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2007-03-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2007-03-21 08:08|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Could be. Perhaps the Mehdi Army has been so quiet during the surge because its manpower is off in Iran being trained and equipped.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-03-21 08:17|| 2007-03-21 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 The dissidents who released this info might actually be getting their data via the US from one of the Iranian defectors. In that way, it "launders" the data, so the Iranians won't be certain who it came from or how it was developed.

Which makes "damage control" a heck of a lot harder.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-03-21 10:07|| 2007-03-21 10:07|| Front Page Top

#3 In other news, the oceans are wet, the arctic is cold, and the Ayatollas hate America.

Posted by OldSpook 2007-03-21 12:02|| 2007-03-21 12:02|| Front Page Top

#4 "He has worked for the political wing of the Mujahedin Khalq, an Iranian opposition group that Washington and the European Union list as a terrorist organization."

'Nuff said.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-03-21 15:03|| 2007-03-21 15:03|| Front Page Top

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