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Iraq
Iran Funding Both Shiite And Sunni Jihadists In Iraq
2007-01-03
Iran is supporting both Sunni and Shiite terrorists in the Iraqi civil war, according to secret Iranian documents captured by Americans in Iraq.

The news that American forces had captured Iranians in Iraq was widely reported last month, but less well known is that the Iranians were carrying documents that offered Americans insight into Iranian activities in Iraq.

An American intelligence official said the new material, which has been authenticated within the intelligence community, confirms "that Iran is working closely with both the Shiite militias and Sunni Jihadist groups." The source was careful to stress that the Iranian plans do not extend to cooperation with Baathist groups fighting the government in Baghdad, and said the documents rather show how the Quds Force — the arm of Iran's revolutionary guard that supports Shiite Hezbollah, Sunni Hamas, and Shiite death squads — is working with individuals affiliated with Al Qaeda in Iraq and Ansar al-Sunna.
Posted by:Anonymoose

#11  IMO "Pax Americana" became official the day NIXON declared America, AND ONLY AMERICA, the ONLY DE FACTO, TRUE SUPERPOWER IN THE WORLD, by any measure or -ism. Iff this article is correct or mostly correct, then Radical Iran is responsible for sectarian attacks on fellow Shias, and regardless of the pro-Iran = anti-Iran ideo of the victims. For Moud's sake, methinks there had better be an appearance of the Imam/Mahdi NLT end of this Spring equinox.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-01-03 22:20  

#10  LOL plainslow. Maybe we should try to get some of our money back in this way.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-01-03 20:47  

#9  trailing wife:

Actually Roman history is divided into the Republic and Imperial history. Pax Romana was an early Imperial phenomenon, however in the big picture you are correct.

Appeasers on Iraq would promote toppling Hussein through UN diplomacy. Hopefully the appeasers have not won the day on Iran. We owe something to future generations: an Ayatollah ICBM threat to the US Homeland will only be the result of a refusal to project existing power.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2007-01-03 20:43  

#8  Faster ... please!
Posted by: doc   2007-01-03 20:04  

#7  Establishing the Pax Romana took a couple of centuries, I thought. Just subduing Carthage took a generation, no?
Posted by: trailing wife   2007-01-03 16:43  

#6  Damn man that like a 9.74 on the DireOScope.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-01-03 16:09  

#5  Why does the majority deny the following? Roman imperialists required decades to establish Pax Romana; America could do create Pax Americana at the blink of an eye. Governments could be toppled; entire armies can be destroyed; captive peoples could be forced to kill America's enemies, without a US citizen being placed in jeopardy; hostile immigrants with alien values, could be deported at whim; proliferation concerns would end with the push of a button; those states who killed Americans or destroyed US property, could be forced to pay tribute without any input into payment rates; all energy supply concerns could be eliminated; any country could be occupied in a way that locals would fear operating against US troops, etc ad nausem.

If the US does not project power, then the enemy will. Anyone who says US options are limited, is either a brainwashed vomit spewer or a fanatic appeaser.
Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550   2007-01-03 15:51  

#4  ...For people who are so obsessed with history, these clods (the Sunni) don't seem to remember what happened when a King of Spain invited the Moors in to help him win a civil war. The Moors stayed for a few centuries, IIRC.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2007-01-03 10:23  

#3  There love for thier fellow Muslim knows no bounds. If we said we were Muslims, they'd probally give us money.
Posted by: plainslow   2007-01-03 09:47  

#2  There will be no peace in Iraq before Iran are sorted!!!!
Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608   2007-01-03 09:29  

#1  The shiites are so stoopid and clanish, they probably wont even care. All they seem to want to do is kill each other and steal from their own country.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2007-01-03 09:22  

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