Attack Iran, US chief ordered British

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www.drudgereport.com
By Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent
(Filed: 30/06/2004)


America's military commander in Iraq ordered British troops to prepare a full-scale ground offensive against Iranian forces that had crossed the border and grabbed disputed territory, a senior officer has disclosed.

An attack would almost certainly have provoked open conflict with Iran. But the British chose instead to resolve the matter through diplomatic channels.

"If we had attacked the Iranian positions, all hell would have broken loose," a defence source said yesterday.

"We would have had the Iranians to our front and the Iraqi insurgents picking us off at the rear."

The incident was disclosed by a senior British officer at a conference in London last week and is reported in today's edition of Defence Analysis. The identity of the officer is not given.

"Some Iranian border and observation posts were re-positioned over the border, broadly a kilometre into Iraq," a Ministry of Defence spokesman said.

The incident began last July when Revolutionary Guards pushed about a kilometre into Iraq to the north and east of Basra in an apparent attempt to reoccupy territory which they claimed belonged to Iran.

Lt Gen Ricardo Sanchez then ordered the British to prepare to send in several thousand troops to attack the Revolutionary Guard positions.

The Revolutionary Guard Corps has 125,000 soldiers, making it 25 per cent larger than the entire British Army, and is equipped with 500 tanks, 600 armoured personnel carriers and 360 artillery weapons.



 

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Iran may be next on the list.  It depends on how long Saudi Arabia can keep it together.

Let me be very clear about my prediction.

1. It depends on the flow of oil.  As long as the oil flows, we don't care.

2. Anyone who interferes with the flow of oil will force the US to invade and control the oil.  Up to and including every last person in the offending country.  

Why do you think we invaded Iraq?  Look at a map and look at the location.  Smack dab in between Saudi Arablia and Iran.

P.S.  Iran has built a heavy-water plant, and the CIA has know about it for a long time.  There's more evidence of WMD in Iran than there is/was in Iraq.