I touched on this in the 'Car Bombs in Iraq' thread but the issue has gone mainstream now and the purpose is now revealed as vastly different than we had surmised: ie it is prepping for invasion of Iran - so as this is a different take a new thread is (hopefully) legitimate.
Scott Ritter has written a fascinating article published on al-Jazeera which has highlighted this whole issue of the US using terrorist outfits and Islamist cells for their own agenda - in this case, war in Iran.
Ritter starts by contrasting the current bombings in Iran with the situation pre-war in Iraq. Then (as now) the public were fooled into believing that diplomacy was ongoing, that peaceful solutions were being sought and were encouraged to think this by Bush's own statements.
Statements we now know were lies. All the while bombing was underway in the 'no-fly zones' Iraq and that Special Forces were on the ground.
Similarly now, in relation to Iran, Bush is claiming 'all options are open'. In reality the war has already begun.
Drones and reconnaissance planes are illegally infringing Iranian airspace on a daily basis and in neighbouring Azerbaijan bases are being prepared and US military presence is building up.
But it is on the ground that the key elements are taking place. The MEK (Mujahadeen el-Khalq) has engaged on a wholesale campaign of terror, bombing and slaughter targeting Iranian government interests and ordinary citizens.
The MEK was founded by Saddam's notorious mukhabarat and were trained in techniques of terror, torture and assassination by the finest practitioners of these arts in Saddam's regime. The purpose was to fight a covert war against Iran as a counter-point to the overt hostility mainfested in the Iran/Iraq war.
Of course Saddam no longer controls the MEK, being otherwise engaged, but they are still taking orders from another anti-Iranian outfit: the CIA.
Ritter clearly spotlights the breathtaking hypocrisy involved:
So basically the same MO is being played out: while the US sheep slumber on, all the pieces are put in place, a few judicious bombings here and there and then just wait for 'the event' that will be needed to sell yet more murder and carnage on an innocent people. All in the name of democracy of course.
This is Ritter's take (and I more or less agree - certainly there is no way in hell Iran will not suffer the same fate as Iraq, none) and it is difficult to see how else they will do it if this is not it.
Any thoughts ?
Scott Ritter has written a fascinating article published on al-Jazeera which has highlighted this whole issue of the US using terrorist outfits and Islamist cells for their own agenda - in this case, war in Iran.
Ritter starts by contrasting the current bombings in Iran with the situation pre-war in Iraq. Then (as now) the public were fooled into believing that diplomacy was ongoing, that peaceful solutions were being sought and were encouraged to think this by Bush's own statements.
Statements we now know were lies. All the while bombing was underway in the 'no-fly zones' Iraq and that Special Forces were on the ground.
Similarly now, in relation to Iran, Bush is claiming 'all options are open'. In reality the war has already begun.
Drones and reconnaissance planes are illegally infringing Iranian airspace on a daily basis and in neighbouring Azerbaijan bases are being prepared and US military presence is building up.
Quote:
But this is only one use the US has planned for Azerbaijan. American military aircraft, operating from forward bases in Azerbaijan, will have a much shorter distance to fly when striking targets in and around Tehran.
In fact, US air power should be able to maintain a nearly 24-hour a day presence over Tehran airspace once military hostilities commence.
No longer will the United States need to consider employment of Cold War-dated plans which called for moving on Tehran from the Arab Gulf cities of Chah Bahar and Bandar Abbas. US Marine Corps units will be able to secure these towns in order to protect the vital Straits of Hormuz, but the need to advance inland has been eliminated.
A much shorter route to Tehran now exists - the coastal highway running along the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan to Tehran.
US military planners have already begun war games calling for the deployment of multi-divisional forces into Azerbaijan.
In fact, US air power should be able to maintain a nearly 24-hour a day presence over Tehran airspace once military hostilities commence.
No longer will the United States need to consider employment of Cold War-dated plans which called for moving on Tehran from the Arab Gulf cities of Chah Bahar and Bandar Abbas. US Marine Corps units will be able to secure these towns in order to protect the vital Straits of Hormuz, but the need to advance inland has been eliminated.
A much shorter route to Tehran now exists - the coastal highway running along the Caspian Sea from Azerbaijan to Tehran.
US military planners have already begun war games calling for the deployment of multi-divisional forces into Azerbaijan.
But it is on the ground that the key elements are taking place. The MEK (Mujahadeen el-Khalq) has engaged on a wholesale campaign of terror, bombing and slaughter targeting Iranian government interests and ordinary citizens.
The MEK was founded by Saddam's notorious mukhabarat and were trained in techniques of terror, torture and assassination by the finest practitioners of these arts in Saddam's regime. The purpose was to fight a covert war against Iran as a counter-point to the overt hostility mainfested in the Iran/Iraq war.
Of course Saddam no longer controls the MEK, being otherwise engaged, but they are still taking orders from another anti-Iranian outfit: the CIA.
Ritter clearly spotlights the breathtaking hypocrisy involved:
Quote:
The most visible of these is the CIA-backed actions recently undertaken by the Mujahadeen el-Khalq, or MEK, an Iranian opposition group, once run by Saddam Hussein's dreaded intelligence services, but now working exclusively for the CIA's Directorate of Operations.
It is bitter irony that the CIA is using a group still labelled as a terrorist organisation, a group trained in the art of explosive assassination by the same intelligence units of the former regime of Saddam Hussein, who are slaughtering American soldiers in Iraq today, to carry out remote bombings in Iran of the sort that the Bush administration condemns on a daily basis inside Iraq.
It is bitter irony that the CIA is using a group still labelled as a terrorist organisation, a group trained in the art of explosive assassination by the same intelligence units of the former regime of Saddam Hussein, who are slaughtering American soldiers in Iraq today, to carry out remote bombings in Iran of the sort that the Bush administration condemns on a daily basis inside Iraq.
So basically the same MO is being played out: while the US sheep slumber on, all the pieces are put in place, a few judicious bombings here and there and then just wait for 'the event' that will be needed to sell yet more murder and carnage on an innocent people. All in the name of democracy of course.
This is Ritter's take (and I more or less agree - certainly there is no way in hell Iran will not suffer the same fate as Iraq, none) and it is difficult to see how else they will do it if this is not it.
Any thoughts ?
What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up - Prophet Muhammad
What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart, give it up - Prophet Muhammad
Your either with us or against us remember?
These are the folks that will destroy this world. For their selfish system of belief. We cant do much about Iran but we can clean house here in the U.S.A. Vote out all incumbants. its the only way.
