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| Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq |
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01/27/07 |
So what were they supposed to do, invite them in for tea?
Administration Strategy Stirs Concern Among Some Officials
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 26, 2007; Page A01
The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to kill or capture Iranian operatives inside Iraq as part of an aggressive new strategy to weaken Tehran's influence across the Middle East and compel it to give up its nuclear program, according to government and counterterrorism officials with direct knowledge of the effort.
For more than a year, U.S. forces in Iraq have secretly detained dozens of suspected Iranian agents, holding them for three to four days at a time. The "catch and release" policy was designed to avoid escalating tensions with Iran and yet intimidate its emissaries. U.S. forces collected DNA samples from some of the Iranians without their knowledge, subjected others to retina scans, and fingerprinted and photographed all of them before letting them go.
Last summer, however, senior administration officials decided that a more confrontational approach was necessary, as Iran's regional influence grew and U.S. efforts to isolate Tehran appeared to be failing. The country's nuclear work was advancing, U.S. allies were resisting robust sanctions against the Tehran government, and Iran was aggravating sectarian violence in Iraq.
The rest of the article is here.
The Washington Compost is just doing what they do best, trying to stir up crap. And so once again Bush has to defend himself on something that should be a no-brainer...pun intended. The Washington Compost apparently thinks it wrong to kill Iranians in Iraq as "there is no evidence the Iranians have directly attacked U.S. troops in Iraq, intelligence officials said."
Dingy Harry Reid said the president needs congressional approval for any program that could "escalate this conflict" with Iran. Reid said Bush should be engaged in direct diplomacy with Iran and other countries in the region to avoid a widening conflict, rather than "sending battle carrier groups" to sit off the Iranian coast.
For a bunch of people that think Bush is an idiot, isn't it odd that the Compost and the blithering idiots in congress can't figure out that having Iranians in Iraq is a bad thing? Haven't they all scoffed at the notion that Iran has been operating in Iraq? And now the Compost admits that "for three years, the Iranians have operated an embedding program there, offering operational training, intelligence and weaponry to several Shiite militias connected to the Iraqi government, to the insurgency and to the violence against Sunni factions" and doesn't bat an eye? I guess we should just continue to "play catch and release" or just pretend Iranians aren't there?
Makes me think our troops should just act as one does towards a little child holding his hands over his face and saying "you can't see me." |
Clarification/Follow-up by tomder55 on 01/29/07 2:36 pm:
The International Tribune is reporting that Iran is again trying to press it's advantage in Iraq.
Labman the rally showed me that Code Pink has infiltrated the highest levels of the Democrat party . Hillary made her move this weekend ;Pelosi ,clad in full Amani professional business suit ,made a whirlwind tour of the battle fronts ;Jane Fonda was resurected ;and Code Pink was chanting "PULL OUT NOW " . (I'll leave you to guess what exactly they meant by that ) .
What conservatives are looking at is a wave of liberal women having the biggest impact on American politics today and I think we were caught by suprise. They look energized . Contrast that with McCain and VP Cheney looking like they were nodding off during the SOTU address.
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