been codenamed “Iron Gate”. Personnel from the division’s third brigade were taking part in the operation, it added. The report said the operation was taking place in the north of the Iraqi province of al-Wassit. The province has been a favourite crossing point for Iranians entering Iraq illegally. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 This is a process. We have long been building 30-man concrete outposts along the northern border with Iran, and they now probably extend as far south as Wassit. My guess is that we convince the smugglers that this area is too patrolled, and to head further south for a while, then when they are gone, we can build central Iraq outposts in relative quiet. We are working from north to south for two reasons. First of all, the south gets most of the traffic between the two countries, in the form of pilgrims. Second if the US and Iran got into a fight, the Iranians would be tempted to send units into southern Iraq to try and keep the US bogged down there. We actually like that idea, because we could both easily cut their supply lines and massacre their invasion forces easier than if they had remained in Iran. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-06 21:09 |
| #3 Easy answer. Declare a 4 mile "free-fire zone" along the Iranian border fron sunset to sunrise except a couple of main highways. Anything with a heat signature is fair game. I guarantee that will solve a multitude of problems. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2006-07-06 19:46 |
| #2 http://tinyurl.com/jffea Map of Iraq's provinces. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-07-06 18:20 |
| #1 Whack-a-mole(R) |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-06 18:10 |