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2005-05-19 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-19 9:55:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Iran has been appalled at this slaughter, and wants no part of it."

Does anyone else find this declaration absurd? MM nuclear brinksmanship inviting an array of devastating military actions - and they're appalled by Zarqi's car bombs?

WTF? Nah, StrategyPage pulled this out of their ass.

Posted by .com 2005-05-19 10:08|| 2005-05-19 10:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Iran? The same country that used teenage mine detectors in the Iran-Iraq War? Maybe they just considered that just, like, "yucky"...

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-19 10:38|| 2005-05-19 10:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Hit me too as wacky, .com.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2005-05-19 10:47|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-05-19 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 More a matter of self-preservation than humanitarian motives. There are religious nut-cases; the kind that think the present theocracy is too lenient and secular. And the mullahs would like to keep what they have going.

Posted by Pappy 2005-05-19 11:07|| 2005-05-19 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Iran isn't infiltrating anyone of use to Zarqawi for the very simple reason there are (almost) no Sunni Arabs in Iran or in any place where infiltrating through Iran would make sense. It isn't happening, irrespective of whether the Mullahs want it to happen or not.

Posted by phil_b 2005-05-19 11:26|| 2005-05-19 11:26|| Front Page Top

#6 It is my opinion that most of the senior AQ folks are in Iran where they aren't at risk the way they are in Afghanistan or Pakland.

Posted by Brett 2005-05-19 12:42|| 2005-05-19 12:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Actually, I think Iran is providing some logistical and monetary support to Anser al Islam which is a terrorist group that occasionally cooperates with Al Q but mostly goes its own way.

Posted by mhw 2005-05-19 12:57|| 2005-05-19 12:57|| Front Page Top

"Iran has been appalled at this slaughter, and wants no part of it."

Does anyone else find this declaration absurd? MM nuclear brinksmanship inviting an array of devastating military actions - and they're appalled by Zarqi's car bombs?

WTF? Nah, StrategyPage pulled this out of their ass.

Perhaps not. They ~~killed~~ lost millions in their war with Saddam Hussein, and it would probably make their situation a lot less secure if they were found to be surreptitiously supporting Ba'athists allies of him in Iraq today.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-05-19 14:32|| http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com]">[http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2005-05-19 14:32|| Front Page Top

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