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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:09 PM
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CNN: Iranian professionally-made explosives found at border in
southern Iraq. Said these kinds of explosives may be responsible for the huge explosions that killed so many Marines last week. CNN said the pentagon and intelligence are speculating about the possibility of a Iranian Shiite - Iraqi Sunni alliance.

Is this old news?
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:11 PM
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1. probably planted for propaganda purposes
It's not Iran, it's the Iranian oil bourse trading in Euros.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:12 PM
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2. they left out the dukes of hazzard, laural and hardy, certain members
of the love boat, the professor from gilligan's island, and dr. evil from austin powers.

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ewagner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:12 PM
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3. Iranian Shiite - Iraqi Sunni alliance.
hhhmmmm....Shiite and Sunni alliance?

That leaves only the Kurds on our side right?

Wouldn't a Shi'ia/Sunni Alliance mean that just about EVERYBODY is against us?
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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:15 PM
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5. This alliance sounds like another good reason to leave, IMO.
If it is for real. Yeah, I suppose it could be more Bushco propaganda.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:15 PM
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6. Except for the Iraqi Shia Puppet Brigade nt
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:14 PM
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4. And they know that they're Iranian because...
?
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Lerkfish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:16 PM
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7. because they want to attack Iran, silly.
and so it goes, as Bolton is installed, the road to Iran is paved, in rapid sucession.
Its deja vu from the iraq war, only accelerated.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:16 PM
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8. I doesn't matter who really planted them there, this is the pretext
the nazi lizards are looking for. After THEY allow/create another disaster here, it'll be martial law, and 'nukular' war. This is why it was so important to get Bolton in place, in time for the upcoming "attack."

"Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran... bomb Iraaan!"

Good bye brown people with oil. :hi:

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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:20 PM
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9. Fixing the facts
again. It becomes clearer everyday.
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tocqueville Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:20 PM
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10. it has been debunked before
the British General in charge of the team that found the weapons said there weren't any proof they came from Iran

http://politics.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050805/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_iran

Dutton was asked what evidence he has seen of harmful Iranian involvement in Iraq since the fall of Baghdad in 2003.

"The question of Iranian involvement is always a difficult one because there's a lot of speculation about it and not many facts," Dutton said. He said, for example, that it is unclear whether Iran is moving weapons into Iraq.

Dutton said Iraqi authorities 10 days ago made a large seizure of illegal weapons on Route 6, which runs north from Basra to Amarah in Maysan province.

"We don't know exactly where that came from," he said. "We are keen to find out and investigations are ongoing. There have been suggestions that they could have come from Iran, but I certainly can't prove that."

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Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 05:19 PM
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12. thanks. I wish CNN and others would pick up on that. n/t
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Karmakaze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 04:42 PM
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11. What happened to the 300 tons of nuclear weapons grade explosive?
That stuff is the most powerful explosive available, and it didnt need Iranian interference to fall into the wrong hands - just lack of planning on the US' part.
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 05:26 PM
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13. Lack of planning? Are you sure?
It wouldn't surprise me to find out to be on purpose to prolong the war.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 05:30 PM
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14. A product of curveball industries, no doubt. n/t
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