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01/16/2005 Archived Entry: "Report: U.S. Conducting Secret Missions Inside Iran"
Posted by steve @ 07:31 PM EST [Link]
IT MAY BE TRUE BUT...: I don't think anything will come of it. Reuters reported today, based on an article by Seymour Hersh, that the U.S, has been sending recon missions inside of Iran since last summer to identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets.
One former high-level intelligence official told The New Yorker, "This is a war against terrorism, and Iraq is just one campaign. The Bush administration is looking at this as a huge war zone. Next, we're going to have the Iranian campaign."
I don't believe that with continuing unrest in the Sunni triangle in Iraq that the U.S. would entertain the notion of going into Iran. Despite what the naysayers think, the U.S. has the operational capacity to do so, I just don't think the political will exists.
Read on.
Replies: 4 comments
Seymour Hersh (king of the anonymous official and former official source)is probably being used. However, I wouldn't doubt that there are advisors on the border intermingling with some of the Iranian opposition groups, such as the NLA, to secure intelligence. I, also, wouldn't doubt that there are non-military field ops in all parts of Iran helping to stir up protests and discontent throughout the masses. The recent nurses protests, as well as 200 workers from Iran Pars Garment plan to hold a rally over back pay in Tehran seem it suggest that there is some encouragement.
$10 says that there will be a massive protest in Iran over medical care in the very near future. Over half of their privatized hospitals have filed for bankruptcy...
Cheers
IR
Posted by IR @ 01/16/2005 11:08 PM EST
Oh, I wouldn't be surprised at all that there are military recon missions occurring. It's rumoured that American, Canadian and Syrian special ops teams were operating in Iraq well before the war. If they were doing it in Iran -- though not as a preparation for war -- I wouldn't be shocked.
Posted by Steve Martinovich @ 01/16/2005 11:40 PM EST
Posted by IR @ 01/17/2005 09:42 PM EST
They seemed a bit upset in their press release, ha ha.
Posted by Steve Martinovich @ 01/18/2005 03:29 AM EST