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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| jkelly80 wrote: |
| China has relations with Mexico; nevertheless, the US would be upset if Chinese cruisers were in int'l waters close to our borders. Also, I don't remember the Chinese installing a fascist monarchical puppet regime during the 50's after expelling the previous leader, as we did with Iran. The US has a history of meddling in Iranian affairs, regardless of how theocratic the government has been in the last 29 years. Iran is not Al-Qaeda, their actions have a strong correlation with the physical proximity of our military to their borders. |
For the past 25 years Iran has been after the US. The problems over the last 25 years have come about because Iran has been trying to get the US out of the middle east so Iran can run it.
It has been an off and on threat of the Iran to block off the gulf. That is one reason for the US ships being there, other reasons are support of the Iraq war and operations against Al Qaeda
YOu are right Iran is not always Al Qaeda however on occassion one wouldn't know the difference.
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LAST WEEK ARGENTINA ARRESTED EIGHT IRANIANS SUSPECTED OF
INVOLVEMENT IN THE BOMB ATTACK ON THE JEWISH CULTURAL CENTER IN
BUENOS AIRES, WHICH KILLED 86 PEOPLE AND WOUNDED HUNDREDS OF
OTHERS.
THE SUSPECTS SAID THE FORMER CULTURAL ATTACHE OF THE IRANIAN
EMBASSY IN BUENOS AIRES, MOHSSEN RABBANI, WAS INVOLVED IN
PLANNING THE BOMBING. HE WAS EXPELLED FROM ARGENTINA IN
DECEMBER. A FORMER IRANIAN SPY LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES AS A
POLITICAL REFUGEE, MANOUCHER MOATAMER, HAS ALSO IMPLICATED MR. |
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/1998/05/980520-iran.htm
RABBANI. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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Japan's Upper House Rejects 'War On Terror' Mission
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's opposition-controlled upper house on Friday voted down a bill to resume a naval mission supporting the US-led "war on terror," a decision doomed to be overriden by the lower house.
The bill would restart the mission providing fuel to coalition forces on the Indian Ocean, on the last possible day the upper house had to act on the legislation submitted 60 days earlier.
The opposition-led upper house rejected the bill on a largely party-line vote of 133 against and 106 in favour, Satsuki Eda, president of the upper house, announced after the vote count.
But the decision means the bill will be returned to the lower house, where Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's coalition is set to pass it using its two-thirds majority.
It would be the first time in a half-century that the Japanese parliament has resorted to such drastic measures to ram through a bill rejected by one house of parliament.
The mission was suspended in November after the opposition won control of the upper house and blocked an extension of legislation.
Fukuda argues that Japan must resume the mission to take responsibility in ... global security affairs. The opposition counters that Japan, officially pacifist since World War II, should not be part of "AmeriKan wars."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080111/world/japan_politics_reject |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
Those poor US warships must feel so terribly threated by hulking Iranian dingys too, huh?  |
Look at US Cole. Also the IGCN fleet of small boats have been modded and each one of them carries a single torpedo. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 3:31 am Post subject: |
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And did the Iranians in their little boats attack any of the US WARSHIPS?
Were they really that stupid? |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Pentagon Releases Video Of Naval "Clash"
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jan 11, 11:02 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Recent "clashes" between Iranian and U.S. Navy forces in the Persian Gulf reflect Iran's shifted military strategy to use its Revolutionary Guard's fast boats more aggressively in the region, the top U.S. military officer said Friday.
CONT'D ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080112/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iran
clash /kl�ʃ/ Pronunciation Key
�verb (used without object)
1. to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
2. to come together or collide, esp. noisily: The cymbals clashed.
3. to conflict; disagree: Their stories of the accident clashed completely.
4. (of juxtaposed colors) to be offensive to the eye.
5. to engage in a physical conflict or contest, as in a game or a battle (often fol. by with):
The Yankees clash with the White Sox for the final game of the season.
�verb (used with object)
6. to strike with a resounding or violent collision: He clashed his fist against the heavy door.
7. to produce (sound) by or as by collision: The tower bell clashed its mournful note.
�noun
8. a loud, harsh noise, as of a collision: The automobiles collided with a terrible clash.
9. a collision, esp. a noisy one.
10. a conflict; opposition, esp. of views or interests: a clash between nations.
11. a battle, fight, or skirmish: The clash between the border patrols left three men dead. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
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Pluto
Joined: 19 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| igotthisguitar wrote: |
And did the Iranians in their little boats attack any of the US WARSHIPS?
Were they really that stupid? |
Sometimes they actually can be:
Commanders of these vessels have to exercise their best judgment. A commander's decision can put their crew at risk with the wrong answer.
As the lesson from the USS Cole taught us, one can never be too sure. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Pluto wrote: |
| igotthisguitar wrote: |
And did the Iranians in their little boats attack any of the US WARSHIPS?
Were they really that stupid? |
Sometimes they actually can be:
Commanders of these vessels have to exercise their best judgment. A commander's decision can put their crew at risk with the wrong answer.
As the lesson from the USS Cole taught us ... one can never be too sure. |
Yes, you're right one can never be too sure.
Filipino Monkey Possible Message Source
CAIRO, Egypt - A threatening radio message at the end of a video showing Iranian patrol boats swarming near U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf may have come from a "prankster" rather than from the Iranian vessels, the Navy Times newspaper has reported.
A video and audio of the Jan. 6 incident in the Strait of Hormuz featured a man in accented English saying "I am coming to you. ... You will explode after ... minutes."
MORE ...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_us_navy
;_ylt=AjJCWEdU.403MyIa5FuzFkUDW7oF |
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