Cheney urging strikes on Iran

[helderheid]

By Warren P. Strobel, John Walcott and Nancy A. Youssef

President Bush charged Thursday that Iran continues to arm and train insurgents who are killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and he threatened action if that continues.

At a news conference Thursday, Bush said Iran had been warned of unspecified consequences if it continued its alleged support for anti-American forces in Iraq. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker had conveyed the warning in meetings with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad, the president said.

Bush wasn't specific, and a State Department official refused to elaborate on the warning.

Behind the scenes, however, the president's top aides have been engaged in an intensive internal debate over how to respond to Iran's support for Shiite Muslim groups in Iraq and its nuclear program. Vice President Dick Cheney several weeks ago proposed launching airstrikes at suspected training camps in Iraq run by the Quds force, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to two U.S. officials who are involved in Iran policy.

The debate has been accompanied by a growing drumbeat of allegations about Iranian meddling in Iraq from U.S. military officers, administration officials and administration allies outside government and in the news media. It isn't clear whether the media campaign is intended to build support for limited military action against Iran, to pressure the Iranians to curb their support for Shiite groups in Iraq or both.

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[BushOut06]

1. Cheney won't be happy until we're at war with everybody

We should have started impeachment proceedings already.

[stillcool]

2. They should have added...

'for four years' in the header. I've been thinking about this..It seems to me these threats come after news about the Iraq oil law stalling. There also seems to be a correlation between the U.S. having no more money for reconstruction, followed by an announcement by the Iraqi government that passage is near. I'm wondering if Iran is being pressured..to pressure the Iraqi government to meet that all important "benchmark"...sort of like trading weaponry for help in getting the hostages released from Beirut. Any thoughts?

[Mz Pip]

3. Stick a sock in it Vader

No one is listening to you anymore. Just shut the f*ck up.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[peacetalksforall]

4. PNAC failed and is failing. Cheney is committed to the original

plan - he sold it, he has to deliver it. It's in his hands and heart. He pants for protected pipelines passing that block gold to Exxon, etc. with portions for friends in Europe, China, Russia and friends. Promises to keep.

[spanone]

5. hey dick, go cheney yourself

and leave us alone

[helderheid]

6. m