US rebuts 'Iran covert op' claim

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BBC


The Pentagon has hit back at claims by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh that US commandos have been carrying out covert operations inside Iran.

A spokesman said Hersh's New Yorker magazine article was based on rumour, innuendo and conspiracy theories.

But correspondents say he did not clearly deny that US troops have been on the ground in Iran.

Hersh insists that for six months US forces there had been identifying military targets for future strikes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4182365.stm

MAYBE a sting op by Rummy to discredit Hersh after the Anu Ghraib biz...

[bemildred]

1. I dunno.

It would be highly incompetent for the US military not to be
"identifying military targets" in Iran. The question would be how
they went about it. If the they are inserting special ops teams, that
would be a casus belli and a bone-headed thing to be doing.

[Why Syzygy]

2. is this a surprise?

gwb has been using the exact same language referring to Ir*n as he did to Ir*q before bombing the pulp out of them.

Although "US Commandos" is a vague term, Mr. Hersh is an excellent journalist, a fighter for 'our' side.

Please tell me the American public will not stand for another INVASION!

How grotesque does this atrocity have to get before people pay fucking attention?

[Magmadona]

3. Stupid Americans

Lets just say Bush attacks Iran if we have any peace keepers in Indonesia or Malaysia they we be killed in retaliation. Not to mention I can promise you Pakistan will no longer be an ally and we will have world war 3 because I'm also positive Russia will not have us further our oil ambitions.

[Moderator]

4. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1159532