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2008-04-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-06 12:44|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Send it back, it's too salty.

Posted by Perfesser 2008-04-06 12:49|| 2008-04-06 12:49|| Front Page Top

#2 I forget - does this story come out every three weeks or every three months?

Posted by Raj 2008-04-06 14:25|| 2008-04-06 14:25|| Front Page Top

#3 This would be what, the fourth time that DEBKA has said we have a carrier force on our way to attack Iran. Are people still buying those wolf tickets?

Posted by crosspatch 2008-04-06 15:17|| 2008-04-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#4 According to British media

We're to believe what the Guardian says, now?

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-04-06 15:17|| 2008-04-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#5 From Israeli National News:

"Syria has raised the state of alert of its armed forces because it knows Hizbullah's revenge attack against Israel for the killing of Imad Mughniyeh is near, according to Channel 2.

Soon after Mughniyeh's death, Israel warned Syria that it would hold it responsible for any revenge attack launched by Hizbullah for the killing of Mughniyeh, its operations officer."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-06 17:03|| 2008-04-06 17:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Unconfirmed: "Israel has massed troops on both the Lebanese border and the Syrian Border (according to Israeli friends that live near there)Syria has massed troops on their border as well."

(source Freep)

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-06 17:05|| 2008-04-06 17:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Okay, so why are troops always "massed" and why do buses always "plunge"? And has anyone ever seen a "stumbling block" in real life and if so, is it really something designed on purpose to trip people?

Will Media Escalation Lead to an Unexpected War in the Region?

Posted by crosspatch 2008-04-06 17:30|| 2008-04-06 17:30|| Front Page Top

#8 OSAMA BIN LADEN IS NO LONGER POINTING THE JIHAD/ISLAMIST SWORD AT BOTH AMER + RUSSIA-
CHINA/ASIA - HE's POINTING IT SOLEY AT THE LATTER. Its in RUSSIA's, CHINA's, and ASIA's interests at this time for the US-IRAN to engage in conflict right now - as per WAFF.com/OTHER, A Russ mil analyst has proclaimed that the USA may destroy Russ in preemptive war bwtn 2011/2012-2015, which IMO covertly indir denotes RUSS, etc. REALIZATION THAT OSAMA'S = RADICAL ISLAMISM'S REGIONAL-GLOBAL JIHAD IS WEAKENING AND MAY NO LONGER BE STRONG ENUFF OR VIOLENT ENUFF TO DIVERT THE US' FULL MILPOL ATTENTION vv RUSS OR CHINA's, etc. GEOPOL ACTIONS-INTERS.

OSAMA's NEW MSGS > Russ is held as mil incapable or impotent, unable to mount any kind of major = full-scale MilOp agz NUCLEARIZING IRAN WIDOUT EFFEC JEOPARDIZING ITS OWN INTERNAL-NATIONAL SECURITY - AT BEST, RUSS AT THIS TIME CAN ONLY MOUNT A LIMITED, "IN-AND-OUT", "ATTACK-AND'LEAVE" TEMPORARY MIL STRIKE. RUSS CAN ALSO LOCALLY OR SELECTIVELY DEFEND AGZ ISLAMIST INCURSIONS BUT CANNOT FULLY DEFEND OR PROTECT, ATTACK OR PROJECT ON REQUIRED = COLD WAR-ERA SCALE. IOW, Russ internal security has TOO MANY POROUS HOLES + needs Amer to attack and invade Iran in Russ' name, both to stop NUCLEAR IRAN + LOOMING NUCLEAR ISLAMIST TERROR. OSAMA > is forcing Russ to spend more and more of its newfound national-internat wealth to proficiently protect itself from the Islamist search for unsecure Nukes-WMDS.

Iff Osama = Radical Islam don't have any already [past Net], to salvage their Jihad they'll need to procure or capture, etc. unsecure Nuke-WMD Techs Perts + Devices AMAP ASAP.

PUTIN'S DESIRED "MULTIPOLAR WORLD" IS FACING IRRELEVANCY, WID RUSSIA PER SE [+ MACKINDER'S WORLD ISLAND} BECOM EITHER PART OF US-DOMIN OWG-NWO, OR IN ALTERN SUBORNED UNDER A FUTURE REGIONAL = EURASIAN ISLAMIST NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-06 19:30|| 2008-04-06 19:30|| Front Page Top

#9 2 scenarios

1. Oman wants to clear the IRG out of the Omani enclave that juts into the Gulf of Hormuz. Apparently its riddled with IRQ.

They need a US guarantee that Iran will not respond.

2. The UAE will attempt to take back with American support the Tumb islands Iran invaded 10 or so years ago.

Both actions are entirely consistent with 'international law', and Iran will be forced to escalate or shown to be impotent in the Gulf. And both locations are very strategic for Gulf oil supplies.

BTW, I wouldn't rule out both more or less simultaneously.

Posted by phil_b 2008-04-06 21:00|| 2008-04-06 21:00|| Front Page Top

#10 Debka Sez US To Attack Iran Soon

Don't tease.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-04-06 22:29|| 2008-04-06 22:29|| Front Page Top

#11 One of these times, they're gonna be right...

Posted by tu3031 2008-04-06 22:35|| 2008-04-06 22:35|| Front Page Top

#12 See WAFF.com Poster Thread > ARAB WORLD: POTENTIAL SUPERPOWER. Poster replies include thoughts of SLAVIC WORLD SUPERPOWER???

ALso, ARAB LEAGUE + TURKEY +..... versus INDIA thread.

AGAIN, SHOWS IMO THAT OSAMA = RADICAL ISLAM HAS CHANGED THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF JIHAD SQUARELY OR SOLELY AT RUSSIA-CHINA, CENASIA, ETC IN ASIA - Islamist losses are such that they may need to depend on NUCLEAR-WMD INTIMIDATION + FIREPOWER-TERRORISM TO CONTIN WID ISLAMISM-CENTRIC/CONTROLLED JIHAD, ESPEC AFTER 2010 AND BEYOND. They need NUCLEAR IRAN, + OTHER, NOW AS CONTINGENCY ASAP AMAP IN CASE OF DE FACTO US-IRAN WAR [Iran loses].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-06 23:02|| 2008-04-06 23:02|| Front Page Top

#13 Lest we fergit, any de facto defeat of the Islamist Jihad may be interpreted by Muslims as a defeat and invalidation of Quranic/Sutric Premises Values and Teachings, etc. COMMON to both Mainstream = "Moderate" Islam, as well as Radical/Militant Islamism.

AQ, etc. NEED NUKE-WMD TECHS, AND THE BEST PLACE FOR THEM TO GET IT IS FROM RUSSIA, FORMER SSRS + ASIA STILL CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN COLD WAR "STATUS QUO" STATISM VERSUS DEMOCRATIC REFORMS.

ISRAEL = IRAQ-AFGHANI > any war agz Tel AViv is IMO a "HOLDING ACTION" meant notsomuch to destroy Israel BUT TO ATTRACT NEW RECRUITS TO REPLACE ON-GOING LOSSES. GOOD ISLAMIST RECRUIT PR + DELAYS ISRAEL FROM DESTROYING IRAN'S BUDDING MIL ARSENAL WHICH AQ + ISLAMISM NEED FOR JIHAD + KEEPS US-COALITION [read - MILFORS] PREOCCUPIED BUT OUTSIDE OF IRAN PROPER.

OSAMA > IMO clearly sees RUSSIA + ASIA as either suborned to under US-domin OWG-NWO, or under NUCLEARIZED RADICAL ISLAMISM = ISLAMIST BLOC.

OSAMA's PROB > CONTAINING US-SPECIFIC MILFORS TO IRAQ-AFGHANI LONG ENUFF FOR IRAN + ISLAMISM TO DEV ANDOR PROCURE POTENT NUKE-WMD ARSENALS [time factors]. Remember, OSAMA is IRAN-CENTRIC/FOCII as to his personal ISLAMIST END-TIMES BELIEF + APOCALYPSE - Islam = Islamism is victorious/ destroyed, proven or discredited, etc. in same. THE LONGER IRAN IS NOT INVADED, THE GREATER THE CHANCE FOR THE NUCLEARIZED ISLAMIST SWORD, ERGO THE GREATER THE CHANCE OF ISLAM = ISLAMISM'S + GLOBAL JIHAD'S FINAL VICTORY. PEACE > means only to Rest + Rebuild before Attacking, Warring again. WOT > WAR TO THE DEATH > OSAMA BIN LADEN > ABSOLUTE VICTORY, OR ABSOLUTE DEATH, TO THE WEST OR TO ISLAM.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-06 23:39|| 2008-04-06 23:39|| Front Page Top

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