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Cid_Yama
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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British officials gave warning yesterday that America's commander in Iraq will declare that Iran is waging war against the US-backed Baghdad government.
A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran's intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment.
"Petraeus is going to go very hard on Iran as the source of attacks on the American effort in Iraq," a British official said. "Iran is waging a war in Iraq. The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong, there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said.
"Petraeus has put emphasis on America having to fight the battle on behalf of Iraq. In his report he can frame it in terms of our soldiers killed and diplomats dead in attacks on the Green Zone."
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Armageddon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| When is the question, not if. I would say in the next 90 days. |
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Gandalf_the_White
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 11:02 pm Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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I think we should get Iran and we can name it Operation Tony Blair Witch Project. Let Harry come in and mop up after words. It'll be a hoot from at least 2000 miles away.
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EndOfGrowth
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:12 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| Armageddon wrote: | | When is the question, not if. I would say in the next 90 days. |
Or any time now 
http://earthboppin.net/talkshop/international/messages/38108.html
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purdum
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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Or, maybe it was anytime last year (since the link refers to a supposed attack on April 6, 2007). |
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rdberg1957
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:12 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| Where are the drums for impeachment and removal? |
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Fishman
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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YEA!!!!
Wow, less than 4 months have past since the last "we are going to strike Iran tomorrow". Must be the spring in the air.
"Where are the drums for impeachment and removal?"
Where are your lovely spring pictures of you walking about in your garden with that new spring foil hat of yours? |
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Cashmere
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:09 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| Quote: | | "When is the question, not if. I would say in the next 90 days." |
Yes, but have you made this type of prediction before?
After the cables were cut, I saw 100 predictions like this.
When the bourse was scheduled to open, 100 more.
And other times too. |
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Ferretlover
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:17 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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The problem, AISI, is that there exists more than one factor that could indicate an army positioning itsself for an attack on Iran.
An attack is plausible.
We will just wake up one morning to find we are involved in yet another stupid war.
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EndOfGrowth
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:45 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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Last Friday, Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia for high-level meetings with the Saudi king and his ministers. On Saturday, it was revealed that the Saudi Shura Council -- the elite group that implements the decisions of the autocratic inner circle -- is preparing "national plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the kingdom following experts' warnings of possible attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors,
http://www.empireburlesquenow.blogspot.com/
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steam_cannon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:38 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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General David Petraeus
"The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong,
there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said. |
Technically I would say it's a battle on three fronts, since we are still in Afghanistan. |
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steam_cannon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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Also, last I checked we were already in an Economic War against Iran,
intending to destroy them though destroying their banking system.
| Quote: | US declared war on Iran on March 20, 2008
http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JD01Ak01.html
But make no mistake. As of Thursday, March 20 the US is at war with Iran. So who made it official?
A unit within the US Treasury Department, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which issued a March 20 advisory to the world's financial institutions under the title: "Guidance to financial institutions on the continuing money laundering threat involving illicit Iranian activity."
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So what does all this bureaucratic financial rigmarole mean?
What it really means is that the US, again through FinCEN, has declared two acts of war: one against Iran's banks and one against any financial institution anywhere in the world that tries to do business with an Iranian bank.
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f the US succeeds, an international quarantine on Iran's banks would disrupt Iran's financial linkages with the world by blocking its ability to process cross-border payments for goods and services exported and imported. Without those linkages, Iran is unlikely to be able to engage in global trade and commerce. As 30% of Iran's gross domestic product in 2005 was imports of goods and services and 20% was non-oil exports (World Bank and other data), a large chunk of Iran's economy would shrivel up. The repercussions will be painful and extend well beyond lost business and profits. For example, treating curable illnesses will become difficult. According to an Iranian Health Ministry official, Iran produces 95% of its own medicines but most pharmaceutical-related raw materials are imported.
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What about China, now one of the world's major financial centers (two Chinese banks ranked among the top 25 in The Banker's 2007 survey of world banks) and a major trading partner for Iran?
China and Japan "were the top two recipients of exports from Iran, together accounting for more than one-quarter of Iran's exports in 2006", according to an analysis of International Monetary Fund trading statistics contained in a December 2007 US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Washington's anti-Iran sanctions regime. On the import side, the GAO found that in 2006 "Germany and China were Iran's largest providers of imports, accounting for 23% of Iran's imports". Airtight global banking sanctions imposed on Iran would presumably make the financial administration of this trade next to impossible.
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steam_cannon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:53 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| Ferretlover wrote: | | We will just wake up one morning to find we are involved in yet another stupid war. |
Yeah, that's how things work around here... 
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Windmills
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:44 am Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| steam_cannon wrote: | | Quote: |
General David Petraeus
"The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong,
there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said. |
Technically I would say it's a battle on three fronts, since we are still in Afghanistan. |
Uh huh. Perhaps Gen. Betrayus should march an army into Russia in the middle of winter, too. |
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steam_cannon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: British fear US is beating the drum for Iran strikes |
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| Windmills wrote: | | steam_cannon wrote: | | Quote: |
General David Petraeus
"The idea that America can't fight a war on two fronts is wrong,
there can be airstrikes and other moves," he said. |
Technically I would say it's a battle on three fronts, since we are still in Afghanistan. |
Uh huh. Perhaps Gen. Betrayus should march an army into Russia in the middle of winter, too. |
???
General Betray Us? Invading Russia? Is this a Bush/Nazi joke or camouflaged sarcasm?
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