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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:53 AM Original message |
We just attacked Iran. |
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Waya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. Eh, Link? Confirmation? |
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ruiner4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. BBC link |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Where did you hear/see this? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. NPR at 4am CST. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:56 AM Original message |
We also just bombed Iran's border |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
17. Right now there is no link on the source of the blasts. |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. why not both? |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I believe the bombing that took place was in Southern Iran. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Not described as "bombing," either. |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
41. I have read that story now. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
25. "Controlled explosions to destroy land mines." |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Why would Iran be cleaning up mine fields now unless it was |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. here is der spiegal |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 07:59 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Aren't consulates afforded roughly the same rights as embassies? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:02 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. yes, especially between nations that have not completed their |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Supposedly but America no longer recognizes the |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I keep forgetting that important point. |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. This was a tactical move to try to force Iran to hit back |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
47. Agreed, they're using our Persian Gulf fleet as bait |
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lazyriver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I can't imagine being a sailor on one of those ships |
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wizstars (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. more like a "Gulf of Tonkin" |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. pre cise ly. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well? |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
10. I wish every American would stay home from work or school today.... |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. Iran was detonating old mines from the 1980s (link) |
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hiaasenrocks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Sorry, this was meant for the "explosions" thread. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. Pretty quickly after the hints to egh? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. January 11 - the date historians call the start of WWIII? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. It's official: on Reuters |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. But in KURDISTAN-IRAQ? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. this is not good at all, bush wants to escalate this man must |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
40. THIS DOES NOT MEAN WAR. |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:22 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. so what is it? A SURGE ? nt |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. You are correct, it is just an act of war, not a war itself. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. then again, |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I don't think anyone claimed it was war...? |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. Kicking ... Impeachment and Removal is Imperative! |
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rosesaylavee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
21. OMG. |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
22. Actually I don't think this is what our attack is going to look like. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. "Disrupting".. This is what they call, "disrupting". . |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. but Iran and Turkey were also talking |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
28. No, we're trying to provoke them, so we have a reason to attack them. |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Maybe they'll give us some leeway if we impeach Bush? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The aircraft carriers...the 'leaks" to the Murdoch press...the support of the MeK... |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
32. And our MSM has yet to report on this. Why am I not surprised? n/t |
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Roxy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Not even on the morning news shows!!! WTF!! |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. I heard one of the first CM reports this morning -- they called the consulate a "liaison office"!! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. WooHoo! Here we go! "FM slams storming of Iranian consulate in Iraq " |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. Does anyone else think, the speech was just cover for this? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. watching gates and Condi talk about the surge, I must agree. |
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GreenZoneLT (805 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
39. Here's breaking coverage from an Iraqi wire service |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:19 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Very interesting site. Thank you very much! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
43. Bush does not give a flying |
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Jcrowley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
48. K&R n/t |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
50. With all due respect, |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
52. Every time something new happens |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
53. I have just one word: |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
54. Listen to Ron Paul |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
57. Juan Cole's take on this |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Thanks |
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liberal renegade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
58. GTFOH! |
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Ahpook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
59. Sorry if this has been answered.. |
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Ahpook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Nevermind |
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StrictlyRockers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. I think this might qualify as number four from yesterday's thread. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:51 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. What are the Iranians being charged with? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-11-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
66. Bush's trick, he needs to provoke Iranians into attacking our planes or ships - then the new |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
67. Ok congress, get in there and stop this....... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
68. The PNAC hail mary pass is here! |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 02:27 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. exactly.. |
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focusfan (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-12-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
70. no we didn't mess up Bush did |
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